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  • Read AFP

    Swimming coach Bob Bowman, who guided Michael Phelps to 18 gold, two silver and two bronze medals over four Olympic Games, is now working with France’s promising young champion Yannick Agnel.

    Before an afternoon training session, and just back from the dentist’s chair, he fielded a few questions from AFP, punctuating his responses with an easy laugh.

    AFP: Is Agnel the next Michael Phelps?

    Bowman: No, he’s the first Yannick. He is really quite similar to Michael in some ways — his mental approach, his dedication to training, those sort of things. But he’s also quite different and I think he can stand on his own. He doesn’t need a comparison to someone else… In the big moments he tends to give his best performance, and that’s a hallmark of a great swimmer.

    See also this video

  • See WALB

    For the first time divers at the Flint Riverquarium tested the waters, carving a pumpkin submerged under water.

    It’s all in preparation for the center’s Halloween celebrations. Next week, they’ll jump into the blue hole with some more pumpkins for the center’s first underwater carving show at 6pm.

    WALB.com, Albany News, Weather, Sports

  • “Reaction from some of the winners on the first day of the Swimming World Cup in Dubai on Thursday.”

    http://youtu.be/sTx2apcgSaI

  • On the first day of the FINA 2013 Swimming World Cup meet in Dubai, Norway was disqualified from a bronze medal in the mixed 4×50 medley because of a changeover that was 0.01 too fast. On the second day of the meet, Norway was again disqualified in the mixed 4×50 free final, because of a changeover that was 0.01 too fast. Amazing.

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  • On day 2 of the FINA 2013 Swimming World Cup meet in Dubai, yesterday, Japan’s relay team of Shinri Shioura, Sayaka Akase, Kenta Ito and Kanako Watanabe took
    out the 4x50m mixed freestyle relay in 1:32.52, beating Russia’s world record of 1:33.01 from the World Cup meet in Moscow last Sunday. Brazil was also faster than the now former world record, with a time of 1:32.95. See the result list here and FINA press release here. See also the video on FinaTV.

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  • Finland’s Emilia Pikkarainen readying herself for the women’s 100 meter butterfly final at the FINA 2012 Swimming World Cup meet in Berlin, Germany. She was 4th in 58.36, see the result list here.

    Emilia Pikkarainen at the Berlin 2012 World Cup meet

  • “Waterlust began as a handful of graduate students trying to inspire people to care about the Ocean. Today it has grown into a global community of water lovers, or as we call them Waterlusters. Blending science, art and sport, we publish film, photography and art online that will hopefully get you thinking….”

    http://youtu.be/acw9M1M4SRo

  • Read Sports World News

    While many around the U.S. hold out hope that Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps will return for the 2016 Summer Games in Rio, Phelps has warmed up to retirement life and has no regrets about walking away from the pool following the 2012 London Olympics.

    Phelps told WCHS News’ Bill Green at the development for his Michael Phelps Skill Center in Saco, M.E., that he is happy with his life as a retired swimmer.

    “I’ve said nothing about a comeback,” Phelps told the news station. “I have said nothing about a comeback. It’s everybody else opening their mouths and saying comments that they think I’m going to do or think that I said. I’ve never said anything publicly.”

  • duel-in-the-pool-2013See for instance swimming.org

    Olympic medallist Michael Jamieson and World Championship medallist Fran Halsall will lead the European challenge at the 2013 Duel in the Pool when the continent’s best swimmers go head-to-head with world number one swimming nation the USA.

    Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Britain will be French Olympic champions Florent Manaudou, Yannick Agnel and Fabien Gilot for the men, and double Olympic champion Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands for the women as they combine for the 37-strong European Allstars.

    But they will face a USA team that also features swimming’s elite such as double Olympic champion Ryan Lochte as well as Olympic champions Kate Ledecky, Conor Dwyer, Shannon Vreeland and Tyler Clary.

    Duel in the Pool 2013 will be held at Tollcross International Swimming Centre, home to next year’s Commonwealth Games swimming, on 20-21 December and provides a unique opportunity for fans to see the world’s greatest swimmers battle for supremacy in the pool.

    The 2013 Duel in the Pool will be streamed live on Sky Sports.
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