Tag: Florent Manaudou

  • ISL Indianapolis Day 2 Highlights | Sjostrom and Manaudou secure Energy Standard victory

    ISL Indianapolis Day 2 Highlights | Sjostrom and Manaudou secure Energy Standard victory

    Day two highlights of the first-ever International Swimming League event in Indianapolis. Energy Standard’s Chad Le Clos wins 100m Freestyle with Simonas Bilis finishing in second. DC Trident’s Katie Ledecky wins 9 precious points for DC Trident in 400m Freestyle Energy Standard dominate the 4x100m mixed relay through Penny Oleksiak Energy Standard’s joint-captain Sarah Sjöström…

  • New international pro swimming series stirs excitement

    New international pro swimming series stirs excitement

    A cavalcade of Olympic and world champions including Katie Ledecky, Florent Manaudou, Sarah Sjostrom and Chad Le Clos joined forces for what they hope will be part of the sport’s future in Indianapolis on Saturday. The inaugural meeting of the professional International Swimming League (ISL) predictably produced some sizzling times. More importantly, it showcased a…

  • Ex-Olympic champ Manaudou swaps swimming pool for handball

    Ex-Olympic champ Manaudou swaps swimming pool for handball

    Former Olympic champion swimmer Florent Manaudou told AFP on Tuesday that he is taking a break from the pool to concentrate on playing handball. The 50m freestyle gold medallist from London 2012 said in a statement he didn’t want to take “hasty or radical decisions” but wanted to avoid continuing his swimming career “without pleasure”.…

  • LEN Awards 2015 – Cseh and Hosszu finish atop

    LEN Awards 2015 – Cseh and Hosszu finish atop

    World champions highlight the winners’ list of the 2015 LEN Awards. European athletes were dominant at last year’s showcase in Kazan, in most disciplines it was a hard call to choose among the best performers. The winners in swimming came from the same nation: Laszlo Cseh and Katinka Hosszu both represent Hungary. Earlier only the…

  • MOM Meet Marseilles 2015 live on Dailymotion

    MOM Meet Marseilles 2015 live on Dailymotion

    Friday 6th to Sunday 8th March 2015, the 4th Meeting Open Méditerranée will be held in Marseilles, France, featuring world class swimmers like Katinka Hosszú (HUN), Florent Manaudou (FRA), Mireia Belmonte (ESP), Michael Jamieson (GBR), Inge Dekker (NED), Nathan Adrian (USA), Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN), Fabio Scozzolli (ITA), Sarah Sjöström (SWE) and our guy Pál…

  • Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 10

    Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 10

    Peaty breaks WR, Italy and Denmark clinch two titles apiece Adam Peaty’s new World record in the 50m breast was the highlight of the evening session at the 32nd European Championships in Berlin. Since 2008 the Brit is the first to bring down an individual WR at the long-course Europeans. Italy and Denmark earned two…

  • Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 6

    Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 6

    Seven Championships Records bettered in swimming’s opening day The swimming competition has got under way at the European Championships in Berlin. The first day saw seven Championship Records falling and Velimir Stjepanovic (SRB) clinching the first swimming gold medal in the men’s 400m free, then Katinka Hosszu (HUN) defended her title in the 400m IM.…

  • Florent Manaudou withdraws from Herning 2013 because of shoulder injury

    Press release from LEN After missing the 50m free World Record established by his compatriot Amaury Leveaux (44.94) by just 0.08 sec at the French nationals in Dijon, Florent Manaudou had to cancel his participation at the 17th European Short Course Swimming Championships due to a shoulder injury. The younger brother of the now retired…

  • Europe vs USA 2013 Duel in the Pool teams revealed

    See for instance swimming.org Olympic medallist Michael Jamieson and World Championship medallist Fran Halsall will lead the European challenge at the 2013 Duel in the Pool when the continent’s best swimmers go head-to-head with world number one swimming nation the USA. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Britain will be French Olympic champions Florent Manaudou, Yannick Agnel and Fabien…