Tag: Elena Sokolova
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Russia’s Olympic swimming team finalized
The lineup of the Russian Olympic swimming team is complete, with 29 athletes earning the right to represent their country in London 2012, following the conclusion of the National Championships in Moscow. According to RT the one chance that Russian swimmers had to qualify for the Summer Olympics, which makes you wonder what the heck…
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Russian Trials: Yana Martinova first Russian to earn ticket to the London Olympics
Disclaimer: I don’t understand Russian well enough to be absolutely sure in my translation here, but it looks like Yana Martynova from Tatarstan was the first and only Russian to qualify for the Olympics yesterday, with a winning time of 4:38.69 in the 400 IM, exceeding the FINA A selection cut by 3.06 seconds. Egor…
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2011 Salnikov Cup medal winners
So, tired of waiting for the results in English on www.saknikovcup.ru, I’ve fought my way through the result list in Cyrillic letters on russwimming.ru this evening, listing the medal winners in English by using the little I remember of Russian from high school. Most noteworthy results are Nikolay Skvortsov’s (RUS) 1:50.55 in the 200 butterfly…