After the fourth and final day of the LEN 2012 European Short Course Championships in Chartres, France, the host country leapt even further ahead in the medal standings, to ‘win’ the event with 12 gold medals, 6 silver and 11 bronze, Denmark and Hungary second with 6 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze. Yannick Agnel and Camille Muffat both secured their almost certain gold medals in the 200 freestyle, albeit not breaking the expected world records, while Hannah Miley (GBR) and Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) broke the European records in the 400 IM and 100 breaststroke respectively, and Daryna Zevina of Ukraine the Championships record in the women’s 200 backstroke. See full race report on SwimNews and all results here on OmegaTiming
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Sweden selects 12 women, 2 men for the Istanbul 2012 World Championships
The Swedish Swimming Federation today selected the Istanbul 2012 national squad, including Therese Alshammar, Jennie Johansson and that controversial Simon Sjödin, but not Sarah Sjöström. Sjöström has said earlier that she was unsure about her World Championships participation, and would use the Swedish short course championships this weekend to gauge her form, I guess that part is settled now.
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Rikke Møller Pedersen 1:04.12 and a new European Record in the 100 breaststroke
At the LEN 2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Chartres today, Denmark’s Rikke Møller Pedersen won the women’s 100 meter breaststroke in 1:04.12, beating her own 1:04.21 European record from the Salnikov Cup in St. Petersburg 2009, and her 1:04.49 Championships record from the prelims this morning. Petra Chocova (CZE) was second in 1:05.50, and Marina Garcia Urzainqui (ESP) third in 1:05.82. See result list here
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Hannah Miley 4:23.47 and a new European Record in the 400 IM
At the LEN 2012 European Short Course Championships in Chartres today, Great Britain’s Hannah Miley won the women’s 400 meter individual medley in 4:23.47, breaking Mireia Belmonte‘s 4:24.21Â European record from the Dubai 2010 World Championships, and Belmonte’s 4:24.55 Championships record from the Europeans last year in Szczecin. It was Miley’s mid portion that did the damage, starting out relatively slow with a 1:02.05 in the butterfly, but then completing the backstroke leg in 1:07.27 and backing that up with a 1:14.31 in the breaststroke and 59.84 in the freestyle. Oh and yes, SwimNews calls it a world textile best. See result list here
Comparative splits
- Miley 2012: 1:02.05 – 1:07.27 – 1:14.31 – 59.84
- Belmonte 2011: 1:00.52 – 1:07.63 – 1:15.84 – 1:00.56
- Belmonte 2010: 1:01.76 – 1:09.24 – 1:13.51 – 59.70
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Behold a most awesome Chartres 2012 promo video
Wow, Allez Le Bleus! Via transeet.fr
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Video: Camille Muffat’s 400 freestyle world record at Chartres 2012
French phenomenon Camille Muffat clocking 3:54.85 and a new women’s 400 meter freestyle world record at the LEN 2012 European Short Course Championships in Chartres, France.
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The International Sports Press Survey 2011 finds sports journalism to be a man’s world
According to new research on sports coverage in 80 newspapers from 22 countries, sport journalism is clearly a soccer-focused man’s world. More than 90% of the named journalists are male, and 85% of the articles written about individuals – typically athletes – about men. FIFA’s football (soccer) can be called the only “world media sport”, dominating especially in Europe and South America (Romania the extreme with more than 85% of the coverage about soccer), whilst media coverage of different sports is more equally distributed in countries like the US. (baseball there leading with some 22%).
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Another good day for France at Chartres 2012 today
Camille Muffat was definitely the headliner at the Chartres 2012 European Short Course Championships today, with her world record in the 400 freestyle, France moving away on the medal table with that and Jeremy Stravius’ win in the mens 100 backstroke, plus Laure Manaudou’s win in the women’s 50 backstroke, Italy and Russia also moving up the medal table with Morozov’s (RUS) win in the men’s 100 freestyle and Paltrinieri’s and Scozzoli’s (ITA) wins in the men’s 100 freestyle and 50 breaststroke. Tomorrow will be another good day, I guess France will be gunning for a world record in both the men’s and women’s 200 freestyle. See the full race report on SwimNews
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Australian swim chief quits after London 2012 debacle
Swimming Australia chief executive Kevin Neil has quit his post in the wake of the team’s poor showing at the London Olympics, which was tarred by reports of pranks and ill-discipline. Neil has denied he was a casualty of the swim team’s below-par Olympic campaign but he admitted the pressure of the role has had an impact on his health. Read for instance AFP and The Age