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By John Lohn
BEIJING, China, August 12. SINCE he won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympics in the 200 breaststroke, Hungary's Daniel Gyurta has been a disappointment on the world stage. And, it could all be forgotten real soon. The 19-year-old specialist in the 200 breast established an Olympic record by winning the final of seven heats in 2...
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LIVERPOOL, England, July 12. WHILE there were a few sprint events sprinkled throughout the second day of finals at the British National Open Championships, the longer distance events were mostly on offer.
David Davies began the second set of finals with a victory in the men's 800 free. He clocked a time of 7:50.74, easily beating second-pla...
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 21. YESTERDAY at the Nashville Summer Sizzler, Andrew Bree lowered his own Irish record in the men's 100 breast. Bree clocked a time of 1:01.83, dropping his previous standard of 1:02.41.
The record is a breath of fresh air for Bree after fighting off doping charges last month. FINA wound up only giving Bree a wa...
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2008 FINA World Open Water Challenge
May 3-8, Seville, Spain
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PHOENIX, Arizona, May 30. FRIDAY'S edition of
The Morning Swim Show focuses on news regarding an athlete's reinstatement to his country's Olympic team and looks ahead to two competitions in China.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 29. ACCORDING to both a release by Andrew Bree's spokesperson and a report by the
BBC, Andrew Bree has only been given a warning from FINA for his recent adverse findings for a banned substances.
The positive test occurred at the European Championships in Hungary in December 2007. Bree admitted to the use ...
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DUBLIN, Ireland, April 2. ACCORDING to Craig Lord of
SwimNews.com, Andrew Bree is under investigation for "an adverse anti-doping finding."
In Lord's report, he states that Bree may have tested positive for a stimulant found in cold medicine during the European Short Course Championships held in December.
Bree, who is th...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, February 5. RECENTLY,
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com heard a rumor that former collegiate swimmer Thomas Clavier made his debut in the motion picture industry. Clavier appeared on the silver screen as a featured extra in the spoof movie
Meet The Spartans. The film actually opened No. 1 in the box office during its firs...
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AUSTIN, Texas, December 1. THE final night of swimming at the Texas Invitational came to a close with some fast times posted by the assembled talent.
In the overall team race, Arizona's women won with 859 points – ahead of Stanford's 768 and Texas' 493. Texas' men, however, won with 704 points, while Arizona took second with 61...
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ATLANTA, Georgia, November 30. WITH some of the top talent in the United States missing from the USA Short Course National Championships as they compete at the Texas Invitational,
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com thought it would be interesting to track a virtual meet comparing the various invites going on.
On top of comparing Short Course Nati...
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AUSTIN, Texas, December 1. THE final day of the Texas Invitational opened with preliminary competition on the 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast and 200 fly as well as heats of the 1650 free.
Women's 200 backstroke
Julia Smit of Stanford will battle Kirsty Coventry of Longhorn in finals tonight as Smit clocked a 1:55.84 against Coventry...
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AUSTIN, Texas, November 30. THE second day of the Texas Invitational opened up with competition in the 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breast and 100 back. That preliminary competition set up some world-class match ups for the evening session.
Women's 400 IM
Arizona demonstrated some quality depth in the event with a 1-2-3-4 finish in prelim...
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AUSTIN, Texas, November 29. WITH USA Swimming putting on the USA Short Course National Championships in Atlanta, the University of Texas began its own top flight short course meet in Austin.
With rumors that the Texas Trio are on a mini-taper, and some other big guns from across the country also competing, the Texas Invite certainly deserves ...
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By John Lohn
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 31. HE put up the 10th-fastest time in history, but Brendan Hansen expressed some disappointment after winning his latest national title in the 200 breaststroke. Near his world-record pace for the first 150 meters, Hansen fell off the mark during the last lap, but his vast talent still let him prevail in ...
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 31. THE first day of swimming began with a bang at USA Swimming's National Championships held in the Circle City this week. Heading into the final 50 meters of the first heat of the women's 200 fly, the lights blew out in the building. Luckily, only the next two heats went on without a scoreboard.
Women&...
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, July 31.
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com is bringing its readers wall-to-wall coverage of USA Swimming's National Championships held at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis this week. As part of the already deep, rich and up-to-the-minute coverage of the actual racing, our team of reporters are also available via this new...
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AUBURN, Alabama, July 15. THE Auburn Sectional came to a close after four days of long course meter swimming action.
Amanda Weir opened the final day of competition with a win in the 100 free when she clocked a time of 55.30. In the men's 100 free, Matt Targett walked away with the title in 49.78.
In the 200 breaststrokes, Andrew Bree t...
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AUBURN, Alabama, July 14. THE Auburn Sectional continued with the 400 free, 100 fly and 100 breast held during the third day of long course meter swimming.
Claire Maust dropped a two-and-a-half second victory on Mary DeScenza in the 400 free with a time of 4:14.92 against DeScenza's 4:17.18 to start the night.
Jackson Wilcox followed wit...
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EAST MEADOW, New York, March 28. WITH world records falling like flies down in Melbourne, Australia at the FINA World Championships, the USA Swimming Spring Championships continued through a second day of competition in East Meadow, N.Y.
Women's 800 freestyle
Alyssa Anderson completed the first event of the meet with a title-winning...
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, December 2. The third night of the U.S. Open, held in West Lafayette, Ind., in the Boilermaker Aquatics Center on the campus of Purdue University witnessed what might be the last fling of any U.S. Open. While USA Swimming plans to resurrect its Short Course Championships to take the place of the U.S. Open in its plans, on...
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