A scene at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs, “What goes on in the warm up warm down pool stays there”, courtesy of CoachJackRoach
(See yfrog)
Update, GoSwim calls this a Partner Pusher
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Sport England gets tough over swimming grassroots funding
Six sports in Britain, including swimming and tennis, have been warned they will have millions in grassroots funding taken away unless they can show they can improve participation figures in the next 12 months, as Sport England unveiled its investment priorities for the next four years. Read The Guardian
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Olympic swimmer Nathan Adrian to lead toy drive
Olympic swimmer Nathan Adrian was at Target in Colma on Monday morning leading a toy-buying shopping spree for underprivileged kids. Adrian, who won two gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics, will be participating in the Salvation Army’s “Dig Deep SF,” which aims to purchase $25,000 worth of toys for Bay Area kids between eight and 16 years old. Read ABC7 Local
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CC photo #352: Istanbul 2012 World Championships ads on board Turkish Airways
A nice touch, these advertisements for the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, in our Turkish Airways flight bound for Copenhagen. Back home in the Faroes now :-)
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CC photo #351: The Istanbul 2012 World Champs Podium View
The view from the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) medal podium in Istanbul, Turkey. Oh my, 160 flags or something like that, all regular size but looking tiny from here.
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Meanwhile in Finland
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Istanbul 2012 Day 4: Lochte breaks the 100 IM WR
On the fourth day of the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, Ryan Lochte (USA) broke the 100 IM world record, clocking 50.71 in the semi where Peter Mankoc’s record from Istanbul 2009 was 50.76. Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) set a new championships record in the women’s 100 breaststroke, clocking 1:03.52 where Rebecca Soni’s record from Dubai 2010 was 1:03.98. Nicolas Santos (BRA) set yet another championships record in the men’s 50 butterfly, clocking 22.22 where his record from yesterday was 22.23. Ye Shiwen (CHN) set a new championships record in the women’s 200 IM, clocking 2:04.64 where Mireia Belmonte’s record from Dubai 2010 was 2:05.73. Robert Hurley (AUS) won the men’s 50 backstroke in 23.04, and USA the women’s 4×100 freestyle in 3:31.01. See a full race report for instance here on SwimmingWorld.
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Istanbul 2012 Day 3: Lochte breaks the 200 IM WR
On the third day of the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, Ryan Lochte (USA) smashed his own 200 IM world record, clocking 1:49.63 where his record from the 2010 World Champs was 1:50.08. Dani Gyurta (HUN) set a new championship record in the men’s 200 breaststroke, clocking 2:01.35 where Naoya Tomita’s record from Dubai 2010 was 2:03.12. Katinka Hosszu set a new championships record in the women’s 100 IM, clocking 58.49 where Ariana Kukor’s record from Dubai 2010 was 58.65. Britta Steffen (GER) won the women’s 100 freestyle in 52.31, Daryna Zevina (UKR) the women’s 200 backstroke in 2:02.24, Lu Ying (CHN) the women’s 50 butterfly in 25.14, Paul Biedermann (GER) the men’s 400 freestyle in 3:39.15, Melanie Costa Schmid (ESP) the women’s 400 freestyle in 4:01.18, Vladimir Morozov (RUS) the men’s 50 freestyle in 20.55, and Denmark the women’s 4×100 medley in 3:49.87. A good night for Europe, see a full race report for instance here on SwimmingWorld
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Sorry about the dead period since yesterday
I was busy
(kids, avert your eyes)