Tag: Antwerp 2012
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Antwerp 2012 day 5: Oswald takes gold and silver to win individual medal race
The Antwerp 2012 European Junior Championships are over, Russia dominated by taking 12 out of 40 possible gold medals, 6 silver and 2 bronze, Italy in second with 7 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze and Germany in second with 6 gold, 10 silver and 7 bronze. Most valuable asset was the Russian relays, taking…
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Antwerp 2012 day 4: Russia extends it medal haul lead
On this penultimate day of the Antwerp 2012 European Junior Swimming Championships, Russia jumped even more ahead in the medal race, now at 11 gold medals, 4 silver and 1 bronze, Germany in second with 5 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze, and Italy in third with 5 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze. The…
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Antwerp 2012 day 3: Mie scorches the 50 back with a new Nordic record
After three days of racing at the Antwerp 2012 European Swimming Championships, Russia is still clearly in the lead with 8 gold medals, 3 silver and 1 bronze, ahead of Italy’s 4 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze, and Germany’s 3 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze. Most winning swimmer(s) is now Russias relay teams…
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Antwerp 2012 day 2: Carli takes down Heidi Grein’s (GDR) record from 1986
After two days of racing at the Antwerp 2012 European Junior Championships, Russia’s youngsters are dominating the event with 7 gold medals and 1 silver (out of 14 gold possible till now), ahead of Italy’s 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze, and Germany’s 1 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze. Most winning swimmers are…
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Antwerp 2012 day 1: Russia leads the medal table
After this first day of the Antwerp 2012 European Junior Championships, Russia leads the medal table with 2 gold medals ahead of Germany’s 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze, and Spain’s 1 gold and 1 silver. Italy’s Gabriele Detti won the boys’ 400 freestyle in 3:49.27, arguably the best performance of the day, while…
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Time for the Antwerp 2012 European Juniors
These next five days Antwerp in Belgium will host the 39th European Junior Swimming Championships, featuring promising youngsters like Denmark’s Mie Ø. Nielsen and Italy’s Gabriele Detti. The startlists are ready here on www.europeanjuniors2012.be, unfortunately it seems that there will not be any live streaming from these championship, and no live timing as such, other…
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The Antwerp 2012 European Juniors Start Lists are now online
Next week, July 4-8, the Belgian city of Antwerp will host the 2012 European Junior Swimming Championships, biggest event for most of the youngsters while some will use it as preparation for the London 2012 Games. The start lists can now be found here, featuring for instance Danish London 2012 medal contender Mie Ø. Nielsen,…
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31 st European Swimming Championships Reallocated to Debrecen (HUN)
Press release from the LEN Office … LEN informs that the 2012 European Swimming Championships that were to take place in Antwerp (BEL) have been reallocated to the City of Debrecen (HUN) and will be held on the same dates as previously planned, from May 21st to 27th. The event will take place at the…
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British Swimming says no plans to hold Europeans in London
According to www.swimming.org, British Swimming can confirm that no discussions have taken place with LEN with regard to the staging of the 2012 European Championships following Antwerp’s recent withdrawal as host city. However, British Swimming is planning to discuss with LEN the possibility of hosting future European Championships post-2012.