Tag: Chad Le Clos
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Van Der Burgh and Le Clos get a cow each for winning gold at London 2012
No kidding, a cow for each Olympic champion, that’s how a South African entrepreneur decided to honor six of his country’s athletes who won gold medals in the London Games. Swimmer Cameron van der Burgh chose to have his cow processed into 140kg of boerwors, a popular thick aromatic beef sausage, which he donated to…
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Swimming Review – London 2012 Olympic Games
Swimming Review from the Aquatics Centre at the London 2012 Olympic Games., including the record breaking exploits of Michael Phelps. Must say open water gets a lot of coverage here, compared to for instance Ryan Lochte and Matt Grevers.
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OMEGA House「Swimmers Night at London 2012ã€
Featuring Chad Le Clos, Alexander Popov, Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin and others, via SCAQ Blog
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Michael Phelps wants to dive with Great White Sharks
And he wants to take now former rival Chad Le Clos with him, read Bleacher Report. “I’ve always wanted to dive with great whites,” Phelps told NBC’s Bob Costas in an interview about his post-Olympic plans. “Sharks are one of my favorite animals in the world!,” he added, which would probably not come as a…
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London 2012 day 7 finals: Franklin posts WR in the 200 back, Phelps double three-peat
On the penultimate day of the London 2012 Olympic swimming championships, Missy Franklin clocked a 2:05.06 World Record in the women’s 200 backstroke, ahead of Russia’s Anastasia Zueva in 2:05.92 and Elizabeth Beisel (USA) in 2:06.55, Franklin completing her clean-sweep in the backstroke events. Michael Phelps made it an undisputed historical greatest ever double three…
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London 2012 day 6 prelims: Adlington and Friis ready for the 800 duel
On this 6th day of the Olympic swimming competition, ‘only’ 6 men went under 22 seconds in the men’s 50 freestyle: Bovell, Cielo, Fratus, Ervin, Schoeman and Jones. Rebecca Adlington (GBR) and Lotte Friis (DEN) seem to be heading for yet another tight duel in the women’s 800 freestyle, Katie Ledecky (USA) also in play.…
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33̬ Trofeu Ciutat de Barcelona 2012 РPromo
Part of the Mare Nostrum 2012 series, hosted by Club Natació Sant Andreu, the club of Erika Villaécija, bronze winner in the 1500 freestyle at Debrecen 2012. This weekend June 2nd and 3rd, see event details here, including start lists featuring swimmers like Rebecca Adlington, Erika Villaécija and Mireia Belmonte, Keri-Anne Payne, Kristel Kobrich, Sergey…
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South Africa selects 12 for London 2012
The South African nationals came to a close today in Durban with 12 swimmers on the plane to London 2012, spearheaded by Shanghai 2011 bronze medalist Cameron van der Burgh and 4-time individually qualifying Chad le Clos. Le Clos is by the way aiming for a magnificent seven entries including three relays. Via SwimNews.