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Russia 1:41.70 and a new world record in the mixed 4×50 medley

Oct 12, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, World Record

At the World Cup meet in Moscow today, Russia’s team of Sergey Makov (23.98), Andrey Grechin (26.90), Daria TcvetkovaÂ (25.97) and Ekaterina Borovikova (24.85) managed to crush the mixed 4×50 medley world record, with a time of 1:41.70 beating Indiana University’s world record of 1:49.87 from September. This is an only recently recognized FINA event, so expect it to be broken again soon.Â See the result list here.

Final highlight of the day: Russia claimed the mixed 4x50m medley #worldrecord: 1:41.70! All #swc2013 results: http://t.co/sOsoIdMGx5

— FINA (@fina1908) October 12, 2013
CC photo #649: Meilutyte after winning the 100 breast at BCN2013

Oct 12, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte after winning the women’s 100 meter breaststroke at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Also in picture Russia’s silver winner Yuliya Efimova (in a pink cap, of course), and Denmark’s 4th placed Rikke MÃ¸ller Pedersen. See the result list here.
Ruta Meilutyte 1:02.36 and new World Record in the 100 meter SC breaststroke

Oct 12, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, World Record

At the World Cup leg in Moscow today, Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte scorched the Olympiisky pool, when winning the women’s 100 short course meter breaststroke final in a new world record time of 1:02.36. Old record was Rebecca Soni’s 1:02.70 from the Europe vs USA Duel in the Pool event in Manchester back in the supersuited days of December 2009. Read for instance SwimmingWorld

Post by FINA.

A video from the event

http://youtu.be/5u8Sjgu61nM
THE SWIMMER / PLAUKIKÄ– – Official Trailer

Oct 11, 2013

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rokur

in Wow

Official trailer of the award winning short filmÂ “The Swimmer / PlaukikÄ—” directed by GabrielÄ— UrbonaitÄ—.Â See IMDB andÂ Facebook

Awards:
Silver Crane 2013 – Best Short Film (Lithuania)
Best Lithuanian Film (Audience Award) – Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris 2013 (Lithuania)
Ryan Lochte embraces Charlotte, new training routine

Oct 11, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Training

“Even with a cap and goggles, it’s hard not to notice Ryan Lochte. Take him out of the pool, and apparently, it’s even harder to miss him…”
FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 – Moscow (RUS) – Press Conference

Oct 11, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization

Featuring Executive Director of FINA Cornel Marculescu, President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation Vladimir Salnikov, Representative of the FINA Technical Swimming Committee Andrew Vlaskov, Olympic champion Chad le Clos, 2012 World Cup winner Katinka Hosszu and others.
Diana Nyad Finishes NYC 48-Hour Sandy Recovery Swim, Raises $103K

Oct 11, 2013

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rokur

in Open Water, Organization

Read for instance NBC New York

Spectators whooped and cheered as the 64-year-old woman who swam from Cuba to Florida finished her 48-hour swim in a pool installed in a Manhattan intersection to benefit victims of Sandy.

Wearing a pink swim cap, Diana Nyad dove into the 120-foot, two-lane pool set up in Herald Square and began doing laps shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday.

She came out of the pool at 8:48 a.m. Thursday after raising a little more than $103,000 for the AmeriCares nonprofit health and disaster organization, according to the eventâ€™s website.

http://youtu.be/T3yc05pCAcY
CC photo #648: European Swimmers of the Year 2009 on the Istanbul podium

Oct 11, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

A photo from the LEN 2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right Germany’s Paul Biedermann, Russia’s synchronized swimmer Natalia Ishchenko and Germany’s open water swimmers Thomas Lurz and Angela Maurer. Britta Steffen is missing on the photo, as the 2009 European female swimmer of the year.
Moscow Swimming World Cup 2013 to be streamed LIVE on FinaTV

Oct 11, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization

The next round of FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 meets starts tomorrow in Moscow, Russia, with live streaming on FinaTV. The competition times for the Moscow leg are as follows:

Saturday, 12 October
Start Time: 13:50 to 17:10 GMT Main TX Day 1 session 1 (PGM start 14:21 GMT)

Sunday, 13 October
Start Time: 14:00 to 17:15 GMT Main TX Day 2 (PGM start 14:30 GMT)

The detailed competition schedules can be found here on fina.org, live timing on omegatiming.com.