Month: April 2012
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Filippo Magnini and Federica Pellegrini pose naked in Vanity Fair
The two swimming champions for the first time naked together in Vanity Fair. Him: ‘The woman of my life’. Her: ‘If he asked me to marry me right now, I would say yes’. See slideshow here on vanityfair.it (if you can handle it)
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Japan Swim: Irie impresses (again) in the 200 back
At the Japan Swim today, Ryosuke Irie clocked a sizzling 1:54.03 in the men’s 200 backstroke, behind only his own 1:54.02 in the world this year, with the rest of the world somewhere above 1:56. He and Kazuki Watanabe qualified for the London Olympics, Watanabe in 1:56.83. Satomi Suzuki posted a second-best time in the…
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CC photo #99: A bottle of pool water from Istanbul 2009
Part of the gift bag for swimmers and the rest of us at the Istanbul 2009 European Short Course Championships was a decanter for each of us filled with pool water. Label says “The pool water of 13th European Short Course Swimming Championship 10-13 December 2009”.
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The 158th annual London boat race interrupted by swimmer
The annual race between Cambridge University and Oxford was interrupted at the midway point today when a man in wetsuit moved between the boats and was almost hit by one of the Oxford oar blades, Oxford then slightly ahead. After a delay of about 30 minutes, the race was restarted near the midway point, Oxford…
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Emilia Pikkarainen sets Finnish record in the 100 butterfly
At the Märsky-uinnit 2012 yesterday, Finland’s Emilia Pikkarainen set a new Finnish record in the women’s 100 meter (long course) butterfly, clocking 59.07 in the morning heats and closing in fast on the FINA A Qualifying time of 58.70. Her old record was 59.26 from the Swedish Grand Prix 3 meet in Stockholm in March,…
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France sends 41 swimmers to the Debrecen 2012 Europeans
According to SwimSwam, the French are sending 41 swimmers the the European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary in May, including Frédérick Bousquet and Sébastien Rouault who missed out on Olympic participation, and their entire Olympic team. With Germany taking 32 and Great Britain sending only 5, this might the largest team at the Championships. Women: Fanny Babou,…
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Chinese Nationals: Liu Zige and Zhang Lin struggle to qualify
At the Chinese Long Course Nationals today, Jiao Liuyang and Gong Jie qualified for the Olympics in 2:05.18 and 2:05.38, Olympic gold medal winner Liu Zige 3rd in 2:07.37, all not decided yet, it seems, but not looking good for Zige. Sun Yang made the squad with a 1:46.05 in the men’s 200 freestyle, 2008…