Author: rokur
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BBC HARDtalk – Ian Thorpe
“Once in a while an athlete comes along whose feats capture the attention of the whole world. HARDtalk speaks to one of them – the extraordinary Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe. At the height of his powers in 2006, Thorpe called time on his swimming career. Sports fans were mystified. Australia was mortified. Now Thorpe has…
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The Jamie Kennedy Experiment: Lifeguard
Sad but true, yes, the life of a lifeguard :-D Via the One Man’s Blog with the most awesome tagline: Specialization is for Insects
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CC photo #330: Hannah Miley at the Szczecin 2011 European Championships
Great Britain’s Hannah Miley in the Szczecin 2011 European Short Course Championships pool, I guess after the women’s 200 individual medley prelims. She ended up winning bronze in the event, plus a silver in the women’s 400 IM. Today she set a new European record in the 400 IM :-)
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France tops the Chartres 2012 medal table
After the fourth and final day of the LEN 2012 European Short Course Championships in Chartres, France, the host country leapt even further ahead in the medal standings, to ‘win’ the event with 12 gold medals, 6 silver and 11 bronze, Denmark and Hungary second with 6 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze. Yannick Agnel…
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Sweden selects 12 women, 2 men for the Istanbul 2012 World Championships
The Swedish Swimming Federation today selected the Istanbul 2012 national squad, including Therese Alshammar, Jennie Johansson and that controversial Simon Sjödin, but not Sarah Sjöström. Sjöström has said earlier that she was unsure about her World Championships participation, and would use the Swedish short course championships this weekend to gauge her form, I guess that…
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Rikke Møller Pedersen 1:04.12 and a new European Record in the 100 breaststroke
At the LEN 2012 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Chartres today, Denmark’s Rikke Møller Pedersen won the women’s 100 meter breaststroke in 1:04.12, beating her own 1:04.21 European record from the Salnikov Cup in St. Petersburg 2009, and her 1:04.49 Championships record from the prelims this morning. Petra Chocova (CZE) was second in 1:05.50,…
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Hannah Miley 4:23.47 and a new European Record in the 400 IM
At the LEN 2012 European Short Course Championships in Chartres today, Great Britain’s Hannah Miley won the women’s 400 meter individual medley in 4:23.47, breaking Mireia Belmonte‘s 4:24.21Â European record from the Dubai 2010 World Championships, and Belmonte’s 4:24.55 Championships record from the Europeans last year in Szczecin. It was Miley’s mid portion that did the…
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Behold a most awesome Chartres 2012 promo video
Wow, Allez Le Bleus! Via transeet.fr Championnat d'Europe de Natation en direct de… by ffn_eveil_aquatique