Courtesy of Swimming Australia, “James Magnussen wins in 47.75 ahead of Cameron McEvoy.” See also nsw.swimming.org.au
#NSWStates – Men's 100m Freestyle
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Jeanette Ottesen clocks 24.54 and Danish national record tying time in the 50 free
Jeanette Ottesen rattled her own Danish record in the 50 meter freestyle, when she at the East-Regional Danish Long Course Championships in Ballerup clocked 24.54 seconds, equalling her national record from the Barcelona 2013 World Championships. The Danish Regional Long Course Championships are held in Odense (West) and Ballerup (East) this weekend, as lead-up to the Danish Open 2014 / Berlin 2014 Trials in Bellahøj (Copenhagen), late March.
And she is apparently in heavy training
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Grant Hackett, Ian Thorpe go from hero to zero while golden girls thrive
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Life after swimming has left the likes of Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett floundering, but Australia’s golden girls have taken a shine to new careers post-pool.
Athens Olympic gold medallist Giaan Rooney has carved out a successful, scandal-free career as a swimming commentator and advertising spruiker, while three-time Olympian Nicole Livingstone also has a high-profile media gig with Channel 10.
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Swimming NZ takes Commonwealth Games trials live
Read Voxy and Swimming New ZealandSwimming New Zealand will up their profile with April’s State New Zealand Open Championships to be broadcast live.
SKY Television will screen the four days of the championships live from the Westwave Aquatic Centre in Henderson, Auckland from 8 to 11 April, which doubles as the official trial for the Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships.
Swimming New Zealand CEO Christian Renford said the move to live television coverage is an important step up for the sport.
“SKY and Swimming New Zealand have been partners for the last few years with delayed coverage of our championships,” said Renford.
“We want to take that to a new level and to profile our swimmers and our sport.
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Texas Game Wardens dive into extreme swimming lessons
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Imagine trying to stay afloat wearing 20 pounds of gear. If you’re a Texas Game Warden drowning while patrolling the water is a very real danger. That’s why some Texas Game Wardens took an extreme swimming lesson recently.
Game Warden Water Survival
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Swimming coach loses appeal to clear her name
Read Dorset EchoA swimming coach has lost her appeal against a conviction for assaulting a child.
Janet Hewitt, the former head coach of the West Dorset Warriors, wept as she was told by Judge Peter Johnson today that the appeal had been dismissed following a hearing at Bournemouth Crown Court.
Judge Johnson said: “I’m afraid quite simply we do not believe her account.
“It’s clear that this was a fleeting aberration on her part but it is our duty to apply the law in this case.
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Grant Hackett’s ex-wife Candice Alley tells of her safety concerns for the couple’s twins
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Olympic champion Grant Hackett’s ex-wife Candice Alley is “filled with horror” after the swimmer lost their son and ended up wandering semi-naked through a casino.
Breaking a two-year public silence on the split, Alley said she now feared for the safety of the couple’s four-year-old twins, Charlize and Jagger. “I am devastated by what I have read in the newspaper and seen on TV,” she said.
“The thought of our children being at risk, by either allegedly wandering around a hotel in the middle of the night or being left alone in a hotel room, is extremely shocking to me.”
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2014 New South Wales State Open Championships
Great to be at Sydney Olympic Park for the first morning of the 2014 NSW State Championships
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Deaf Child Raises Money Through Swimming
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Grayson Vaughn is a 9-year-old boy who lives in Fort Smith. And he’s defying odds by raising thousands of dollars through the sport of swimming, after he lost his hearing as a toddler.
“I like to help people be able to see if they’re deaf or not,” Grayson said.
Stroke by stroke, Grayson has helped pioneer hearing screening through Swim To Hear, an organization uses swimming as a fundraising measure to help kids with hearing loss.