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  • FINA World Cup 2012, Dubai Day 1

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    On this first day of the 2012 FINA World Cup circuit, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu bagged $5,000 in prize money, winning the women’s 800 freestyle, 200 freestyle and 200 IM. Most winning male swimmer was Japan’s Daiya Seto, collecting $3,500 by winning the 400 IM and being second in the 200 butterfly and 200 breaststroke. See…

  • London 2012 day 1 prelims: Vollmer posts OR, lots of shocks in other races

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    In the men’s 400 IM, medal favorite Laszlo Cseh missed the final with 7/100 of a second, Michael Phelps just scraping by in 8th spot. In the women’s 100 butterfly, USA’s Dana Vollmer posted an Olympic Record of 56.25. In the men’s 400 freestyle, Tae-hwan Park posted a confident time of 3:46.68 but was disqualified,…

  • Hungary clear favorites at home Europeans

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    So I got my hands on a preliminary entry list for tomorrow’s technical meeting, here in Debrecen, and had time to type in the medal contenders while waiting for my team tonight. Subject to change at the technical meeting, the host country of Hungary seems like clear medal favorites, with the Germans in second and…

  • USC Olympian count closing to 20

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    It is an established tradition for Olympic athletes to get the rings tattoed on themselves after participating in the world’s ultimate sporting spectacle, and nowhere is this more apparent than at USC. That’s because coach Dave Salo has amassed a training group that is pushing close to 20 Olympic swimmers. Rebecca Soni (USA) Jessica Hardy*…