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France sends 41 swimmers to the Debrecen 2012 Europeans

Apr 7, 2012

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in Competition

According to SwimSwam, the French are sending 41 swimmers the the European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary in May, including FrÃ©dÃ©rick Bousquet and SÃ©bastien RouaultÂ who missed out on Olympic participation, and their entire Olympic team. With Germany taking 32 and Great Britain sending only 5, this might the largest team at the Championships.

Women: Fanny Babou, Coralie Balmy, Charlotte Bonnet, Justine Bruno, Alexianne Castel, CloÃ© Credeville, Sophie de Ronchi, OphÃ©lie-Cyrielle Etienne, Margaux Farrell, Camille Gheorghiu, Lara Grangeon, Marie Jugnet, MylÃ¨ne Lazare, Laure Manaudou, Aurore Mongel, Camille Muffat, AurÃ©lie Muller, Anna Santamans.

Men: Yannick Agnel, Alain Bernard, Lorys Bourelly, FrÃ©dÃ©rick Bousquet, Jordan Coelho, Hugues Duboscq, Dorian Gandin, Fabien Gilot, Damien Joly, Camille Lacourt, ClÃ©ment Lefert, Amaury Leveaux, GrÃ©gory Mallet, Florent Manaudou, Mehdy Metella, William Meynard, Anthony Pannier, Giacomo Perez Dortona, Eric Ress, SÃ©bastien Rouault, Romain Sassot, Benjamin Stasiulis, JÃ©rÃ©my Stravius.

(The ones in bold are Olympic qualified)
Chinese Nationals: Liu Zige and Zhang Lin struggle to qualify

Apr 6, 2012

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At the Chinese Long Course Nationals today, Jiao Liuyang and Gong Jie qualified for the Olympics in 2:05.18 and 2:05.38, Olympic gold medal winner Liu Zige 3rd in 2:07.37, all not decided yet, it seems, but not looking good for Zige. Sun Yang made the squad with a 1:46.05 in the men’s 200 freestyle, 2008 Beijing Olympic silver medallist in the 1500 freestyle Zhang Lin not even qualifying for the finale apparently because of asthma problems. Yang Zhixian qualified in the men’s 400 IM with a time of 4:11.92. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
Chinese Nationals: Wu Peng qualifies in the 200 IM

Apr 6, 2012

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At the Chinese Long Course Nationals yesterday, Wu Peng won the men’s 200 IM in 1:59.50, qualifying for the Olympics along with Yang Zhihe in 1:59.83. Lu Ying and Jiao Liuyang qualified in the women’s 100 butterfly with 57.48 and 57.80 respectively, and Zhou Jiawei in the men’s 100 butterfly with a time of 52.26. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
Qatar to send first woman to Olympics

Apr 6, 2012

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in Organization

Nada Arkaji is set to be the first female swimmer to represent her country Qatar at the Olympic Games in London. She will join other female hopefuls wanting to represent Qatar at the games this summer. “I am so proud that I am the only swimmer to represent my country and I hope I will achieve good results. I do encourage girls to carry on with any sports activity, especially swimming.” Read more here on Al Arabiya
Penn State in the Pool – California legislators plunge into the USA Swimming sex abuse scandal

Apr 6, 2012

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in Organization, Safety

Scary article here on BeyondChron, adapted from the ebook â€œPENN STATE IN THE POOL: The Cover-Up of the USA Swimming Youth Coach Sex Abuse Scandal,â€ which will be published shortly, see also concussioninc.net

â€œThe highly publicized recent cases at Penn State and Syracuse involved a comparative handful of victims of a single coach. USA Swimming has an estimated hundreds of victims of dozens of coaches. Other than the Catholic Church, no other known organization harbored more pedophiles than USA Swimming. And no other organization, on a pro rata basis, comes close in terms of the number of reported sexual molesters.â€
Venezuelan aquatics team face ban after water polo no-show

Apr 6, 2012

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in Organization

According to the Guardian, Venezuela’s entire aquatics team face a ban after the nation’s water polo side threw an Olympic qualification event into disarray, by failing to turn up. The Venezuelans had been due to take part in the 12-team tournament in Edmonton, Canada, which guarantees four teams a ticket to London. But the team failed to leave home, which led to the world governing body FINA angrily warning Venezuelan swimmers and divers that they may also be subject to any ban which is imposed.
CC photo #98: Video analysis teams at Shanghai 2011

Apr 6, 2012

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in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

Video analysis teams from Germany, France and Canada crammed together despite of quite generous room for us at the Shanghai 2011 World Aquatics Championships.
Amanda Kendall dismissed from the Louisiana State swim team

Apr 6, 2012

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in Gossip, Training

According to reachforthewall.com, 2009 All-Met swimmer Amanda Kendall has been dismissed from the Louisiana State swim team for violating team rules, specific reasons unknown, and Kendall declining to comment on the rules violation. She has withdrawn from classes at LSUA and returned to her former club coach Peter Ward at George Mason University. LSUâ€™s compliance department has applied for an Olympic-year waiver for Kendall that would allow her to retain her final year of eligibility without establishing a year of residency first.
Textiles that turn transparent in time with heart beat?

Apr 6, 2012

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in Fun, Technology

Studio Roosegaarde has created this line of high-tech clothing know as “Intimacy 2.0”, that turn more and more transparent, the faster you heart beats. Myes, maybe the other way around in swimming, for training purposes â€¦ ‘anything under 130 bpm and your butt will show!’ Via Buzzfeed