Tag: London 2012
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A conversation with Tyler Clary
National Team member and Olympic hopeful Tyler Clary shares his thoughts on challenges and dealing with pressure leading up the 2012 Olympics Trial on Omaha, Nebraska. Ouch, he dislocated his shoulder at the Duel in the Pool in December, something that ‘happens from time to time’ as he has ‘super-loose’ shoulders. Still, ouch.
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Stress in Namibia with London 2012 deadlines approaching
A statement by Namibia Swimming Union president Klaus Laborn has come under fire, that Nambian swimmers haven’t got enough time left to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics. “We will not have Namibian swimmers qualifying for the Olympics. They are far away from the qualifying times, the spaces are limited and the time to qualify…
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London 2010 Anti-Doping Testing Facility will run 24×7 to screen athletes
The BBC just got a look at the newly-unveiled anti-doping testing facility that’ll be used at the London Olympics this summer, hailed as the most high-tech, complete such facility ever conceived. We’re talking thousands of workers, testing going 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in a space estimated at the size of seven…
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Behold, Bartal’s Google Fusion ‘London 2012 national teams listing’
Bartal has run my OQT spreadsheet through Google Fusion, resulting in this world map listing all swimmers from each country that have reached the Olympic Qualification Times (in individual events) as of January 17th, 2012, and only the two fastest in those cases where a country has more than two reaching the OQT in an…
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Analyzing the FINA 2012 London Olympic qualification times with Google Spreadsheet
FINA has since before the Shanghai 2011 World Championships provided us with an interesting tool, demanding all World and Olympic qualification times to be submitted to their Swimming World Rankings. The London 2012 data set is of course not complete yet, with the qualification period spanning from March 1st 2011 to June 18th 2012 –…
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Swimming-Japan unveils new Kitajima for London Olympics
Called the Kosuke Kitajima Mark II, it … Naah, kidding, his name is Akihiro Yamaguchi, and he’s 17 year old. World junior champion from Lima 2011 in the 200 breaststroke, predicted to make a big splash at this year’s London Olympics, with even bolder targets himself, saying “I plan to win gold”. Even Kitajima’s mentor…
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The Danish London Olympics 2012 collection is ready
The Danish Olympic Committee announced its London 2012 collection earlier this week, including formal clothing, sports wear and ‘Denmark wear’ developed by designers of official partner Bestseller’s fashion brands Jack & Jones and Vero Moda. The keen eye can pick out Jeanette Ottesen and Rikke Møller in the track suit group shot from around 1:26,…
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London 2012 Olympic Park fly-through
As of January 2012, with Jonathan Edwards giving us an update on the progress.
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Robbie Renwick’s Olympic Diary on the Scottish Sun
Scotland’s Robbie Renwick will be writing about his preparations for the London 2012 Olympics every forthnight in The Scottish Sun, here is the first chapter. MY alarm normally goes off at quarter to five each morning. Then it’s a quick bowl of Special K or Rice Krispies and off for the start of training half…