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  • NZ Ocean Swim Interview – Lauren Boyle

    NZ Ocean Swim Interview – Lauren Boyle

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    “Scott Rice was able to spend some time with Lauren Boyle, to explore what makes her tick, and get to know her as a swimmer…For more info visit http://www.oceanswim.co.nz/?p=4591”

  • Swimming New Zealand gets big tick from Sport NZ chief

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    Read TVNZ Swimming has received a gentle pat on the back from Sport New Zealand chief executive Peter Miskimmin following its improved performance at a pinnacle event. After well-documented struggles in and out of the water, swimming won back some admirers at the just-completed world championships in Barcelona. The cream of the crop was freestyler…

  • Boyle’s successes needed to keep Swimming New Zealand in the money

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    Read The New Zealand Herald Perhaps it is being a touch melodramatic but when Lauren Boyle steps on the starting blocks for the 400m and 800m freestyle at the world swimming championships in Barcelona, Swimming New Zealand’s future funding goes on the pool’s black line. The sport is on a one-year post-Olympic trial with $1.4…

  • Lauren Boyle named NZ swimmer of the year

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    Read stuff.co.nz Short course world champion Lauren Boyle has again been crowned New Zealand’s swimmer of the year and will lead a 14-strong team to this year’s world championships in Barcelona. (Lauren Boyle alongside Chloe Sutton and Melanie Costa Schmid at the Istanbul 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m))

  • CC photo #441: The Istanbul 2012 women’s 400 free medal podium

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    Medal winners in the women’s 400 meter freestyle at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right Chloe Sutton (USA, silver), Melanie Costa Schmid (ESP, gold) and Lauren Boyle (NZL, bronze). See the result list here.

  • Istanbul 2012 Day 2: Le Clos and Meilutyte post championships records

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    At the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul today, South Africa’s Chad Le Clos and Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte posted new championships records, Le Clos with a time of 48.82 in the men’s 100 butterfly and Meilutyte with a time of 29.44 in the women’s 50 breaststroke. Japan’s Daiya Seto won the men’s 400…

  • “Schools that train the enemy”

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    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…

  • Lauren Boyle named NZ swimmer of the year

    Lauren Boyle named NZ swimmer of the year

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    24-year-old Lauren Boyle, who has qualified for the Olympics in three individual events and the 4×200 freestyle relay, has been honored for an outstanding 2011, including finals in the 400 and 800 freestyle in Shanghai, a semifinal in the 200 freestyle, helping the 4×200 to qualify for the Olympics there, and winning five medals at…

  • New Zealand men 7:14.05 in the 4×200, push Denmark to 14th

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    In a remarkable performance on 3rd night of the State New Zealand Swim Championships, Matthew Stanley, Steven Kent, Dylan Dunlop-Barrett and Andrew McMillan smashed the New Zealand record and gave themselves an outstanding chance to earn an invitation to the London Olympics. The quartet, the fastest four individuals in the 200m freestyle final, went 7:14.05…