According to SwimNews.com, Antwerp in Belgium has now withdrawn from hosting the European Championships (long course) in May this year. Belgian news site Sporza says here that the problem is budgetary, that they had a gap of 400,000 euros a month ago, and that they lost a key partner two weeks ago. Organizer Georges Straetemans was hopeful and had this Friday as an achievable deadline, but that LEN now apparently had no patience. A new venue is expected to be announced soon, Sporza mentions London.
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Facility Tour – Kansas Jayhawks Swimming and Diving
Take a tour of the Jayhawks campus as well as downtown Lawrence, the student athletes academic center, strength and conditioning complex and the swimming and diving facilities. A clue: It is nice.
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Win jammers and stuff with Epic Sports’ daily sweepstakes
Now U.S. residents have the chance to win swim products like Nike jammers and Dolphin Swimwear in the Epic Sports Score Daily Sweepstakes, with at least 6 prize options each day in the swim category. For free, no purchase necessary, two winners each day until February 29th. See epicsports.com
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When TV takes over
A cartoon comic strip by Danish writer/artist duo Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler, aka Wulffmorgenthaler. Direct link is here, but beware, a lot of their strips are seriously NSFW, in the category that might make even French people blush.
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CC photo #47: Peter MankoÄ celebrates his 9th consecutive 100 IM EC SC win
An amazing feat by Slovenia’s Peter MankoÄ, to win the European Short Course Championships 100 IM nine (9) times in a row, before a bronze in Istanbul 2009, a silver in Eindhoven 2010 and then gold again in Szczecin 2011. The photo is from Rijeka 2008, let me just list up the rest of his 100 IM wins, to give us a feel of this feat: Valencia 2000, Antwerpen 2001, Riesa 2002, Dublin 2003, Riesa 2004, Trieste 2005, Helsinki 2006, Debrecen 2007.
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Park going for a 400 freestyle world record, Olympic gold and a professorate
South Korean swimming star Park Tae-Hwan graduated from university Monday and is heading to graduate school to follow his dream of becoming a professor in PE even as he targets more Olympic glory. He managed an impressive win in the 1500 freestyle at the NSW State Open Championships this past weekend, breaking the South Korean national record with a time of 14:47.38, but says he will not compete in this event at the London Olympics, aiming instead for a world record in the 400 freestyle and a good show in the 200. Via AFP and Yonhap News
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Wayne State Pride: 2012 GLIAC Champions
“The Wayne State University swimming and diving teams successfully defended their GLIAC Championships last week in Jenison, Mich. The women’s team won its third straight and sixth in seven years, while the men’s team captured its seventh championship in the last decade.” All shot on GoPro HD Hero 2. Edited on MBP in Final Cut Pro X. Love it.
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Video from Natalie Coughlin’s bodypaint photoshoot
As mentioned here …