Year: 2012
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An open letter to Eurosport
As our coach put it, when we were not watching the women’s 100 meter breaststroke final on TV at the team hotel: ‘I hope these are the snooker Olympics, since they are showing them non-live, rather than the swimming World Champs live’ :-/ Dear Eurosport, I hope you’re well. There’s been a world swimming championships…
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Pál Joensen and the Istanbul 2012 theme song
The day before his 1500 bronze medal. We are proud of you, Pal :-)
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An interesting drill performed by Allison Schmitt and Anthony Ervin
A scene at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs, “What goes on in the warm up warm down pool stays there”, courtesy of CoachJackRoach (See yfrog) Update, GoSwim calls this a Partner Pusher
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Sport England gets tough over swimming grassroots funding
Six sports in Britain, including swimming and tennis, have been warned they will have millions in grassroots funding taken away unless they can show they can improve participation figures in the next 12 months, as Sport England unveiled its investment priorities for the next four years. Read The Guardian
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Olympic swimmer Nathan Adrian to lead toy drive
Olympic swimmer Nathan Adrian was at Target in Colma on Monday morning leading a toy-buying shopping spree for underprivileged kids. Adrian, who won two gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics, will be participating in the Salvation Army’s “Dig Deep SF,” which aims to purchase $25,000 worth of toys for Bay Area kids between eight…
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CC photo #352: Istanbul 2012 World Championships ads on board Turkish Airways
A nice touch, these advertisements for the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, in our Turkish Airways flight bound for Copenhagen. Back home in the Faroes now :-)
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CC photo #351: The Istanbul 2012 World Champs Podium View
The view from the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) medal podium in Istanbul, Turkey. Oh my, 160 flags or something like that, all regular size but looking tiny from here.
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Istanbul 2012 Day 4: Lochte breaks the 100 IM WR
On the fourth day of the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, Ryan Lochte (USA) broke the 100 IM world record, clocking 50.71 in the semi where Peter Mankoc’s record from Istanbul 2009 was 50.76. Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) set a new championships record in the women’s 100 breaststroke, clocking 1:03.52 where Rebecca…