Tag: Berlin 2014
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CAS restores world records denied to British swimmers
Four British swimmers, including triple world champion Adam Peaty, should be awarded world records they were denied in 2014 after officials failed to test them for a specific drug, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Friday. The swimmers – Peaty, Francesca Halsall, Jemma Lowe and Chris Walker Hebborn – have already broken their…
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German relay wins our unofficial Funniest Moment of Berlin 2014 Award
To hear packed arena of race-excited swim spectators spontaneously burst out laughing … yeah, that was pretty neat ! :-) That swag !
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 11
Medal hunt: three top the overall with 8 gold apiece Two more gold medals in the dash events kept the Brits atop of the swimming medal table and rocketed them to the first place in the overall. The competitions in the pools are really exciting but rarely was the hunt for the medals so balanced…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 10
Peaty breaks WR, Italy and Denmark clinch two titles apiece Adam Peaty’s new World record in the 50m breast was the highlight of the evening session at the 32nd European Championships in Berlin. Since 2008 the Brit is the first to bring down an individual WR at the long-course Europeans. Italy and Denmark earned two…
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BLN2014 Travel Journal Day 5: Velodrome
So Saturday I visited the competition venue for the first time, and then attended the team leader’s meeting as representative of the Faroe Islands.
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 4
The Dutch made it three, the Russians earned the first two The Dutch swimmers proved they were the ruling nation of the open water events at this year’s European Championships in Berlin by winning the team competition. The Russians also started to collect their gold medals in synchro: they got the respective titles in duet…
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BLN2014 Travel Journal Day 3: Tourist
So with no real official task for today, I went back to Grünau to watch the open water races. It was a nice day, with good competition especially in the men’s 10K, and decent weather. Our president Hestoy was in charge of the women’s 5K, so I got to see that too. Tomorrow there is…
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Live Stream from the Berlin 2014 European Open Water Swimming Championships
See len.au http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21er0p_european-swimming-championships-2014-berlin-ger_sport
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BLN2014 Travel Journal Day 1: Planes, Trains & Automobiles
So I have travelled all day today, and am knackered. Pál says breakfast is at 7 AM, which is 6 AM in the time zone I left this morning, so I’d better go to bed now. Just a few words before bedtime.