Tag: Kirsty Coventry
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The Kirsty Coventry Academy – Saving Lives Through Drowning Prevention
Kirsty Coventry today announced the Kirsty Coventry Academy, aiming to save lives through drowning prevention. See facebook.com/kirstycoventryacademy Post by Kirsty Coventry Academy.
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Kirsty Coventry mugged in Harare, on antiretroviral medication now
According to Kirsty Coventry herself on Facebook After landing in Harare on Saturday night, 4 to 5 men smashed the back window of our vehicle in an attempt to steal our luggage. My sister and I were sitting behind my fiancé and her husband, who was driving. My sister grabbed my 2yr old niece and…
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“Schools that train the enemy”
Yesterday The Wall Street Journal brought this story on how some American coaches including Rowdy Gaines cry foul over NCAA teams subsidizing world-class instructions for foreign Olympians, also called ‘the enemy’. Naming athletes like New Zealand swimmer Lauren Boyle and Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry. My first reaction was, ‘well, your loss’, knowing that many an American…
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The Arena Carbon Pro explained (and first impressions)
By ArenaPeople, so it is not completely unattached ;-) Alexander Dale Oen – first impressions Ranomi Kromowidjojo – first impressions
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The “Kirsty Coventry / Eliot Mujaji” tribute song by Joe Wailer
Cool, Zimbabwean roots reggae musician Joe Wailer has made this tribute song dedicated to swimmer Kirsty Coventry and runner Elliot Mujaji, paying homage to the two athletes for raising the Zimbabwean flag high. Read the HeraldOnline http://twitter.com/#!/KirstyCoventry/status/154900358332813313
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Kirsty Coventry will train in Monaco until the Olympics
Interesting, Kirsty Coventry will move to Monaco in September, to train there until the Olympics, thanks to the Patronage of Princess Charlene. Do we have a new international training center developing there, thanks to a swimmer turned princess ? Via The Swimmers Circle. Thanks to the Patronage of Princess Charlene from mid Sept, I’ll be…
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Arena presents: Swimming Clinic with Kirsty Coventry
Kirsty Coventry hosted a Clinic Arena in Rome on November, 9th 2010. The Olympic and World Champion from Zimbabwe, Kirsty Coventry participated in this clinic at the Forum Sport Center in Rome to swim with young swimmers who wanted to learn something from her experiences.
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Coventry Sets New 200 Backstroke World Record
Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry has improved the 200 SCM backstroke world record with more than 3 seconds, when she and Great Britain’s Elizabeth Simmonds went under Japan’s Reiko Nakamura world standard of 2:03.24 from February. The new world record is 2:00.91. Read about it on SwimNews and SwimInfo.
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3 World Records On 1st Day Of Manchester 2008
Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry set a new 400 IM SCM world record in a race where no 2 and 3 also swam within the former world record. USA crushed the 400 freestyle relay SCM world record, and the Dutch women totally obliterated the 800 freestyle relay SCM world record with more than 7 seconds, in a…