Former Olympic swimming champion Laure Manaudou says she is quitting for good after announcing her retirement for the second time.
Read for instance Sports Illustrated
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Rebecca Adlington to make announcement on future
Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington has revealed that she will make a “major announcement” at a press conference next Tuesday, amid rumours she has decided to retire from swimming.
Read for instance France 24
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Michael Phelps signs with PING
Michael Phelps has signed a long-term contract with a company whose only water product is a black-and-white striped umbrella.
That’s right. The 22-time Olympic medalist is hitching his wagon to the good folks at PING for the time being.
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CC photo #397: Jeanette Ottesen Gray enters the Istanbul 2012 arena
Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen Gray ready for the women’s 50 meter butterfly final at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. She ended up winning bronze in 25.55, see the result list here.
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Shannon Rollason (AUS) new head coach of the Danish NTC
The Danish Swimming Federation announces this morning that they have hired 40-year-old Shannon Rollason as their new head coach of the National Training Center in Copenhagen. Rollason is renowned for among other things his work with Jodie Henry and Alice Mills, gold medalists of the Athens 2004 Olympics, and comes from a similar position at the Australian Institute of Sports. Read svoem.org (in Danish)
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CC photo #396: Yukihiro Takahashi enters the Istanbul 2012 arena
Japan’s Yukihiro Takahashi ready for the men’s 200 meter breaststroke at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. He ended up 8th in 2:04.92, see the result list here.
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Bill Sweetenham temporay high performance coach of New Zealand
Read Msn
Sweetenham, who oversaw the emergence of Australian legends Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett before six contentious years as high performance director of British swimming, will take up a short-term role on February 8.
Swimming New Zealand said 62-year-old Sweetenham, who reviewed the organisation’s high performance structure in 2008, will be initially contracted as a high performance coach until the national championships in mid-March.
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Measure distance in pools in Google Maps
Under Maps Labs in Google Maps, which can be found in the lower left corner, is a measuring tool that can be activated. You can choose the geeky option and measure the distance based on the size of Olympic swimming pools, for example. The English Channel is at least 822 pools in width :-)
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Li Zhesi Banned For EPO Positive
Read SwimNews
Following our report and questions in December and pressure from USA Swimming, FINA today imposed a ban on Li Zhesi, the Chinese teenager who at 16 last March 31 tested positive for EPO.