USA’s Ariana Kukors 2:06.15 in the women’s 200 meter individual medley at the FINA 2009 World Championships in Rome, Italy. Here a shot of the big screen in the stadium.
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Colorado Time Systems – Train Right System
“USMS Marketing Coordinator Kyle Deery walks us through the Colorado Time Systems Train Right System and how it can help your team.”
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STV: Swim Team Promotion
A promotion for the St. George’s School Swim Team.
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Cesar Cielo gets Furnas backing
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Brazilian swimmer Cesar Cielo has secured a personal sponsorship deal with Furnas, a subsidiary of state-owned electrical utilities company Eletrobras.
The 26-year-old, an Olympic gold medallist, has signed a one-year contract which may be extended up to the 2016 Olympic Games in his native country.
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Natalie Coughlin’s gene pool: American as Americans get
Genealogists spent months looking into the family history of Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin.
To the surprise of no one, her bloodlines are awash in red, white and blue.
Coughlin’s roots in the country go back to shortly after the arrival of the Mayflower. Mary Mettler, the research coordinator who dove into the swimmer’s gene pool, told Coughlin said that it was “amazing” that both parents were 13th-generation Americans. Mettler also noted that many of her ancestors were instrumental to the success of the country’s early colonies.
“It’s inspiring,” the 12-time medalist said upon hearing the news. “Being an Olympian, that’s one of the motivational things for us — that we represent our countries when we compete. That’s pretty cool.”
Image courtesy of JD Lasica, CC BY-NC 2.0
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Dubai lifeguard to swim English Channel with arms and legs tied
Read gulfnews.comA record-winning Indian lifeguard from Dubai is aiming to swim the English Chanel with his hands and legs tied — and set a world record in the process.
Ratheesh Radhakrishnan, 32, who works with Anantara Hotels, is no novice when it comes to adventurous stunts in water. The ace swimmer from Kerala has already been featured in the India Limca Book of World Records for a 3-km swim in 40 minutes with his arms and legs tied with bandages in the Arabian sea off Kollam beach in Kerala.
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Indian swimmer Arjun Muralidharan banned 2 years for doping
Read The HinduChampion swimmer Arjun Muralidharan has been handed a two-year ban by National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel after testing positive for stimulant Methylhexaneamine during the All India Police Aquatics Championships in March.
The panel imposed a sanction of two-year ban on Muralidharan, starting October 25, a NADA source told PTI.
“Arjun has been handed a two-year ban. He can appeal to National Anti-Doping Appeal Panel,†the source said.
Muralidharan has won 15 national titles so far. He at one point of time held the national records in 50, 100 and 200 meter butterflies simultaneously.
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Behold LeBron James going for an open water swim
Is is a Nike ad, yes, but it is also LeBron James swimming :-)
http://youtu.be/hmWMz10Ftko
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CC photo #668: Warm-up pool at the Rijeka 2008 Europeans
Just a photo from the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. We the Faroese were very impressed, as it was as big as one of our only three 25-meter pools in the country back home. Still is.
