Year: 2012
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Istanbul 2012 Day 3: Lochte breaks the 200 IM WR
On the third day of the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, Ryan Lochte (USA) smashed his own 200 IM world record, clocking 1:49.63 where his record from the 2010 World Champs was 1:50.08. Dani Gyurta (HUN) set a new championship record in the men’s 200 breaststroke, clocking 2:01.35 where Naoya Tomita’s…
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Ryan Lochte gave this kid his gold medal
Not one to be outdone by Matt Grevers, Ryan Lochte ran over and gave this kid his gold medal, that he won when smashing the 200 IM world record, yesterday. A lot of smiles ensued, I heard today a bit of crying also, when the kid lost the medal through the bleachers, because of other…
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CC photo #350: Danish World Champions
The Istanbul 2012 Women’s 4×100 Meter Medley World Champions, from left to right Pernille Blume, Jeanette Ottesen, Rikke Møller Pedersen and Mie Ø. Nielsen. See result list here.
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Moskvina handed one-year doping ban
European short-course record holder Ksenia Moskvina has been banned for 12 months after failing a drugs test, the Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) said on Thursday. Read SuperSport
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CC photo #349: Santos 22.40 and CR at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs
South Africa’s Chad Le Clos greets Brazil’s Nicolas Santos after the men’s 50 meter butterfly preliminaries at the FINA 2012 World Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. Santos clocked 22.40 and a new Championships Record, see result list here.
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Istanbul 2012 Day 2: Le Clos and Meilutyte post championships records
At the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul today, South Africa’s Chad Le Clos and Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte posted new championships records, Le Clos with a time of 48.82 in the men’s 100 butterfly and Meilutyte with a time of 29.44 in the women’s 50 breaststroke. Japan’s Daiya Seto won the men’s 400…
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Grevers fever
After winning the men’s 100 backstroke at the Istanbul 2012 World Championships tonight, Matt Grevers went over to meet his family. Then the supporters found him. Then it was photo op after photo op. My camera is too slow for this.
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CC photo #348: Daniela Schreiber’s starting position
Very interesting, and it works for her: 53.59 and easily through to tonight’s semi-finals, at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. See result list here.