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Category: Training

  • Ian Thorpe regains speed in the water

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    Having lost a whopping 18kg since he embarked on his secret swimming comeback seven months ago, a toned Thorpe fronted a media throng at Darling Harbour yesterday to tell the world he was “satisfied” with his progress. Read more here on the Herald Sun. VIDEO: Thorpe down under and upbeat

  • 9NEWS segment on Missy Franklin

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    Colorado’s 9NEWS focusing on Missy Franklin here, partially using the same video source as the USA Today segment, but with other clips and quotes. Nice classic from her coach Todd Schmitz: “Everybody loves to win, but there are a few people who hate to lose, and those are typically the Olympians. I don’t think Missy…

  • Sports Tonight on Evans, Miley and Pengelly

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    Australia’s Blair Evans, South Africa’s Jess Pengelly and Scotland’s Hannah Miley training together in Perth in December 2010, all 400 IM medal contenders for the London Olympic Games in 2012. Travis Nederpelt: “I swear to god they are like a pack of sharks.”

  • Ian Thorpe on his return to the pool

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    By Ian Thorpe, 5-time Olympic gold medallist for Australia … We have a rule of thumb in swimming: for every month you have off it takes about three months of training to get back to your previous condition. I’m not sure what the time frame is when you’ve been out of action for five years…

  • Thoman and Schneider at the YMCA YSplash event

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    Nick Thoman and Josh Schneider taking time out to teach children how to swim, at a Charlotte area YMCA week-long YSplash event. Now back to the Charlotte UltraSwim Jones vs Schneider swim-off!

  • Glen doing good in Libanon

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    Former Olympian and Swedish national coach Glen Christiansen visited Lebanon this week, for the second time this year, leading a 6 day training camp for Lebanese youth, 40 in total aged 8 to 17, spanning from relative beginners to elite swimmers. Plus had two-hour sessions for adults in the evening, in addition to the all-day…

  • Brazil has no Omega OSB11 starting blocks ?

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    Alberto Pinto Silva, coach to Olympic 50m free champion Cesar Cielo in Brazil, has described as foolish the fact that his country has no Omega OSB11 ramp starting blocks of the kind that will be used this summer in Shanghai and next summer in London when his charge defends the World and Olympic titles respectively.…

  • Liam Tancock prepares for Shanghai with ballet lessons

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    Great column here on thisislondon.co.uk by Liam Tancock, where he reveals that he has been taking ballet lessons, and that British swimming training camps involve a FIFA tournament on PlayStation. This might come as a surprise but I’ve been taking ballet classes with my training group. I’ve had four – and it’s not like we’re…

  • Are you up for the SEAL Fitness Challenge ?

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    The Navy SEALs and USA Swimming have joined efforts to bring a new program to USA Swimming clubs and LSCs: the SEAL Fitness Challenge. It will take place in the spring and fall in various LSCs around the country. USA Swimming members can participate individually or with their club, but must be 13 year of…