Tag: British Trials 2012
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Brits fill 8 more spots on Olympic roster
On this fourth day of the British Olympic Trials, Rebecca Turner qualified in the 200 freestyle with a 1:57.65, ahead of Caitlin McClatchey in 1:58.07, Eleanor Faulkner in 1:58.39 and Joanne Jackson in 1:58.70, who’ll qualify as relay swimmers. In the men’s 200 butterfly, Joe Roebuck secured himself a 2nd spot on the roster with a winning…
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Bochmann suffers London 2012 Olympic heartbreak
You might remember the story about Norwich swimmer Anne Bochmann, who aggravated an injury by hoovering back in January. Well, she didn’t make it, it seems, missing out on both the 200 freestyle and medley finals at the British Gas Swimming Championships yesterday, having already missed out on the 400 freestyle final, Sunday. Read EDP24
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4 more on Britain’s Olympic roster, Renwick now twice
Robbie Renwick secured himself another spot on Britain’s Olympic roster, winning the 200 freestyle in 1:47.33. Gemma Spofforth and Georgia Davies qualified in the 100 backstroke, with a 1:00.19 and 1:00.21 respectively. Liam Tancock qualified also in the 100 backstroke, with a now top-ranked time in the world of 53.16, and Kate Haywood qualified in…
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Gandy sets British record, 6 secure spot on GB’s Olympic team
Ellen Gandy set a British national record this evening with a time of 57.25 in the 100 butterfly, with Francesca Halsall also qualifying for the Olympics in 57.56. David Sliwinski and Craig Benson qualified in the 100 breaststroke with 1:00.09 and 1:00.47 respectively, and Rebecca Adlington and Joanne Jackson in the 400 freestyle with 4:02.35…
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Hannah Miley interviewed after her British Trials 400 IM win
YES, they are uploading to YouTube now also ! :-)
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Videos from 1st day of British Trials
British Swimming is continuing their fine work with videos from day 1 of the British Olympic Trials here on swimming.org, interviewing Olympic qualifiers and also presenting video from a race or two.
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Jennie Johansson sets Swedish record at the British Trials
Sweden’s Jennie Johansson set a Swedish record this morning at the British Olympic Trials, with a time of 1:07.10 in the 100 meter breaststroke prelims, 11/100 faster than Joline Höstman’s Swedish record of 1:07.21 from the Rome 2009 World Championships. Well inside the FINA A Olympic qualifying standard of 1:08.49, and behind only Rebecca Soni’s…
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5 Brits secure Olympic spot on 1st night of trials
Hannah Miley swam her fastest 400 meter IM in a textile suit with a time of 3:43.67, and was joined on the squad by Aimee Willmott in 4:37.48. Roberto Pavoni and Joe Robuck filled the two slots in the men’s equivalent with 4:12.43 and 4:14.48 respectively. Robbie Renwick qualified in the 400 freestyle with a…
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Wow, British Swimming has a Trials Daily
It looks super-nice and you can win a Speedo Fastskin 3 if you sign up to it. Via British Swimming on Twitter … [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/britishswimming/status/175516668452274177″]