Tag: Nathan Adrian
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Cal Men’s Swimming: Nathan Adrian Feature
Former Cal Golden Bear swimmer Nathan Adrian talks about training at Cal for the 2012 London Olympics.
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London 2012 day 5 finals: Gyurta and Soni set 200 breast world records
Another exciting day at the London Aquatics Centre, with both men and women setting records, the supersuits beginning to seem irrelevant now. Hungary’s Dani Gyurta set a new world record in the men’s 200 breaststroke, clocking 2:07.28 with Michael Jamieson (GBR) 2nd in 2:07.43 and Ryo Tateishi (JPN) 3rd in 2:08.29. Rebecca Soni set a…
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London 2012 day 4 prelims: Aussie arsenal firing again
On this fourth day of London 2012 Olympic swimming preliminaries, James “the Missile” Magnussen found form again, placing 4th and 48.38 in the men’s 100 freestyle with USA swimmer Nathan Adrian fastest in 48.19, South Africa’s Gideon Louw in 48.28 and the Netherlands Sebastiaan Verschuren 3rd in 48.37, James “The Rocket” Roberts also qualifying for…
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US Trials 2012 day 7: Ervin returns and conquers
This is just amazing, at the U.S. Olympic Trials yesterday evening, 2000 Olympic gold medalist Anthony Ervin qualified for the Olympics alongside Cullen Jones in the men’s 50 freestyle, 21.60 to 21.59 (2000 Olympic gold was 21.98), Ervin having returned only last year from what sounds like a rock ‘n roll walkabout since 2003. Brushing…
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US Trials day 5: Weltz the Pirate steals the 200 breast
At the U.S. Olympic Trials yesterday evening, Marine Pirate Scott Weltz and Clark Burckle upset favorites Eric Shanteau and Brendan Hansen by taking the men’s 200 breaststroke Olympic tickets in 2:09.01 and 2:09.97. Cammile Adams and Kathleen Hersey took women’s 200 butterfly tickets in 2:06.52 and 2:07.72, and in the men’s 100 freestyle Nathan Adrians…
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How Michael Phelps inspires teammates
U.S. swimmer Nathan Adrian talks about how being around Phelps in 2008 influences his success. There are several Nathan Adrian videos on Yahoo! Sports, here he is ‘tapering for success in London’ Here he is doing a strength workout And here they are discussing ‘best foods to eat after an intense workout’
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Behold, Adrian & Co’s 5,000 square feet ‘fortress of focus’
In a luxurious, cliff-hanging mansion in the Oakland hills, Cal graduates Nathan Adrian, Will Copeland, Graeme Moore (RSA) and Sean Mahoney have lived for a year, in a 5,000 square feet, six bedrooms temporary home with a living room in which you could (and they did) play badminton. They call it ‘The Mansh’, and share…
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Indy Grand Prix Day 1: Phelps wins the 100 butterfly, Lochte does good in the B-final
At the Indianapolis Grand Prix yesterday evening, Dana Vollmer won the 100 freestyle in 54.21 and 100 butterfly in 57.73, while Nathan Adrian pipped Phelps in the 100 freestyle with a 48.62 to 48.78. Micah Lawrence managed a 2:24.85 and 2nd best in the world this year in the women’s 200 breaststroke, Clark Burckle won…