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GB suffered a 14.9%, or £4m, funding cut after missing their London 2012 medal target of five to seven medals.
As a result Furniss has overseen a drastic cut in the number of funded swimmers and has insisted on more regular competition.
“We’re taking some out of their comfort zone but we’ll benefit,” he said.
“It’s not a choice for the athletes, if they are on the programme we are telling them they have to do this, so we’re forcing a bit of change.”
A Manchester swimmer is to be immortalised in the name of the city’s newest road.
Sunny Lowry – the first woman to swim the channel – will be celebrated as part of major regeneration work taking place around Eastlands.
The Longsight -born athlete was chosen after a Dragons Den-style clash between five schools.
Teams from each tried to persuade a panel – featuring current and former Manchester City players, among others – to pick their chosen historical figure for the accolade.
Also put forward were international water polo player Billy Dean, Bradford Labour politician John Edward Sutton, children’s writer Frances Hodgson Burnett – author of The Secret Garden – and the late Monkees star Davy Jones.
See len.eu, the European Swimming League (LEN) has switched from Omega and the online live timing solution that we have gotten used to on omegatiming.com, to their own ‘LEN Timing System’, apparently partnered with Alge Timing. The live timing for the Herning 2013 European Short Course Championships can be found here.
Timelapse of the construction on the Herning 2013 European Short Course Championships venue.
… and Herning 2013 has hereby with a quick and dirty trick won the European Short Course Championships Organization trophy. Jesper, there is still time to install a bell or buzzer *outside* the lounge, for the swimmers to use in case they need their coach :-)
Read The Swimming Blog on the Guardian
I assume everyone is as fussy as me so I’d never advocate giving a swimming costume. Knowing an approximate size is not enough; what’s the betting they’ll prefer a specific kind of back, leg cut, colour, make or combination of those things? Same with goggles – I know what I like. And there are other bits of swimming kit that will never scream “GIVE ME”. Buying someone nose clips or mouldable ear wax is like buying a woman Tampax. It’s not a sign that you’re intuitive and resourceful and have been taking careful notes, it’s a sign you forgot and went to the late-night chemist.
Image courtesy of Anne Roberts, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Read len.eu
LEN will provide a live streaming from Herning on www.len.eu in HD quality. Those wishing to enjoy the coverage will find the choice on a pay-per-view basis. The rates for this option are: 2.90 Euros per day of competition (heats and finals) and 9.90 Euros package offer (4 days of competition – heats and finals).
The competition pool for the LEN 2013 European Short Course Championships in Herning, Denmark, the warm-up pool also seen in the background. Photo taken during our first practice in ‘the Box’, Monday 9 December 2013.
Read for instance Malaysia Sun
French Olympic gold medallist swimmer Amaury Leveaux Monday announced his retirement after achieving his “career goals”.
“I have all the medals I need and done everything I want to in swimming,” said Leveaux who celebrated his 28th birthday last Monday.
