Tag: Britta Steffen
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Istanbul 2012 Day 3: Lochte breaks the 200 IM WR
On the third day of the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, Ryan Lochte (USA) smashed his own 200 IM world record, clocking 1:49.63 where his record from the 2010 World Champs was 1:50.08. Dani Gyurta (HUN) set a new championship record in the men’s 200 breaststroke, clocking 2:01.35 where Naoya Tomita’s…
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8 Olympic couples competing for a gold medal in cuteness
And 5 of them are swimmers, so proud! See Buzzfeed
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CC photo #170: The Debrecen 2012 women’s 50 free medal podium
From left to right silver medal winner Hinkelien Schreuder (NED), European champion Britta Steffen (GER) and bronze medal winner Nery-Mantey Niangkouara (GRE). See result list here.
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Braun Silk Epil commercial featuring Britta Steffen
TV commercial for Braun’s Silk Epil line of shavers, featuring German Olympic swimmer Britta Steffen. There is also an English spoken version featuring UK synchronized swimmer Jenna Randall
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Record number of swimmers at the Debrecen 2012 Europeans
LEN announces today that the European Swimming Championships in Debrecen have a record entry of 570 swimmers from 44 of the 51 member federations, one federation up from the Budapest 2010 Europeans, then including diving, synchronized swimming and open water swimming. Some federations take the opportunity at the Europeans for another Olympic qualification, while others…
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LIVE stream from Salnikov Cup on russwimming.ru
Beat that USA, the Salnikov Cup has right now been streamed live and open to all here on russwimming.ru, featuring top swimmers like Alexander Dale Oen, Cameron van der Burgh, Paul Biedermann and Britta Steffen. And will be streamed again here tomorrow at 17:00 local time, that is 13:00 GMT/UTC. See result from today’s events…
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Britta Steffen abandons weight-training to gain stamina
After having won the 50 and 100 meter freestyle crowns at both the Beijing 2008 Olympics and the Rome 2009 World Championships, Britta Steffen flopped at the Shanghai 2011 World Championships, ending up as #16 in the 100 freestyle and a no-show in the 50. In her opinion because the (supersuit era?) weight-training had hurt…
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Britta Steffen won’t cut her hair until after London 2012
Interesting interview here on Welt Am Sonntag, where Steffen says that she will let her hair grow up to the Olympics, only cutting the tips as a good luck charm. She hopes to do good at the Shanghai 2011 World Championships, to prove that she is still to be reckoned with, but has her absolute…
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Britta Steffen Sets 100 Freestyle WR
Germany’s Britta Steffen demolished the 100 meter freestyle world record at the German Long Course Nationals today, with a time of 52.56 where her world record from the prelims was 52.85. Read SwimInfo.com