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  • 2 More WRs On 3rd Day of World Championships

    Apr 11, 2008

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    Croatia’s Duje Draganja has set a new world record in the 50 SCM freestyle event, clocking 20.81 where Sweden’s Stefan Nystrands world mark was 20.93. And USA’s Ryan Lochte bettered the 200 SCM IM world record with a time of 1:51.56, more than a second faster than Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh’s world record of 1:52.99. Read here and here on SwimInfo.

    Here is the men’s 50 freestyle final in Croatian. I found it in English too, but it is just not the same as hearing those Croatians scream their lungs out :-)

  • Galvez Betters 50 Fly World Record

    Apr 11, 2008

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    Australia’s Felicity Galvez has set a new world record in the short course 50 meter fly at Manchester 2008, with the time of 25.32, a hundredth of a second faster than the now former world record of 25.33, that Sweden’s Anna-Karin Kammerling set in 2005. See SwimInfo and SwimNews.

  • Coventry Sets New 200 Backstroke World Record

    Apr 11, 2008

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    Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry has improved the 200 SCM backstroke world record with more than 3 seconds, when she and Great Britain’s Elizabeth Simmonds went under Japan’s Reiko Nakamura world standard of 2:03.24 from February. The new world record is 2:00.91. Read about it on SwimNews and SwimInfo.

  • Save Our Sport

    Apr 11, 2008

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    rokur
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    Quote Swimming Science Journal. The new bodysuits are a threat to the very nature of swimming, because some will benefit more than others, some might get them in better fitted form, women benefit more than men, and more. “The Genie is out of the bottle while the man behind the curtain is left holding Pandora’s box”, proclaims Brent Rutemiller here on SwimInfo.

  • Hardy Shatters The 50 Breaststroke World Record

    Apr 10, 2008

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    American Jessica Hardy clocked an astonishing 29.58 at the 2008 FINA World Short Course Championships in Manchester this evening, claiming the world record of 29.90 that had stood to Australian Jade Edminstone since 2005. Sources: SwimNews and SwimInfo.

  • New Speedo LZR Suit In Troubled Water

    Apr 10, 2008

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    Coaching guru Forbes Carlile has sent an open letter stating that his sport is being prostituted by new suit technology. Italy head coach Alberto Castagnetti describes the LZR as ‘technological doping’, and FINA president Mustapha Larfaoui is open to review the suit rules. Craig Lord at SwimNews.com wants FINA to bar bodysuits at all junior events, because of the potential $40.000 of costs a year. Meanwhile, Mitzuno launches a new suit that they say rivals the LZR Racer.

  • 3 World Records On 1st Day Of Manchester 2008

    Apr 10, 2008

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    rokur
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    Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry set a new 400 IM SCM world record in a race where no 2 and 3 also swam within the former world record. USA crushed the 400 freestyle relay SCM world record, and the Dutch women totally obliterated the 800 freestyle relay SCM world record with more than 7 seconds, in a race where 4 teams (!) went clear under the 6 year old world record.

    Here is the 400 IM final in Spanish



    SwimNews coverage:
    http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6037
    http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6038
    http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=6039

    SwimInfo coverage:
    http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/17780.asp
    http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/17781.asp
    http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/17782.asp

  • FINA Approves WADA Code And New Starting Block

    Apr 9, 2008

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    As stated here on fina.org, FINA has now incorporated the new version of the WADA World Anti-Doping Code into its rules, together with a new set of FINA Medical & Ethic Rules.

    The FINA Extraordinary Congress has also approved the adoption of a starting platform in swimming that may have an adjustable setting back plate (to be implemented only after the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing), the definition of 10km open water events as ‘Marathon Swimming’, and the new regulations related to cases of emergency abandonment of open water swimming races.

  • Schubert Says It's The Money Or The Medal

    Apr 8, 2008

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    rokur
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    There is no doubt the suit makes a difference and there is no doubt that there is one manufacturer that’s put millions into research while the other manufacturers are more into fashion.

    Read all about it here on swimnews.com.

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