Category: History
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Phil Rogers has medals stolen, gets one back
Just before Christmas, Australia’s Phil Rogers had his Atlanta 1996 Olympics 100 breaststroke bronze medal stolen, two gold medals from the 1994 Commonweath Games, his Order of Australia medal and others, when thieves broke into his home in Adelaide while he was out with his wife and two daughters. They’d also taken a bit of…
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CC photo #7: Vorontsov and Artemyeva lift the Szczecin 2011 trophy
Russian head coach Andreid Vorontsov and Valentina Artemyeva winner of the Szczecin 2011 European Short Course Champonships’ women’s 50 and 100 meter breaststroke, lifting the championships trophy outside the Radisson Blu hotel. Russia won by a clear margin of 901 points, followed by Italy (768), Germany (625), Great Britain (590), Poland (490) and Denmark (471),…
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Review: Vladimir Salnikov winning the Seoul 1988 Olympics 1500 freestyle
“The Leningrad Express”, first man under 15 minutes in the 1500 freestyle, now president of the Russian Swimming Federation. Courtesy of Jos van Kuijeren on Vimeo. OS 1988 Seoul Vladimir Salnikov from Jos van Kuijeren on Vimeo.
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Inge de Bruijn and Pieter van den Hoogenband winning the World Sports Awards 2000
Glamour and glitter dominating the international World Sports Awards gala in London, early 2001. Featuring Inge de Bruijn, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Michael Klim, Lenny Krayzelburg, Ian Thorpe, 007 actor Roger Moore and Mark Spitz cracking jokes. Swimmers dominating the World Water Sports Awards 2000, even with rower Steven Redgrave on home turf. Courtesy of…
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ISHOF video: Tomb of The Diver
Nice video here from The Swimming Hall of Fame, showing us the ruins of a public swimming pool (including an underwater labyrinth!) in the ancient city of Paestum, Italy, the remains of a presumed private residence with a 10 x 25 meter swimming pool, and the local National Museum that hosts the oldest image of…
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Federica Pellegrini is the AIPS Europe 2011 Female Athlete of the Year
The International Sports Press Association AIPS announced Monday that Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic and Italy’s champion swimmer Federica Pellegrini have won the AIPS Europe 2011 Athletes of the Year Awards. Pellegrini won the women’s Evgen Bergant Trophy with a convincing 71 votes ahead of Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova (50 votes) and Norways ski…
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Jessica Vilchis: Road to London 2012 featuring Lochte and Franklin
A bit old, from when U.S. Nationals were in California last August, but a nice recap of when Ryan Lochte set the first long course record in 19 months, at the Shanghai 2011 World Championships. Rebecca Soni and Melissa “Missy” Franklin also mentioned. Jessica Vilchis: Road to London 2012 Ep. 2 from JessicaVilchis.Com on Vimeo.
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Michael Gross: There is too little money in swimming
(Sorry for my poor German-to-English translation here, but this is noteworthy, off swimsportsnews.de) … ) 20 years after his triple Olympic gold winning swimming career, Michael “The Albatross” Gross hardly ever follows swimming. ‘I’ve seen nothing from the last World Championships. It is pure coincidence if I watch any swimming.” Gross criticizes the lack of…
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Oussama Mellouli talks to Tunisia Live about the revolution
Interview with Tunesian world champion Oussama Mellouli about the Jasmine revolution about a year ago. In English.