Tag: Elizabeth Beisel
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Interview with Elizabeth Beisel, Team Speedo athlete
She swims up to 70km a week in training, but it’s not all about the pool. Get to know Team Speedo athlete and American backstroke gold medallist, Elizabeth Beisel, as we chat to her about surfing, Disney, and her favourite holiday swim spot.
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SwimToday: Thank You Swim Moms!
What makes swim moms so special? Five Olympic swimmers share why they love and appreciate their moms on Mother’s Day! Want to learn tips and tricks for swim moms?
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Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel holds lessons for Grand Strand swim team
See WBTW A group of young swimmers on the Grand Strand got a chance to learn from an Olympic athlete Friday. 2012 Olympic silver medalist Elizabeth Beisel is in town for a clinic with the Myrtle Beach Riptides. WBTW-TV: News, Weather, and Sports for Florence, SC
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2013-2014 Florida Swimming and Diving Intro Video
“Check out the 2013-2014 intro video for the Florida swimming and diving teams!”
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London 2012 day 7 finals: Franklin posts WR in the 200 back, Phelps double three-peat
On the penultimate day of the London 2012 Olympic swimming championships, Missy Franklin clocked a 2:05.06 World Record in the women’s 200 backstroke, ahead of Russia’s Anastasia Zueva in 2:05.92 and Elizabeth Beisel (USA) in 2:06.55, Franklin completing her clean-sweep in the backstroke events. Michael Phelps made it an undisputed historical greatest ever double three…
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London 2012 day 6 finals: Phelps beats the curse of the three-peat
At last it went, after both Phelps and Kitajima had tried twice, and others before that, Phelps tonight became first male swimmer ever to win the same individual event at three Olympic Games. Gold to Phelps and the US in the men’s 200 IM, 1:54.27 ahead of Ryan Lochte in 1:54.90 and Laszlo Cseh (HUN)…
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London 2012 day 6 prelims: Adlington and Friis ready for the 800 duel
On this 6th day of the Olympic swimming competition, ‘only’ 6 men went under 22 seconds in the men’s 50 freestyle: Bovell, Cielo, Fratus, Ervin, Schoeman and Jones. Rebecca Adlington (GBR) and Lotte Friis (DEN) seem to be heading for yet another tight duel in the women’s 800 freestyle, Katie Ledecky (USA) also in play.…
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London 2012 day 1 finals: Ye posts first WR at these Olympics
On the first night of the London 2012 Olympics, China’s Shiwen Ye posted a world record of 4:28.43 in the women’s 400 IM, quite unusually by ripping the field apart in the last 100 freestyle. USA’s Elizabeth Beisel 2nd and China’s Xuanxu Li 3rd, old record was Stephanie Rice 4:29.45 from Beijing 2008, Rice now…
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London 2012 day 1 prelims: Vollmer posts OR, lots of shocks in other races
In the men’s 400 IM, medal favorite Laszlo Cseh missed the final with 7/100 of a second, Michael Phelps just scraping by in 8th spot. In the women’s 100 butterfly, USA’s Dana Vollmer posted an Olympic Record of 56.25. In the men’s 400 freestyle, Tae-hwan Park posted a confident time of 3:46.68 but was disqualified,…