“7-time Olympic gold medalist, Aaron Peirsol, reappers from the mist in this surf video.” Quote Gold Medal Mel on Facebook
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CC photo #49: Japanese fans at Roma 2009
Photo taken from the athletes’ stand at the Rome 2009 World Aquatics Championships.
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MSS: Matt Grevers and Annie Chandler
Matt Grevers’ surprise proposal to longtime girlfriend Annie Chandler has been the talk of the swimming community for the past week, and the happy couple join today’s edition of The Morning Swim Show to relive the experience. Grevers talks about the planning that went into the proposal, which started last December when he spent time with Chandler’s father over Christmas, asking permission and everything :-)
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Trofeo Nuotatori Milanesi 2012
A lot of famous faces in this high quality video from the 2° Trofeo Città di Milano, February 3rd to 5th 2012, including Federica pellegrini, Filippo Magnini, Massimiliano Rosolino and Milorad Cavic. See results on nuotatorimilanesi.it.
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The First Day of 2012
“Hung-over-frozen-lake-dip in the “morning”, followed by much wallowing until still-hung-over-mountain-lake-hockey in the late afternoon.”
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Two Laps
Val and Pete have been swimming together every morning for the past seventeen years. Once a year they have a race, two laps up and back. Two friends. One race. Two laps. No prisoners.
Two Laps from Passion Pictures on Vimeo.
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CC photo #48: MankoÄ has a great taste in computers
Got to take this photo of Slovenia’s Peter MankoÄ in our mutual Rome 2009 World Championships team hotel. One of the great things about going to the big events, is that you get to meet your heroes in person, typically like here because we all need to go to the lobby to have decent wireless internet connection :-)
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31 st European Swimming Championships Reallocated to Debrecen (HUN)
Press release from the LEN Office …
LEN informs that the 2012 European Swimming Championships that were to take place in Antwerp (BEL) have been reallocated to the City of Debrecen (HUN) and will be held on the same dates as previously planned, from May 21st to 27th.
The event will take place at the Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex that hosted the European Short Course Swimming Championships in 2007.
As previously announced, the corresponding Diving Championships will be held in Eindhoven (NED) from May 15th to 20th.
The Synchronised Swimming discipline, originally intended to take place in Antwerp, has also been reallocated, with its continental titles now to be contested in Eindhoven. LEN appreciates the Dutch city’s availability on such short notice and the constant contribution of the Royal Dutch Swimming Federation. The exact dates of this competition have yet to be reconfirmed.
LEN also wishes to express gratitude to the Hungarian Government and Sports Ministry, the City of Debrecen, as well as the Hungarian Swimming Association for the outstanding support that they again demonstrate toward European Aquatics, and on this particular occasion in offering their experience and resources to once more welcome the LEN Swimming Family to Hungary.
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British Swimming says no plans to hold Europeans in London
According to www.swimming.org, British Swimming can confirm that no discussions have taken place with LEN with regard to the staging of the 2012 European Championships following Antwerp’s recent withdrawal as host city. However, British Swimming is planning to discuss with LEN the possibility of hosting future European Championships post-2012.