Tag: Yannick Agnel
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London 2012 Men’s 200m Freestyle Final Full Replay
Featuring an in the end very happy Yannick Agnel :-)
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London 2012 day 3 finals: Grevers and Ye posts Olympic Records
At the London 2012 Olympic swimming finals yesterday evening, USA took 1 and 2 in the men’s 100 backstroke, Matt Grevers way ahead cloking a new Olympic Record of 52.16, Nick Thoman 2nd in 52.92 and Japan’s Ryosuke Irie 3rd in 52.97. Lithuania’s 15-year-old Ruta Meilutyte charged ahead and held on to a 1:05.47 gold…
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France sends 41 swimmers to the Debrecen 2012 Europeans
According to SwimSwam, the French are sending 41 swimmers the the European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary in May, including Frédérick Bousquet and Sébastien Rouault who missed out on Olympic participation, and their entire Olympic team. With Germany taking 32 and Great Britain sending only 5, this might the largest team at the Championships. Women: Fanny Babou,…
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France aims for 8-10 swimming medals in London
“We’re really satisfied. We have the potential for 8 to 10 medals,” French swimming federation president Francis Luyce told reporters on Sunday. France’s biggest hopes are Camille Lacourt, the 100 backstroke world champion in Shanghai last year, and Camille Muffat, who broke 200 and 400 freestyle French records to qualify, national technical director Christian Donze…
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French Trials: European Champ Rouault misses out on the 1500 free
On the final day of French Olympic Trials, Anthony Pannier and Damien Joly qualified in the 1500 meter freestyle, 15:01.43 to 15:02.43, with European champion Sebastien Rouault winding up 3rd and out of the Olympics, having previously failed to qualify also in the 400 free. Alain Bernard was names as a replacement in the relays,…
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French Nationals: Bernard misses out on the individual 100 free
At the French Nationals today, Alain Bernard had to settle for 48.97 and 5th in the men’s 100 freestyle, defending Olympic champion from Beijing 2008. Yannick Agnel and Fabien Gilot took the individual Olympic qualification spots in 48:02 and 48.38, while Clement Lefert (48.64), Amaury Leveaux (48.69), Gregory Mallet (48.97) and Bernard are probable relay…
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Muffat and Agnel set French records, Manaudou qualifies for the Olympics
At the French Nationals today, Camille Muffat posted a 1:55.40 textile best and French record in the 200 meter freestyle semifinals, while Yannick Agnel scorched the men’s event with an also French record of 1:44.42. Amaury Leveaux also qualified in the 200 with a time of 1:46.77, while Gregory Mallet and Clement Lefert qualified for…
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Agnel to miss 400 free at Shanghai 2011
French swimmer Yannick Agnel has been struck down by a lung infection, forcing him to change his event schedule at the World Championships this summer. “Antibiotics, a big week in bed and we’re back six weeks back, ” stated the coach Fabrice Pellerin according to L’Équipe. The plan now is to race in the 200…
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Sun is going for the 1500 today
Sun Yang won the China Nationals 200 freestyle yesterday in impressive 1:44.99, new Chinese record and almost half a second faster than Yannick Agnel’s 1:45.47 French record and world’s best this year. He won 800 freestyle in 7:44.12 last Sunday and 400 freestyle in 3:41.48 on Tuesday, also clear world leading times this year. And…