Try to imagine the situation,” says Dezso Gyarmati, captain of Hungary’s 1956 Olympic water polo team. “A superpower destroys your country with weapons and tanks — a country that has never asked for that power to be there. And after that revolution is crushed you have to face the representatives of that superpower.” CNN via the17thman
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CC photo #65: FLOT stevnan 2012
A photo from local club FLOT’s annual youth swim meet here in Toftir, Faroe Islands, yesterday. As you see quite crowded, and also extremely hot and humid.
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Dominik Meichtry and Jessica Hardy engaged
Breaking news on Twitter from yesterday evening, Dominik Meichtry proposed to Jessica Hardy, and she said yes.
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Hannah Miley interviewed after her British Trials 400 IM win
YES, they are uploading to YouTube now also ! :-)
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Videos from 1st day of British Trials
British Swimming is continuing their fine work with videos from day 1 of the British Olympic Trials here on swimming.org, interviewing Olympic qualifiers and also presenting video from a race or two.
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Jennie Johansson sets Swedish record at the British Trials
Sweden’s Jennie Johansson set a Swedish record this morning at the British Olympic Trials, with a time of 1:07.10 in the 100 meter breaststroke prelims, 11/100 faster than Joline Höstman’s Swedish record of 1:07.21 from the Rome 2009 World Championships. Well inside the FINA A Olympic qualifying standard of 1:08.49, and behind only Rebecca Soni’s 1:06.88 on SwimNews’ 2012 World Ranking list.  Via simma.nu/se. -
Nugent might tweak selections to ensure Thorpe a London spot
While the selection criteria is usually non-negotiable, Australia’s head coach Leigh Nugent might seek board approval from Swimming Australia to change the rules if Thorpe missed the team by finishing seventh in either the 100m or 200m freestyle. This has been done before, last year the rules were altered to give Libby Trickett a chance to make the world titles team, and in 2008, Felicity Galvez was selected for the Beijing Olympics after ending up seventh at the trials. Read for instance sify sports
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5 Brits secure Olympic spot on 1st night of trials
Hannah Miley swam her fastest 400 meter IM in a textile suit with a time of 3:43.67, and was joined on the squad by Aimee Willmott in 4:37.48. Roberto Pavoni and Joe Robuck filled the two slots in the men’s equivalent with 4:12.43 and 4:14.48 respectively. Robbie Renwick qualified in the 400 freestyle with a Scottish record of 3:46.73, while David Carry’s 3:48.36 was inside the FINA A standard of 3:48.92 but 0.23 seconds outside GB’s harder standard for 2nd place qualifier. So he’ll have to try again at the ASA Championships in Sheffield in June. Read sportinglife.com and more indepth SwimmingWorld Magazine
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Arena’s Powerskin Carbon Pro debuts at British Swimming Trials
The Powerskin Carbon Pro, Arena’s latest swimsuit featuring breakthrough “intelligent compression” technology will make its first appearance in a major competitive meet at the venue for this summer’s Olympic Games, the London Aquatics Centre. They have British swimmers Francesca Halsall and Hannah Miley on board at that meet, as well as Milorad ÄŒavić from Serbia, Denmarks’ Lotte Friis, Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström, Germany’s Paul Biedermann and Ireland’s Grainne Murphy. Also (not attending this meet) Norway’s Alexander Dale Oen, South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh, USA’s Eric Shanteau and Rebecca Soni, the Netherlands’ Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Brazil’s César Cielo. Via the17thman.