Tag: Mireia Belmonte GarcÃa
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Mireia Belmonte 3:54.52 and new 400 free SC World Record at Berlin 2013 World Cup
Spain’s Mireia Belmonte today managed to break the women’s short course meter world record in the 400 meter freestyle also, clocking 3:54.52 at the FINA 2013 World Cup meet in Berlin, Germany where Camille Muffat’s world record from the Chartres Europeans in November 2012 was 3:54.85. That is two world records in two days, both…
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Mireia Belmonte 7:59.34 and first woman ever under 8 min in the 800 free
Tonight at the FINA 2013 World Cup leg in Berlin, Germany, Spain’s Mireia Belmonte broke the women’s 800 meter freestyle World record, clocking 7:59.34 to become the first woman ever under 8 minutes in the 800 free. Old record was Camille Muffat’s 8:01.06 from November 2012. See the result list here.
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Top Danish swimming club Sigma hires Spanish elite coach Carles Subirana Rovira
After having won the Danish elite division Team Championships this weekend, Sigma, the home club of Lotte Friis announced yesterday that head coach Simon Winther was leaving the club as of that day, after discussions with the board about future plans. The club promised to announce a new head coach in a few days, before…
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CC photo #273: Belmonte after her 400 IM WR at Rijeka 2008
Spain’s Mireia Belmonte GarcÃa on the lane ropes after clocking a new world record of 4:25.06 in the women’s 400 IM final at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships. Also seen on the photo are Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto in blue cap and Italy’s Alessia Filippi facing this way, and I guess Great Britain’s…
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CC photo #269: A star studded Rijeka 2008 group photo
Not really sure what is happening here, maybe the LEN prize money winners plus a few others, at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships.
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Mireia Belmonte dedicates Olympic medals to Virgin Mary
Spanish swimmer Mireia Belmonte Friday offered her two silver medals from the London 2012 Olympic Games to Our Lady of Monserrat in Barcelona, saying both were of “equal value” to her. Read for instance Catholic News Agency. “One cost a little bit more effort than the other because it was a longer race,†she recalled.…
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London 2012 day 7 finals: Franklin posts WR in the 200 back, Phelps double three-peat
On the penultimate day of the London 2012 Olympic swimming championships, Missy Franklin clocked a 2:05.06 World Record in the women’s 200 backstroke, ahead of Russia’s Anastasia Zueva in 2:05.92 and Elizabeth Beisel (USA) in 2:06.55, Franklin completing her clean-sweep in the backstroke events. Michael Phelps made it an undisputed historical greatest ever double three…
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London 2012 day 5 finals: Gyurta and Soni set 200 breast world records
Another exciting day at the London Aquatics Centre, with both men and women setting records, the supersuits beginning to seem irrelevant now. Hungary’s Dani Gyurta set a new world record in the men’s 200 breaststroke, clocking 2:07.28 with Michael Jamieson (GBR) 2nd in 2:07.43 and Ryo Tateishi (JPN) 3rd in 2:08.29. Rebecca Soni set a…