They won the women’s 4×50 medley at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia, clocking a new Championships and European (and World?) record of 1:45.73. The team Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Moniek Nijhuis, Hinkelien Schreuder and (I guess still in the water) Marleen Veldhuis. See the result list here.
The Ryan Lochte remix of “Yeah” by Usher, via Buzzfeed
“On Friday, April 26, 2013, Olympic gold medalist Rowdy Gaines gave a Swim Clinic for Newtown, CT Torpedoes. Many of the kids attend Sandy Hook Elementary.”
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The record shattering backstroke swimmer, who is being inducted into the Los Angeles CIF Hall of Fame, hung up his flippers in 2005 to open a swim academy. Here he tells us about his favorite pool in L.A., what it’s like to coach young swimmers, and where he cools off during the summer
Last week the swimmer turned cameo actor turned fashionista ruffled some feathers when he seemed to have forgotten that he had lobbied pretty hard to get onto both of the high rated reality shows.
Instead he stated at the E! Upfronts: “They asked me if I would [do The Bachelor] or Dancing with the Stars. And I was like, ‘Why don’t I just have my own reality TV show, and just put it all in there myself? Do it my own way.’”
Last September, our source over at The Bachelor had this to say about him. “ABC really wanted Ryan for The Bachelor knowing the ratings it could pull in, but after careful consideration, they felt that he might not be as interested in his housemates as our previous contestants. He should definitely do more shows like Project Runway since he seems more aimed at fashion style things. Dating shows might not be his bag.”
After contacting them about Lochte’s diss, they had this to say. “Ryan is delusional if he actually thinks things panned out that way with The Bachelor and Dancing. He and his people lobbied very hard, and it just didn’t work out the way he’s now claiming. ABC is now thankful they decided not to use him after the dismal ratings for his reality show. It’s time for Lochte to get back to what he does best…and it’s not acting or playing himself on television.”
Just a photo from Tallinn, Estonia back in January 2009, when we visited Rein Haljand for a bit of video analysis of Pál Joensen. Haljand’s son Holger ready with the camera cart, Jón Bjarnason ready to move the back stroke flags out of the way. A really nice pool and hotel, the Kalev Spa.
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The 27-year-old Queenslander was denied Olympic gold by Cameron van der Burgh despite replays showing the South African had performed an illegal underwater butterfly kick off the start.
However, Sprenger could only see a bright future from the London Olympic podium – especially after booking a world titles spot by claiming his second straight 100m breaststroke national title and third overall ahead of great rival Brenton Rickard (1:00.00).
“I have finally worked out how to swim breaststroke, I think,” Sprenger said. […]
(Video from London 2012)
