Category: Competition
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CC photo #214: MankoÄ and Konovalov at Debrecen 2012
Slovenia’s Peter MankoÄ and Russia’s Nikita Konovalov ready for the men’s 100 butterfly prelims at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. Konovalov’s tribal tattoos are pretty awesome. They ended up 6th and 7th in the final, the day after.
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FINA officially rejects Ye doping ‘insinuations’
Press release from FINA: Following recent comments reported in the media, FINA would like to clearly state that there is no factual basis to support this kind of insinuations related to the performances of the Chinese swimmer, Shiwen Ye. This athlete has fulfilled all of the FINA Doping Control obligations, having been tested on four…
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London 2012 day 5 prelims: Lochte safely through towards his 200 back/IM epic double
At the London 2012 Olympic prelims this morning, China’s Yi Tang posted best time in the women’s 100 freestyle, 53.28 ahead of Melanie Schlanger (AUS) in 53.50 and Jeanette Ottesen Gray (DEN) in 53.51, notable omission Russia’s single participant Veronika Popova and non-starting Cate Campbell (AUS) and Therese Alshammar (SWE). Rebecca Soni (AUS) posted the…
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Lochte’s Dad: Ryan could have ‘greatest achievement in Olympic history’
“Steve Lochte, father of Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, talks about his son’s chances in his upcoming matchup with Michael Phelps.”
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Lochte’s mom on his grill and girls
“On Monday, Ryan Lochte’s mother, Ileana ‘Ike’ Lochte stopped by the ‘Piers Morgan Tonight’ Olympic set in London to chat with Piers Morgan about her son’s winning performance in the the 400-meter individual medley.
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“Hang your head in shame, John Leonard”
Wow, John Leonard needs to write an official apology real fast, see ESPN The attack on the little Chinese girl was just hateful. Some of the Chinese athletes lack a bit of emotion and for that they appear to be easy game for rumours and suggestions. I hope the fella from USA swimming has no…
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Jon Stewart slams NBC for replacing tribute to bombing victims with Phelps interview
NBC is apparently really making a mess out of the Olympics, opting for tape delay instead of live coverage while still tweeting spoilers live. And then they pissed of Jon Stewart / The Daily Show, deciding ‘to edit a moving tribute to the victims of the 7/7 London bombings out of the opening ceremony, only to…
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“Olympic athletes come in all shapes and sizes”
Wow, just wow … visit the BBC and see how you measure up.