Tag: Vladimir Morozov
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FINA denies having approved Morozov and Lobintsev for Rio 2016
Contrary to recent media reports, the eligibility of Russian swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev to compete at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 has not been confirmed, and will not be confirmed until the IOC’s three-person commission to review Russian entrants renders its final decision on these athletes, along with the other members of the…
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FINA gives 2016 Rio green light for Russian swimmers Lobintsev, Morozov | TASS
UPDATE – FINA denies this story The International Swimming Federation has given the go-ahead to Russian swimmers Nikita Lobintsev and Vladimir Morozov to participate in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, which kick off on Friday in Brazil, Artyom Patsev, a Russian sports attorney told TASS on Tuesday. “Yes, Morozov and Lobintsev were granted permission from…
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IOC panel to decide which Russian can compete
The International Olympic Committee has said a three-member panel will make the “final decision” on which Russian athletes can compete in the Rio Olympics, set to begin in less than a week. The panel will examine each case individually and make the “final decision” before Friday, IOC spokesman Mark Adams said late on Saturday. A…
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Coach: Swimmers Morozov, Lobintsev have never had any doping violations
Russian swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev have never taken performance enhancing drugs. Nonetheless, they have been mentioned in the WADA report (World Anti-Doping Agency) and are now at risk of missing the next month’s Olympics in Rio, head coach of the Russian national swimming team, Sergei Kolmogorov told TASS on Monday. Earlier in the…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 9
Hosszu and Hausding complete hat-trick – so far Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu and Germany’s Patrick Hausding were the heroes of the day in the respective pools as they both won a third gold medal here in Berlin – and they have more events ahead. The Hungarians had a fine day with five medals, the British also…
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Herning 2013 Europeans Day 1 – Finals
Russia rules with 4 gold medals, 1 world record and 1 championships record after the first day of competition, Efimova having clocked a couple of championships records en route to the final. Spain’s Mireia Belmonte set a new European record of 2:01.52 in the 200 fly, and Denmark won the women’s 4×50 freestyle in a…
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Herning 2013 Europeans Day 1 – Prelims
The LEN 2013 European Short Course Championships are underway, the ‘LEN Timing System’ still a bit dodgy but improving during the first batch of preliminary heats. Yuliya Efimova set a new championships record of 29.47 in the women’s 50 breaststroke, and the world records were broken in both the men’s 4×50 medley and women’s 4×50…
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Efimova, Le Clos, Morozov shine at Swimming World Cup in Moscow
Russian swimmers Yulia Efimova and Vladimir Morozov please the home crowd as Olympic champion Chad le Clos also wins big at the Moscow leg of the short-course Swimming World Cup.
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FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 – Moscow (RUS) – Press Conference
Featuring Executive Director of FINA Cornel Marculescu, President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation Vladimir Salnikov, Representative of the FINA Technical Swimming Committee Andrew Vlaskov, Olympic champion Chad le Clos, 2012 World Cup winner Katinka Hosszu and others.