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James “The Missile” Magnussen rockets to a 47.10 in the 100 free

Mar 19, 2012

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On the 5th day of Australian Trials, James Magnussen scorched the men’s 100 meter freestyle final with a 47.10, obviously qualifying for the Olympics ahead of also qualifying James Roberts in 47.63, with Matt Targett (48.32), Eamon Sullivan (48.53), Cameron McEvoy (48.58) and Tommaso D’Orsogna (48.64) also qualifying for the London 4×100 relay. Magnussen’s time is 0:39 seconds faster than his former world’s best ever in textile, and only 0.19 from Cielo’s supersuited world record. In the men’s 200 breaststroke, Brenton Rickard qualified with a time of 2:11.03, ahead of also qualifying Jeremy Meyer in 2:12.76, and in the 200 butterfly, Jessicah Schipper and Samantha Hamill qualified in 2:06.93 and 2:08.92 respectively. Via SwimNews
Rottnest Island

Mar 19, 2012

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in Fun, Nature, Technology

This is not so swimming relevant, but just a really nice video demonstrating what can be done with ‘amateur’ cameras these days. A trip to Rottnest Island, Western Australia, captured on Canon 7D and GoPro Hero. Love the colors, the clarity and those weird animals.
Peacock breaks 22-year-old NCAA record set by Janet Evans

Mar 18, 2012

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Yesterday evening at the NCAA champinships in Auburn, North Carolina swimmer Stephanie Peacock won the 1650 freestyle with a time of 15:38.79, breaking the existing NCAA record of 15:39:15 set by Janet Evans on March 17, 1990. Via newsobserver
Nick D’Arcy qualifies for Olympics on 4th day of Australian Trials

Mar 18, 2012

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Midway through the Australian Olympic Trials, Stephanie Rice qualified for a second Olympic event with a win in the women’s 200 IM, 2:09.28 ahead of also qualifying Alicia Coutts in 2:09.83. In the men’s 200 butterfly, Nick D’Arcy qualified in 1:54.71, bettering Michael Phelps’ world’s best time this year of 1:55.32, with Christopher Wright also qualifying in 1:56.40. And in the women’s 200 freestyle, Bronte Barratt and Kylie Palmer both qualified in 1:55.99 and 1:56.04 respectively, with at least Melanie Schlanger and Brittany Elmslie qualifying for the 4×200 relay, and maybe also Jade Neilsen and Angie Bainbridge. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
Solli and Jakobsson set Norwegian records at Amsterdam Swim Cup

Mar 18, 2012

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On the final day of Amsterdam Swim Cup, Lavrans Solli and former Icelandic swimmer Sindri Thor Jakobsson managed to improve upon each their Norwegian national record, Solli with first a 26.15 in the prelims and then a 25.99 and bronze in the men’s 50 backstroke, and Jakobsson with a time of 2:01.20 in the 200 butterfly. Both owned the now former records, 26.21 and 2:01.94 respectively. Via www.simma.nu/no
Magnussen targets the 100 free world record at the Australian trials

Mar 18, 2012

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in Competition

James Magnussen is hoping he can threaten Cesar Cielo’s 100 meter freestyle world record of 46.91 in Monday night’s Australian Olympics trials final, after cruising through the semi-finals in 47.93. This despite of struggling with illness. Read for instance ninemsn and The Sydney Morning Herald.

“Taper seems to get me every year and I’m feeling a bit crook again,” Magnussen said.

“I was sort of hoping this morning just to stay nice and light and not have to push myself.

“I won a world championships having pneumonia so if anything it hasn’t really worried too much – if I have to swim with one lung, so be it.”

The road to London – James Magnussen
CC photo #79: Masters meet in Vági, March 17th, 2012

Mar 18, 2012

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in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Faroe Islands

Calm before the first race of the Masters meet in Vágur, Faroe Islands, yesterday evening. I competed myself, still nackered because of having tried to swim 50 butterfly and 50 freestyle fast with only two heats in between (and then attending the post-race party).
Faroese TV on Pál Joensen’s first altitude training camp

Mar 18, 2012

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in Faroe Islands, Training

Bartal has been busy this weekend, transcribing this segment out of Kringvarp Føroya‘s sports broadcast on March 8th, 2012. On how Pál and Jón joined the Danish swim team on an 4-weeks altitude training camp in Sierra Nevada and Pretoria recently, the first ever for Pál and Jón.

Pál Joensen training in Sierra Nevada, Spain
Norway’s Ingvild Snildal qualifies for the Olympics

Mar 18, 2012

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After having improved upon the Norwegian women’s 200 butterfly record twice in the same day, Ingvild Snildal yesterday evening won the 100 butterfly at the Amsterdam Swim Cup 2012, qualifying in 58.32, ahead of home favorite Inge Dekker in 58.41 and Poland’s Otylia Jedrzejczak in 59.63. A bitt off her 56.96 Norwegian record from Rome 2009, but a clear improvement upon her textile record. Via tv2.no.

RTV 7 Amsterdam Swim Cup

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