Category: Organization
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Professional Swimmer – Ready Room to Pool with Speedo
Find out what the athletes see behind the scenes from the ready room to the pool at the 2012 Istanbul Short Course World Championships with Speedo. Interesting swim when ‘Ryan’ gets into pool, is that 2 butterfly strokes and then a bit of underwater doggy-paddle before finishing at 25 meters ? :-P
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An open letter to Eurosport
As our coach put it, when we were not watching the women’s 100 meter breaststroke final on TV at the team hotel: ‘I hope these are the snooker Olympics, since they are showing them non-live, rather than the swimming World Champs live’ :-/ Dear Eurosport, I hope you’re well. There’s been a world swimming championships…
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Sport England gets tough over swimming grassroots funding
Six sports in Britain, including swimming and tennis, have been warned they will have millions in grassroots funding taken away unless they can show they can improve participation figures in the next 12 months, as Sport England unveiled its investment priorities for the next four years. Read The Guardian
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Olympic swimmer Nathan Adrian to lead toy drive
Olympic swimmer Nathan Adrian was at Target in Colma on Monday morning leading a toy-buying shopping spree for underprivileged kids. Adrian, who won two gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics, will be participating in the Salvation Army’s “Dig Deep SF,” which aims to purchase $25,000 worth of toys for Bay Area kids between eight…
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CC photo #352: Istanbul 2012 World Championships ads on board Turkish Airways
A nice touch, these advertisements for the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, in our Turkish Airways flight bound for Copenhagen. Back home in the Faroes now :-)
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The battle of the sexes moves to swimming pool
“With the short course World Swimming Championships due to get underway in Istanbul this week there will be a new feature which was introduced at the latest European Championships, where men and women compete together in mixed relays.” Read RT (and btw – wow, hyperflexible elbows)
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The FINA 2016 World Swimming Championships (25m) will be in Windsor, Canada
The FINA Bureau awarded yesterday the organisation of the 13th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in 2016 to the city of Windsor (Ontario, Canada). For this event, bidding interest had also been received from the city of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China), Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) and Ashgabat (Turkmenistan). Read fina.org
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Ian Thorpe wins human rights award
Olympic champion Ian Thorpe has won this year’s Australian Human Rights Medal for his charity Fountain For Youth‘s work with Indigenous children. See ABC
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Michael Phelps says ‘Call Me Maybe’ video was key for USA Swimming’s succes at London 2012
Read USA Today The most successful Olympian in history sat for an interview with Costas Tonight this week and credited the team’s viral Call Me Maybe video for bonding the team. The clip, which has over 10 million views on YouTube, was a sensation this summer before London. “It’s funny to say it now, but…