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  • Van der Burgh’s home burgled on this his birthday

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    South African swimming sensation Cameron van der Burgh has revealed on Twitter that he has had most of his medals and trophies stolen from him after his house was burgled on his birthday. Read more here on Sport24. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/Cameronvdburgh/status/206009887778545664″]

  • Cameron van der Burgh remembering Alex

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    Beautiful words by South Africa’s world record holder Cameron van der Burgh, in honor of his late rival and friend Alexander Dale Oen. A small excerpt here, read the rest here on Cameron’s blog. Thank you for inviting me into your home and sharing your life with me. Fortunately I have only good memories about…

  • South Africa selects 12 for London 2012

    South Africa selects 12 for London 2012

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    The South African nationals came to a close today in Durban with 12 swimmers on the plane to London 2012, spearheaded by Shanghai 2011 bronze medalist Cameron van der Burgh and 4-time individually qualifying Chad le Clos. Le Clos is by the way aiming for a magnificent seven entries including three relays. Via SwimNews.

  • South African Trials: Van der Burgh qualifies for the Olympics

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    At the South African Championships today, world-championship bronze medalist Cameron van der Burgh clocked 59.90, third best in the world so far this year, qualifying for the Olympics. Charl Crous qualified in the 100 backstroke semi with a time of 54.19, and Chad le Clos in the 200 freestyle semi with a time of 1:47.20.…

  • South African Nationals 16 – 22 April 2012

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    The Kings Park swimming pool in Durban will host the week-long South African National Swimming Championships, starting on Monday, which doubles as the final chance for South Africans to swim inside the strict FINA A qualifying times. 12 swimmers have so far achieved the necessary standards, but need to do it again this week, according…

  • Arena’s Powerskin Carbon Pro debuts at British Swimming Trials

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    The Powerskin Carbon Pro, Arena’s latest swimsuit featuring breakthrough “intelligent compression” technology will make its first appearance in a major competitive meet at the venue for this summer’s Olympic Games, the London Aquatics Centre. They have British swimmers Francesca Halsall and Hannah Miley on board at that meet, as well as Milorad ÄŒavić from Serbia,…

  • LIVE stream from Salnikov Cup on russwimming.ru

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    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…

  • Van der Burgh named South Africa’s best swimmer

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    Multiple gold-medallist Cameron van der Burgh held off strong challenges from fellow swim stars Natalie du Toit and Chad le Clos to be named Swimmer of the Year’ at the SA Annual Aquatic function held in Johannesburg today. Swimming SA’s awards committee took into account performances set between the period of May 2010 to April…

  • Cameron van der Burgh presents Junk In My Trunk

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    South Africa’s world record holder Cameron van der Burgh presents the crap stuff that he keeps in the trunk of his Audi A1, including swim stuff (of course) and golf clubs. Sponsored by Audi, yes, but also truly fond of his car. Funny story about Cameron and his car: After competing in the South African…