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Let’s focus on the World Championships first, says Adlington

Jun 22, 2011

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I like this, Rebecca Adlington speaking out on MailOnline

‘A lot of people are talking about the Olympics, and they are so big, but so are the worlds.

‘I haven’t even qualified for the Olympics yet. People say “oh you’re there” and I have to tell them that I’m not. It’s a very tough process.

‘The World Championships are coming and I want to focus solely on this right now.’

Adlington will race in the 200m in Shanghai, as well as her preferred 400m and 800m freestyle events. She will also compete in the 4 x 200m relay.

Read more here on the Daily Mail
Cielo plans to establish Pro-16 for the 2016 Rio Games

Jun 22, 2011

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rokur

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The 2008 Beijing Olympic champion, Cesar Cielo, plans to establish a professional swim training club in Sao Paulo, naming the scheme as Pro-16 to prepare for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. The scheme is likely to exceed a little more than USD 1$ million, involving Cielo and his relay team-members Santos, Cerdeira, Leonardo de Deus and Oliveira under the leadership of coach Alberto Silva, wit the mission to be successful at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. Read more here on blogs.bettor.com.
Aussies reluctant to lift the 1500 legacy

Jun 22, 2011

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After producing legendary 1500 freestyle swimmers, Kieren Perkins and Grant Hackett, Swimming Australia is now lacking a 1500 freestyle swimmer in their squad to compete at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai. Robert Hurley, who succeeded for the selection standard of 1500 freestyle in 15:08.00 minutes last year, has abandoned the event this year, considering 200 and 400 freestyle to be more suitable for him. And so does Ryan Napoleon, another favourable candidate for the 1500 freestyle in the Australian team. *I* think that they fear the reaper, aka Sun Yang. Via blogs.bettor.com.
No more world records for a decade, says Cavic

Jun 22, 2011

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rokur

in Competition

ÄŒaviÄ‡ and Rosolino are being a bit pessimistic, me thinks:

“I think the whole swimming world has to get ready not to see another world record in the men’s sprints for a long time,” said Serbian butterfly specialist Milorad Cavic, the closest challenger to Michael Phelps’ record eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

How long? According to Cavic and others, a decade.
Monaco royal wedding guest list revealed

Jun 22, 2011

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rokur

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hello!magazine.com reveals that other than the usual suspects like princes and princesses and Roger Moore and Mel Gibson, at least three swimmers get to attend the royal wedding of Charlene Wittstock and Prince Albert II of Monaco: Fellow South African Sarah Poewe, Australian swimmer Sophie Edington and ‘glamorous German swimming champ’ Franziska van Almsick, all three friends of the bride. No news on Ian Thorpe though, maybe someone feels threatened? :-)

(I’ll be following this wedding like crazy, of course)
Subirats suspended for 1 year after administrative anti-doping error

Jun 22, 2011

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rokur

in Doping

Ouch, Venezuelan Albert Subirats, who won gold in the 50 fly and silver in 100 fly at last year’s World Championships in Dubai, has been suspended by FINA for 1 year, after three “filing violations” within an 18-month period. Meaning that he failed to properly notify FINA of his time and place for drug-testing availability.

And get this, Subirats contended that he has sent all of his proper whereabouts to the Venezuelan Swimming Federation in a timely manner, verified by him with email documentation, but that the VSF had failed to properly file that information with FINA. He even showed that he had expressed concern about the federation sending the information to FINA on time.

Read more here on theswimmerscircle.com.
FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup 2011 schedule confirmed

Jun 22, 2011

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FINA today confirmed its 2011 World Cup Calendar, with Dubai (UAE) added as the first stage of the series on October 7-8, and Tokyo bringing the circuit to a close on November 12-13. Via SwimNews.com.

The 2011 schedule:
- Fri 7 -Sat 8 October Dubai (UAE)
- Sat 15 – Sun 16 October Stockholm (SWE)
- Tue 18 – Wed 19 October Moscow (RUS)
- Sat 22 – Sun 23 October Berlin (GER)
- Fri 4 – Sat 5 November Singapore (SIN)
- Tue 8 – Wed 9 November Beijing (CHN)
- Sat 12 – Sun 13 November Tokyo (JPN)
Photos lost 4 years in the ocean reunited with owner after 1 day

Jun 22, 2011

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rokur

in Fun, Technology

Yesterday, PetaPixel had this amazing story about photos recovered from a camera after spending 4 years in the ocean. The finder Peter Govaars posted the photos here on Flickr, and behold, after one single day the owner of the camera has been found. I don’t know what is more magical, the memory cards that can survive even being boiled and having nails driven through them, or the Internet.
Water polo player Stanton felled by that dreaded Clenbuterol

Jun 22, 2011

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rokur

in Doping

James Stanton, Australia’s goalkeeper at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, tested positive for Clenbuterol during an out of competition test on September 15 last year, and has therefore been banned for 2 years, including the London 2012 Olympics. The 27-year old strenuously denies knowingly taking the substance, saying it “goes against everything I believe in”, but accepts that it somehow entered his system. This comes at the same time that the World Anti-Doping Agency is considering changing its rules regarding Clenbuterol, allowing a minimum level instead of none at all because of all the contaminated food out there. Read The Sydney Morning Herald and Swimming World Magazine.

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Rókur í Jákupsstovu // Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT guy, spare-time aquatics aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 grandson & a wife. Bureau Member of European Aquatics, liaison to Water Safety, Media & Data Management. Likes to run :-)