“We’re really satisfied. We have the potential for 8 to 10 medals,” French swimming federation president Francis Luyce told reporters…
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On the final day of French Olympic Trials, Anthony Pannier and Damien Joly qualified in the 1500 meter freestyle, 15:01.43…
At the French Trials today, Laure Manaudou managed to qualify also in the 200 backstroke, with a time of 2:08.06…
At the French Nationals today, Alain Bernard had to settle for 48.97 and 5th in the men’s 100 freestyle, defending…
Cool, wish I understood the language, and their qualification system :-) Via video.eurosport.fr
At the French Nationals today, Camille Muffat posted a 1:55.40 textile best and French record in the 200 meter freestyle…
At the French Olympic Trials today, Camille Muffat set a new French national in the women’s 400 meter freestyle, with…
Amaury Leveaux has broken the european men’s 50 free SCM record today with a time of 21.38, well below the 21.50 former record of Alain Bernard that was the world mark one month again, and just one tenth of a second from the 21.28 that is the current world record of Eamon Sullivan. Read here at SwimInfo.
As you can read here on SwimInfo.com, TYR yesterday announced its newest swimsuit called the Tracer Rice at the French Olympic Trials. According to Scott Goldblatt at SwimNetwork.com, one of the novelties of this new suit is that it shifts the center of buoyancy closer to the center of mass, in such a way that the legs now sink less relative to the rest of the body.
Laure Manaudou is having a difficult time at the French Olympic Trials, first finishing only third in the 400 freestyle, and then pulling out of the 200. She holds the world record in both events. Read more about it for instance here on SwimNews and here on iht.com.
Here is the 400 freestyle with Manoudou getting very emotional when questioned by journalists afterwards.