Tag: Montreal 2005
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World Record & two Gold medals back-to-back | Leisel Jones | #FINAMontreal2005
Can you remember the outstanding races of Australia’s Leisel Jones at the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal? The Aussie claimed two individual Gold Medals in the 100m and 200m Breaststroke, in the latter setting a new World Record.
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Roland Schoeman’s World Record at Montreal 2005! | Fina World Championships
Olympic and World Championships Gold Medallist, South Africa’s Roland Schoeman gave another brilliant performance in the 50m Butterfly event in the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal. He did not only claim his second Gold Medal in the competition, but also did so in World Record time, ahead of USA’s Ian Crocker and Ukraine’s Sergii…
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Grant Hackett’s World Record at Montreal 2005 | Fina World Championships
World Record Flashback! At the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal, distance legend Grant Hackett from Australia ends one of the most enduring World Records in history and eclipses Ian Thorpe’s mark in the 800m Free, in a time of 7:38.65. In addition to this, he also claimed another two Gold medals in the 400m…
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Aaron Peirsol’s World Record at Montreal 2005 | FINA World Championships
Defending World and Olympic Champion Aaron Peirsol from the USA was the one to beat at the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal in the Men’s 200m Backstroke Final.
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Alexandre Despatie becomes World Champion at home | Montreal 2005 | FINA World Championships
Alexandre Despatie put on a show in his home town Montreal to become World Champion in the Men’s 3m Springboard event! It was a phenomenal day for the Canadian who scored 813.60 points with a sequence of perfect dives. Enjoy this epic moment from the 2005 edition of the FINA World Championships!
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FINA files show Montreal 2005 fiasco was years in the making
The Montréal Gazette has gotten hold of information after a 7-year court battle, showing that signs of an impending financial debacle were apparent more than a year before Montreal was stripped of the FINA 2005 World Aquatics Championships. Yet even as the bills accumulated, the organizing committee spent millions of dollar to pay, and sometimes…