Tag: British Trials 2012
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British Gas Swimming Championships 2012 video recap
A look back on the 2012 British Gas Swimming Championships at the London Aquatic Centre. We hear the thoughts of Rebecca Adlington, Sascha Kindred, Michael Rock, Ellie Simmonds, Fran Halsall, Lizzie Simmonds, Amy Smith, Robbie Renwick and Hannah Miley as they prepare for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in August 2012.
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Poolside video with Hannah Miley and her dad
While the 22-year-old is an integral part of the British Swimming team she is actually trained by her father Patrick and chooses to stay up in Aberdeen as opposed to training at one of the National Performance Centres like the rest of the British Swimming team.
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Video: British Trials 2012 Mens 50 freestyle final
Pretty good video here shot on an iPhone 4 at the British Olympic Trials on Friday, 9 March 2012. If you look closely, you’ll notice a flash of red light on one of the center lanes at 0:31, that must be the light signal that Craig Lord mentions here on SwimNews: The first swimmer home…
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Gemma Spofforth unimpressed by ‘awful’ London Aquatics Centre lights
British Olympic swimmer Gemma Spofforth says the lights in the London Olympic Aquatics Centre are ‘awful’ and make it difficult to swim backstroke. “We think it’s the lights. We figured out they’re misplaced a little bit; they go in a V so when you try and follow the lines (of the parallel roof panels) you…
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British Trials over, 38 selected for Home Games
As listed here on SwimNews.com, after 8 days of trials at the London Aquatics Centre, Great Britain selected 38 swimmers for its home Games squad, with relays to be confirmed and additions to be made at the ASA in Sheffield in June. On the last day of Trials, Daniel Fogg became 3rd Brit ever under…
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Adlington smokes the 800, Faulkner, Simmonds and Rock make team
On this 7th day of British Trials, Rebecca Adlington clocked a 8:18.54 in the 800 freestyle, Olympic qualifying and faster than anyone ever but Janet Evans, Lotte Friis, Kate Ziegler and herself. Eleanor Faulkner also managed to qualify in the 800 freestyle, with a time of 8:27.11, commenting “Becky [Adlington] is my role model and…
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The Telegraph on those Brits who didn’t qualify
Brilliant (but sad) read here on the Telegraph, on those Brits who didn’t qualify for the Olympics, and had “to trudge past the cameras and their celebrating colleagues and, still wet from the pool, try to articulate their disappointment in a strip-lit interview area in the bowels of the Aquatic centre”. And the harsh reality…
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6 more spots filled on Britain’s Olympic roster
Joe Roebuck added the 200 IM to his Olympic program today with a new personal best time of 1:58.16 today, ahead of also qualifying James Goddard in 1:58.42. Francesca Halsall won the 100 freestyle with a 53.57, well within the qualification standard, with Amy Smith also qualifying in 54.01, and Rebecca Turner qualifying for the…
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3 new names on British Olympic roster, Gandy adds another event
On the 5th day of British Trials, Andrew Willis and Michael Jamieson managed to qualify for the olympics in the 200 breaststroke, with a time of 2:09.33 and 2:09.84 respectively. Ellen Gandy added 200 butterfly to her Olympic program with a time of 2:06.01, and Jemma Lowe also qualified in this event with a 2:06.37.…