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CC photo #286: Čavić vs Phelps at Roma 2009
The men’s 100 meter butterfly final at the FINA 2009 World Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy. USA’s Michael Phelps leads with 5 meters to go, Serbia’s Milorad ÄŒavić on his shoulder, with Spain’s Rafael Muñoz and Venezuela’s Albert Subirats in close pursuit. Phelps wins in a new World record of 49.82, see result list here.
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The Coronas’ incredible underwater video
Behold Dublin band The Coronas’ underwater video, complete with underwater (electric) bass and everything. They are touring Britain in November, see Glasswerk.
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8 Olympic couples competing for a gold medal in cuteness
And 5 of them are swimmers, so proud! See Buzzfeed
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Magnussen might swim relay heats at London 2012 to calm his nerves
A surprise call is being hatched to unleash James Magnussen in the relay heats so Australia’s new swimming figurehead can blow out any nerves and mistakes as an Olympics rookie before his full-on shots at gold medal glory. Read The Herald Sun “We’ve got to look at how to get the fastest team possible in…
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Wir für London – DSGV video featuring Daniela Schreiber
A video featuring Daniela Schreiber and her unorthodox (or maybe really orthodox?) start position. 54.41 and bronze at the Debrecen 2012 Europeans, not so shabby. Wir für London from robert staffl on Vimeo.
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Ryan Lochte on the cover of Men’s Health
Be sure to pick up this month’s issue of Men’s Health, via The Official Ryan Lochte Fan Page on Facebook. Lochte is (well deserved) breaking into mainstream media these days. Cover of MH huh? has to be all downhill from… http://t.co/udZKbxax — Aleksander Hetland (@alexhetland) June 17, 2012
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Debrecen 2012: Hungary wins the medal race
On this final day of the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships, all top-four nations in the medal race took additional gold, but Hungary ended up in top with 9 gold medals, 10 silver and 7 bronze. Germany in seconds with 8 gold medals, 6 silver and 3 gold, and then Italy with 6 gold, 8…