Tag: Andriy Govorov
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Ukraine’s Andriy Govorov smashes World Record in 50 fly (video)
On the last day of the Sette Colli meet in Rome, Italy, it was Andriy Govorov of Ukraine who smashed the World Record in the 50 fly final with a 22.27. Govorov blasted the record of 22.43 held by Spain’s Rafael Munoz from April 2009, according to Swimming World. He narrowly missed the World Record…
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Netanya 2015 LEN European SC Championships – Day 4
Katinka Hosszu: the one-woman show With six gold medals already in her possession, Katinka Hosszu might even lead the medal table on her own. Hungary’s Iron Lady added two more titles to her tally on Day 4. Italians enjoyed another fine day with two more golds, one delivered by Federica Pellegrini. German Marco Koch clinched…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 6
Seven Championships Records bettered in swimming’s opening day The swimming competition has got under way at the European Championships in Berlin. The first day saw seven Championship Records falling and Velimir Stjepanovic (SRB) clinching the first swimming gold medal in the men’s 400m free, then Katinka Hosszu (HUN) defended her title in the 400m IM.…
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Ukranian swimmer Andriy Govorov calls for peace from the podium in Milan
Read SwimmingWorld Magazine After winning the men’s 50-meter fly in 23.76 as part of the ADN Swim Project team, the Ukrainian who was born in Crimea took a Ukrainian flag to the podium with PEACE in bold letters printed on it, as seen in the ADN Swim Project tweet below. 4º Trofeo Internazionale Città di…
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Herning 2013 Europeans Day 1 – Finals
Russia rules with 4 gold medals, 1 world record and 1 championships record after the first day of competition, Efimova having clocked a couple of championships records en route to the final. Spain’s Mireia Belmonte set a new European record of 2:01.52 in the 200 fly, and Denmark won the women’s 4×50 freestyle in a…
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Herning 2013 Europeans Day 1 – Prelims
The LEN 2013 European Short Course Championships are underway, the ‘LEN Timing System’ still a bit dodgy but improving during the first batch of preliminary heats. Yuliya Efimova set a new championships record of 29.47 in the women’s 50 breaststroke, and the world records were broken in both the men’s 4×50 medley and women’s 4×50…