Tag: Jemma Lowe
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CAS restores world records denied to British swimmers
Four British swimmers, including triple world champion Adam Peaty, should be awarded world records they were denied in 2014 after officials failed to test them for a specific drug, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Friday. The swimmers – Peaty, Francesca Halsall, Jemma Lowe and Chris Walker Hebborn – have already broken their…
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Jemma Lowe blogs on Swimpath: Australia training camp
Jemma Lowe from Swimpath Olympic Training program, see swimpath.co.uk The new year of 2016 has arrived and the Olympic Games are coming fast. As soon as midnight arrived on New Years, the Olympics will have crossed swimmers minds all over the world. Leading up to the Olympic trials my training group are doing a 7week…
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Jemma Lowe has funding cut by British Swimming
Double Olympic finallist Jemma Lowe has had her funding cut by British Swimming. The governing body has announced its 2015 performance squads for Podium and Podium Potential athletes who will receive direct support from UK Sport through the World Class Performance Programme. Sixty-four athletes across Podium (21) and Podium Potential (43) will receive targeted financial…
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Glasgow 2014: Wales swimmers make YouTube film splash
Team Wales swimmer Jemma Lowe has taken the plunge into the world of video production ahead of the Commonwealth Games. The bronze medallist in Delhi filmed her teammates training in and out of the pool for Glasgow 2014. She set the results to a 1990s dance club hit – aping a similar effort to an…
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England, Scotland and Wales swimmers go head to head for Battle of SwimBritain
Press release courtesy of dna Four of England’s brightest swim stars teamed up to take on Scotland and Wales this weekend to complete the British Gas SwimBritain challenge. London 2012 Olympian Aimee Willmott joined forces with British Gas Championship multi-gold medallist swimmers James Guy, Siobhan Marie-O’Connor and breaststroke swimmer Adam Peaty for a very special…
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Herning 2013 Europeans Day 1 – Finals
Russia rules with 4 gold medals, 1 world record and 1 championships record after the first day of competition, Efimova having clocked a couple of championships records en route to the final. Spain’s Mireia Belmonte set a new European record of 2:01.52 in the 200 fly, and Denmark won the women’s 4×50 freestyle in a…
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Herning 2013 Europeans Day 1 – Prelims
The LEN 2013 European Short Course Championships are underway, the ‘LEN Timing System’ still a bit dodgy but improving during the first batch of preliminary heats. Yuliya Efimova set a new championships record of 29.47 in the women’s 50 breaststroke, and the world records were broken in both the men’s 4×50 medley and women’s 4×50…
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British Swimming announces performance squads
See swimming.org British Swimming has announced the Podium and Podium Potential squads of athletes who will receive direct support from UK Sport through the World Class Performance Programme for 2014. Sixty-two athletes across Podium (22) and Podium Potential (40) will receive targeted financial assistance through receipt of an Athlete Personal Award (APA) in addition to…
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Fran Halsall to lead British challenge at Herning 2013 European Short Course Champs
See swimming.org Halsall (British Gas ITC, Loughborough) will be joined by the likes of Jazz Carlin (British Gas ITC, Swansea), Andrew Willis (British Gas ITC, Bath), Hannah Miley (Garioch, Scotland) and Craig McNally (Warrender, Scotland) as part of an 11-strong team. “This is a team which is focused on athletes that we feel can deliver medals either today or in the near future,