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Guest editorial by David Rieder
PHOENIX, Arizona, August 18.
SWIMMING World superfan David Rieder, who blogs on his site at
swimdr549.blogspot.com, is back with his thoughts on the sport of swimming heading into 2012 and the Olympics to be staged in London.
In the two week...
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Column by John Lohn
CRANBURY, New Jersey, July 20. THE swimming portion of the World Championships is just days away, so it's time for some predictions on what will shake out in Rome. The task won't be an easy one, considering the suit charade that has thrown the sport for a major loop. But, we'll give it our best shot and see...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 20. IN this first of five special shows devoted to previewing the events at the FINA world championships, Peter Busch and John Lohn talk about the top contenders for medals in the men's and women's freestyle events.
Among the swimmers mentioned are Michael Phelps, Alain Bernard, Fred Bousquet, Cesar Cielo, Ous Mell...
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Guest editorial by David Rieder
PHOENIX, Arizona, July 16.
SWIMMING World superfan David Rieder, who blogs on his site at
swimdr549.blogspot.com, joins us again with his thoughts on how relays will pan out at the World Championships later this month.
Men's 400 free ...
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Guest editorial by David Rieder
PHOENIX, Arizona, July 1.
SWIMMING World superfan David Rieder, who blogs on his site at
swimdr549.blogspot.com, provided us with the following analysis of recent groundbreaking swims from throughout the world.
Steffen and the World of Wo...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 1. OLYMPIC gold medalist, and current American record holder in the 50 and 100 yard freestyles, Nathan Adrian is featured on the front cover of the July issue of
Swimming World.
Adrian is one of several stars expected to have a big impact at the upcoming USA Swimming World Championships Trials to be held in Indianap...
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PESCARA, Italy, June 29. TUNISIA's Ous Mellouli provided an African record during the third day of long course meter swimming at the Mediterranean Games.
Mellouli clocked a time of 4:10.53 in the men's 400 IM to cut more than a second from Riaan Schoeman's African standard of 4:12.07. Italy's Luca Marin finished second in 4:13.5...
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PESCARA, Italy, June 28. THE second evening of long course meter competition witnessed a pair of national records falling at the Mediterranean Games held in Italy.
World-record holder Fred Bousquet ripped off a 21.17 in the men's 50 free, a bit of his global mark of 20.94, setting himself up nicely heading down the stretch towards the World ...
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SYDNEY, Australia, June 23. SWIMMING Australia Limited is disappointed by FINA's decision to approve more than 150 swimsuits that were originally banned, or considered in need of modifications, at a swimsuit approval committee meeting in Lausanne in May.
The FINA decision to re-instate suits that were originally banned or classified as in ne...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 22. IN accordance with FINA Rule SW 12.13, the FINA Honorary Secretary approved today the following FINA World Records:
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Men
• Rafael Munoz (ESP)
50m butterfly in 22.43
On April 5, 2009 in Malaga (ESP)
Women
• Joanne Jackson (GBR)
400m free in 4:00.66
On March 16, 2009 in Sheffield (GBR)
• Marle...
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PARIS, France, June 21. THE final night of long course meter swimming came to a close at the Paris Open held in France.
Hungary's Evelyn Verraszto took a run at her national record in the women's 200 IM with a time of 2:11.64. She owns the Hungarian standard with a 2:11.04 from April. France's Camille Muffat touched second in 2:12....
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PARIS, France, June 20. THE first night of finals action at the Paris Open featured plenty of swimmers winning two gold medals at the long course meter meet. Additionally, a national record from Australia nearly met its match.
Australia's Libby Trickett smoked the field in the women's 50 free en route to a winning time of 24.21. The eff...
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PARIS, France, June 19. THE first evening of long course meter swimming featured sprint preliminary rounds at the Paris Open.
Australia's Libby Trickett topped a group of swimmers from The Netherlands in the women's 50 free qualifying. Trickett claimed the top seed in 24.86, while Marleen Veldhuis touched second in 24.89. Ranomi Kromow...
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MONTE CARLO, Monaco, June 14. GERMANY's Paul Biedermann clipped the European record in the men's 200 free during the final session of the Mare Nostrum circuit in Monte Carlo.
Biedermann clocked a time of 1:44.88 to not only crush his national record of 1:46.00 set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but also to beat Pieter van den Hoogenband&#...
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