Tag: Kira Toussaint
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Swimming Gold & New Wr | Mixed 4x100M Medley Relay Team’s Road to Gold | Team GB
A look back at Tokyo 2020 and the 4x100m mixed relay swimming team making a splash in this debut event at the Olympics.
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2021 European Short-Course Swimming Championships, Kazan (RUS) – Day 5, Summary
Szabo sets WR, grabs third title like Toussaint and Sjostrom Three swimmers grabbed their third individual titles here respectively: while this has been no surprise from the Netherlands’ Kira Toussaint (backstroke treble) and Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom (100m fly added to the 50-100m free double), Szebasztian Szabo of Hungary emerged as a new star of the…
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2021 European Short-Course Swimming Championships, Kazan (RUS) – Day 4, Summary
More doubles, Sjostrom, Kolesnikov, Toussaint, Kirpichnikova keep golden pace The specialists carried on their winning streak here in Kazan, Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom completed the 50-100m double in the women’s free, Anastasia Kirpichnikova achieved it on the ‘high end’ in the 800-1500m (though cried after because of the narrowly missed WR). Fellow Russian Kliment Kolesnikov did…
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2021 European Short-Course Swimming Championships, Kazan (RUS) – Day 3, Summary
Double for Szabo, shockers from Tchorz and Martinenghi, Wellbrock reinforces his reign Hungary’s Szebasztian Szabo became the first swimmer to clinch a second gold after a blast in the men’s 50m free. Kira Toussaint kept the Netherlands among the elite circles in the medal table, though top-ranked Russia also carried on claiming medals – the…
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FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Concludes in Kazan
The FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 came to a close this weekend with three action-packed days of competition in Kazan, Russia. After the three successful stops in Berlin, Budapest, and Doha, all eyes were on Kazan at the Aquatics Palace when South Africa’s Matthew Sates and Australia’s most-decorated Olympian Emma McKeon were crowned the overall…
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FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 – Berlin Day 1
Olympic heroes, World Cup veterans, and young talents gathered in Berlin to restart swimming World Cup action – the legendary venue welcomed back the swimmers after 711 days. The US team got a flying start with seven medals, Vlad Morozov’s amazing four-year winning streak came to end in the 50m free while Kira Toussaint kicked…
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European Aquatics Championships, Budapest (HUN) – Day 12, Summary
British empire: three titles, five medals in one day The day belonged to Team GB as they amassed three titles – all in the women’s events – and five medals altogether. Kathleen Dawson won the 100m back (in fact twice), Molly Renshaw did a clean job in the 200m breast, while the 4x200m free relay…
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European Aquatics Championships, Budapest (HUN) – Day 10, Summary
Blasts from the new generation: amazing swims from Kolesnikov and Milak The new generation made its mark again: after setting new WRs in the 50m back, today Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov won the 100m free with a brilliant swim and clocked a new Championship Record. Soon Hungary’s Kristof Milak blasted a second best-ever time in the…
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Adam Peaty & Kira Toussaint on their new Short Course World Records
During the ISL semi-finals in Budapest, Kira Touissant broke the women’s 50m Backstroke SC World Record with Adam Peaty breaking the men’s 100m Breaststroke World Record, a record that has stood for 11 years.