Tag: Baku 2015
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The athletes from nowhere: Dispatches from the Faroe Islands, a proud sporting nation the Olympics won’t acknowledge
Ah, the hard memories We competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku,†Joensen remembers. “And we were not allowed to use the Faroe flag. Instead we had to compete as LEN (Ligue Européenne de Natation) and were given tee-shirts with no flag, just plain blue with our name. And when we were introduced our…
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Austrian swimming champ gets 12-month doping ban
One of Austria’s most promising young swimmers has been banned for 12 months for failing a doping test after winning four gold medals at the national championships in July. The Austrian Anti-Doping Legal Committee says Sebastian Steffan has tested positive for heptaminol, a blood booster that improves cardiac contraction. Steffan’s biggest international success is winning…
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British Swimming’s Emerging Athlete of the Year: Duncan Scott
Duncan Scott was the delighted winner of swimming’s Emerging Athlete of the Year Award at the inaugural British Swimming Awards in Manchester. The Scot enjoyed a fantastic 2015, as he was one of GB’s leading lights in Baku and made a maiden World Championship appearance in Kazan.
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Baku 2015 European Games – Summary: Swimming Day 5
Russia amasses 23 titles – a record Russia managed to better its best ever result at the junior Europeans by amassing 23 gold medals, one more than in last year – this is a record in the championship’s history. Their youngsters clinched 8 titles on the last day of the European Games’ swimming competitions.
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Baku 2015 European Games – Summary: Swimming Day 4
Russia: five more titles The Russians fully dominated the penultimate day of the swimming competitions, winning 5 out of 7 finals. They brought their gold medal tally to 15, capturing almost half of the titles on offer (31) so far. Still, the day’s most outstanding performance belonged to a Brit: Luke Greenbank.
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Baku 2015 European Games – Summary: Swimming Day 3
Austria’s golden 15 minutes Austrian swimmers produced big news on the third day of the swimming competitions at the European Games in Baku by clinching two titles in a span of 15 minutes. Italy also enjoyed a fine afternoon with a gold and three silvers, while the Russians were as outstanding as it was usual…
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Baku 2015 European Games – Summary: Swimming Day 2
Ten Russian medals in eight finals The Russian swimmers were on fire in the water at the European Games in Baku (AZE): they collected 10 medals in eight finals, four of them gold. The rest of the titles went to France, Great Britain, Germany and the Netherlands.
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Baku 2015 European Games – Summary: Swimming Day 1
Golden Britain: three titles on the opening day British swimmers got things going in Baku, on the first day of the swimming competition at the European Games, as they clinched three titles in seven finals. Russia captured two while Germany and Ukraine could also be happy with one gold apiece.
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Baku 2015 European Games to be streamed live on YouTube
See YouTube on Facebook The first ever European Games begin tomorrow in Azerbaijan. Watch them live on YouTube. https://goo.gl/DeX1yW #Baku2015 Posted by YouTube on Thursday, June 11, 2015