Tag: Rijeka 2008
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CC photo #276: Muñoz greets ÄŒavić after the Rijeka 2008 men’s 100 fly
Spain’s Rafael Muñoz congratulates Serbia’s Milorad ÄŒavić after the men’s 100 butterfly at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships. ÄŒavić broke the European record and was very close to the World record, 49.19 to Ian Crocker’s 49.07 from 2004. See result list here
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CC photo #274: Philippe Lucas at Rijeka 2008
The ‘nomadic’ French coach Philippe Lucas at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships, a year after his split with long-time protegé Laure Manaudou. If I remember correctly, here at Rijeka 2008 coaching Romania’s Camelia Potec. As of September 2008, he is now again coaching Italy’s Federica Pellegrini, along with Amaury Leveaux and others…
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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 #272: Leveaux after his 50 free WR at Rijeka 2008
French swimmer Amaury Leveaux after his 20.48 world record in the men’s 50 meter freestyle at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships semifinal, see result list here. He set a lot of records at that meet.
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CC photo #271: Stanislav Donets after his Rijeka 2008 world record
Russia’s Stanislav after clocking his 49.32 world record in the men’s 100 meter backstroke at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course swimming championships, see result list here. It has been improved quite a lot since then, first Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP) 49.20 at the Spanish Short Course Championships a week later, then Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) 49.17…
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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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CC photo #262: Rijeka 2008 Women’s 100 Backstroke Medal Winners
The Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships women’s 100 backstroke medal winners, from left to right Laure Manaudou (France, bronze in 57.16), Sanja Jovanovic (Croatia, gold in a new European record of 56.87) and Kateryna Zubkova (Ukraine, silver in 57.01). See result list here.
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CC photo #261: Čavić looking all awesome at Rijeka 2008
Serbia’s Milorad ÄŒavić at the 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Rijeka, Croatia, ready for the men’s 100 butterfly preliminaries, Czech swimmer Jan Sefl also seen splashing water in his face. Cavic ended up winning the event the day after in a new European Record of 49.19, see result list here.
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CC photo #259: What’s with the soot-faced kids at Rijeka ’08 ?
A photo from the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Championships opening ceremony, I wonder why the kids in the middle have soot in their face.