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  • Stephanie Rice to retire after London 2012

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    Triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice has announced that she will retire after the London Games, hopefully with a glorious finale. And as preparation for the future, she has launched Steph’s Swim Squad via SunRice Foods Facebook page, an online training and mentoring program for aspiring swimmers, and as part of the program personally mentor…

  • Kylie Palmer sets Aussie record in the 200 freestyle

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    Kylie Palmer knocked out the national record in the women’s 200 free today at the Australian Long Course Nationals, in a touch-out triumph over now-former record holder Bronte Barratt, 1:55.73 to 1:55.74. Both swimmers eclipsed Barratt’s 2008 record of 1:56.60 also matched by Stephanie Rice in 2008. The quality was sky-high in Sydney, with Palmer…

  • Alicia Coutts sets world bests in 100 fly and 200 IM

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    Alicia Coutts dominated the women’s 100 fly at the Australian Long Course Championships today, with a winning time of 57.25, surpassing the previous world pacesetter of 57.62 clocked by Inge Dekker in Amsterdam in March. And then she followed up with winning 200 IM in 2:10.06, ahead of Stephanie Rice in 2:10.41, crushing the previous…

  • Friis and Pedersen test hypoxic tents

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    Danish swimmers Lotte Friis and Rikke Møller Pedersen are among the first Danish athletes to test the effect of hypoxic tents, as a mean to prepare for classic altitude camps, and prolong the effect of them. The Danish elite sport organization Team Danmark has criticized the use of hypoxic tents up until 2009, but has…

  • First Two World Records At Beijing 2008

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    Both 400 IM world records were bettered at the 2008 Olympics yesterday, when first USA’s Michael Phelps swam 4:03.84, smashing his own world record of 4:05.25 from the U.S. Olympic Trials, and Australia’s Stephanie Rice swam 4:29.45, more than half a second faster than the 4:31.12 of Katie Hoff from the U.S. Trials. Sources: SwimInfo…