In case you’re interested and haven’t found them yet, there is a series of video interviews on len.eu, with medal winners from the Chartres 2012 European Short Course Championships.
Here is Florent Manaudou, winner of the men’s 50 freestyle
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Ian Crocker embraces new role with Texas Women’s Swimming program
Texas-Ex and Olympic gold medalist Ian Crocker shares his wisdom and swimming experience as a volunteer assistant coach with Carol Capitani’s Texas Women’s Swimming program.
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France and Hungary dominate first day of Chartres 2012
Read for instance SwimNews, Poland’s Radoslaw Kawecki took down European short course championships record in the men’s 200 meter backstroke, with a time of 1:48.51 besting Stanislav Donet’s 1:48.62 from Istanbul 2009, the European record though still Arkady Vyatchanin’s 1:46.11. The host country France and Hungary lead the medal table after this first day of competition, with Denmark in third :-)
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Michael Phelps – SWIM4KIDS
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CC photo #327: Aschwin Wildeboer at Rijeka 2008
Spain’s Aschwin Wildeboer Faber at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. He looks happy (and I should use this camera more :-)
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Cash-strapped Greece to miss European Championships
Greece will not compete in the European short course swimming championships starting this week for the first time in 16 years due to financial problems, Hellenic Swimming Federation (KOE) president Dimitris Diathesopoulos said on Wednesday. Read for instance Yahoo! Sports and Eurosport
“We had decided in the summer that we would not attend the European event this year, mainly due to financial reasons,” the Diathesopoulos said.
“We programmed this according to our budget constraints and the fact that the World championships are so close.
“Of course we are disappointed that we will miss out for the first time since 1996 after so many successive appearances, but these days a lot of things are happening for the first time in Greece’s history.”
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Natalie Coughlin’s Video Swimming Tips
Watch Olympic gold medalist and 2008 team captain Natalie Coughlin offer tips on swimming technique and form. Presented by H2O Audio on Active.com
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Brits cancel 8th annual awards after poor performance at the Olympics
Wow, as America’s swimmers celebrated their Olympic success at the annual Golden Goggles awards in New York, and Australia prepared to host its own Swimmer of the Year awards bash in Melbourne, it emerged that the British version, the Splash Awards, was cancelled following the withdrawal of support from British Swimming. Read Pullbuoy@pullbuoy sadly British Swimming pulled out at late notice (didn’t want to be seen to celebrate after poor Olympics!) so I had to cancel :-(
— Karen Pickering (@Karen_Pickering) November 20, 2012
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CC photo #326: Jón, Pauli & Markus on the Ægir-podium in February
For some reason the now most popular photo in our Flickr collection, Jón Hofgaard (Suðuroyar Svimjifelag), Pauli Ø. Mohr (Havnar Svimjifelag) and Markus Joensen (Havnar Svimjifelag) on the podium at the Ægir-meet in KlaksvÃk, Faroe Islands, back in February, after what must have been the men’s 50 breaststroke.
