Tag: Paul Biedermann
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Netanya 2015 LEN European SC Championships – Day 1
Katinka Hosszu cracks WR in the heats, wins first gold in the evening Katinka Hosszu (HUN) was fresh to set the first world record of the 18th European Short-Course Swimming Championships in the morning heats of the opening day. Later she added the title in the 400m IM and his team-mate Peter Bernek also earned…
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Germans get cold feet for Israeli swim competition
A majority of German swimmers are considering skipping the upcoming European Short-Course Swimming Championships in Israel due to security fears, it emerged at their national championships over the weekend. “Honestly, for me, the risk just seems too great,†said Alexandra Wenk, a world bronze medalist who competes in the women’s 100-meter butterfly. Wenk is among…
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China keeps low key ahead of Kazan swimming worlds
The head coach of Chinese swimming team has tried to keep a low key ahead of July’s world championships in Kazan, Russia, saying that it looks a mission impossible to repeat their feat of winning five gold medals at the last worlds. “It will be very tough for us to win five titles as we…
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Paul Biedermann contemplates waiving Dubai 2014 World Champs
With the German Short Course Championships and Doha 2014 World Short Course Championships Trials starting in Wuppertal tomorrow, reigning 400 freestyle world champion Paul Biedermann has announced that he will probably not go to Doha, even if he qualifies. “He has trained 200 kilometers less than he would have liked”, says national coach Henning Lambertz,…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 11
Medal hunt: three top the overall with 8 gold apiece Two more gold medals in the dash events kept the Brits atop of the swimming medal table and rocketed them to the first place in the overall. The competitions in the pools are really exciting but rarely was the hunt for the medals so balanced…
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CC photo #652: Paul and Pál at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs
Germany’s Paul Biedermann and Faroe Island’s Pál Joensen after the 5th heat of the men’s 400 meter freestyle prelims at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. They both qualified for the final, where Paul became World Champion and Pál was 5th. See the result list here.
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CC photo #648: European Swimmers of the Year 2009 on the Istanbul podium
A photo from the LEN 2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right Germany’s Paul Biedermann, Russia’s synchronized swimmer Natalia Ishchenko and Germany’s open water swimmers Thomas Lurz and Angela Maurer. Britta Steffen is missing on the photo, as the 2009 European female swimmer of the year.
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CC photo #540: Men’s 200 free podium at Istanbul 2012
The men’s 200 meter freestyle medal podium at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right Germany’s Paul Biedermann (silver), USA’s Ryan Lochte (gold) and USA’s Conor Dwyer (bronze). Also, Ryan Lochte in normal shoes. See the result list here.
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Paul Biedermann to miss Barcelona 2013 due to illness
Read SwimNews Announcing his withdrawal from the German world-title trials and championships at the end of this month, the 26-year-old revealed that he suffered a viral infection that kept him from intense training for the past two months. “Unfortunately, an infection has allowed no optimum training during the last two months,” he said in a…