Category: Competition
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Kendrick Monk and Nick D’Arcy dishonorably discharged from London 2012
Michael Klim, Jana Pittman and Lisa Curry discussing the Australian Olympic Committee’s decision to eject Kendrick Monk and Nick D’Arcy from the London 2012 Games, tiny twist that they were allowed to stay in Europe instead of being sent directly home. Via the17thman
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No Nordic swimming medals at London 2012
Swimming is finished at the London 2012 Olympics, without any Nordic country taking a medal. The others were Athens 1896, St. Louis 1904, Melbourne 1956, Mexico City 1968, Montreal 1976, and Athens 2004. Gutted.
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CC photo #217: Dani Gyurta on the Debrecen 2012 medal podium
Hungary’s Dániel Gyurta gold medal in the men’s 200 breaststroke at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. Now also Olympic champion :-)
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CC photo #216: Cseh László preparing for the Debrecen 200 IM
Hungary’s László Cseh before the men’s 200 IM at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. He won the event the day after in 1:56.66.
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London 2012 day 7 prelims: Sun cruises into the 1500 final
At the London 2012 Olympic swimming competition today, China’s Sun Yang easily posted the quickest time of 14:43.25 in the men’s 1500 freestyle, ahead of Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli in 14:46.23 and Canada’s Ryan Cochrane in 14:49.31, other medal contenders dropping like flies despite of their chance of getting into the final increasing with each…
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CC photo #215: A smug looking president at Roma09
Jon Hestoy, president of the Faroese Swimming Association, at the Rome 2009 World Aquatic Championships. Tomorrow he’ll be at the London Aquatics Centre, watching Pál Joensen try to qualify for the men’s 1500 freestyle final.
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Dani Gyurta will send a replica of his Olympic gold to Dale Oen’s family
Olympic Champion Daniel Gyurta today told Hungarian press, that he will have a copy made of his London 2012 gold medal, and send it to Alexander Dale Oen’s relatives, as a gesture saying that not only Norway shares the pain. ‘We became very good friends this year’, he said, ‘I’m sure that he would have…
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London 2012 day 6 finals: Phelps beats the curse of the three-peat
At last it went, after both Phelps and Kitajima had tried twice, and others before that, Phelps tonight became first male swimmer ever to win the same individual event at three Olympic Games. Gold to Phelps and the US in the men’s 200 IM, 1:54.27 ahead of Ryan Lochte in 1:54.90 and Laszlo Cseh (HUN)…
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London 2012 day 6 prelims: Adlington and Friis ready for the 800 duel
On this 6th day of the Olympic swimming competition, ‘only’ 6 men went under 22 seconds in the men’s 50 freestyle: Bovell, Cielo, Fratus, Ervin, Schoeman and Jones. Rebecca Adlington (GBR) and Lotte Friis (DEN) seem to be heading for yet another tight duel in the women’s 800 freestyle, Katie Ledecky (USA) also in play.…