Month: October 2012
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Three candidates for the 2019 and 2021 FINA World Championships
FINA announces today that the national federations of China, Japan and Korea have expressed their intention to be involved in the bid process for the organisation of the 2019 FINA World Championships, and eventually for the 2021 edition, the specific cities to be confirmed later. Before 2019 and 2021, the 15th FINA World Championships will…
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TODAY trains With Natalie Coughlin
The video on NBC is restricted to users in the United States and U.S. Territories, but there is this short glimpse of the action on YouTube with a somewhat more seedy description: “Natalie Morales & Natalie Coughlin working out in tight spandex shorts.”
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Nathan Adrian voting reminder: Be an Informed Voter!
Olympic Champion Nathan Adrian reminding voters to return their ballots early and not to wait until the last minute.
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Michael Phelps is not so good at crowd-surfing
Michael Phelps decided to do a little crowd-surfing at XS, a Vegas club, this week, and as the video below shows, it didn’t end so well. I blame the crowd. See TMZ via Yahoo! Sports
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The May Fair Hotel meets Keri-Anne Payne
A May Fair Hotel interview with Keri-anne Payne at The May Fair post Olympic Party in London.
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CC photo #301: The Berlin 2012 World Cup Leg – Tilt Shifted
Just me playing with the ‘miniature effect’ mode of my Sony camera at the FINA / Arena 2012 World Cup meet in Berlin, Germany. I think this is the women’s 400 meter freestyle heat 3, Rebecca Mann (USA) closest to us, then Lotte Friis (DEN) and then Diletta Carlin (ITA).
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Behold everyone cheering on Camille Muffat
A very special moment at the FINA / Arena 2012 World Cup meet in Berlin, Germany, last weekend, when the French Olympic champion Camille Muffat charged ahead in the women’s 400 freestyle, splitting repeatedly under world record pace, until she just missed it by 1 hundredth of a second. Behold how everyone cheers on her,…
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Anthony Ervin releases the “Swim Swam Song”
Uploaded today on YouTube … GoPro’s are great for video but not audio :-P
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CC photo #300: A controversial moment at Rijeka 2008
The start of the men’s 50 backstroke final at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. Notice the two men without tech suits on lane 2 and 7. If I’m not very much mistaken, they were Germany’s Helge Meeuw (on lane 2) and Thomas Rupprath (on lane 7), opting to swim in…