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Universal Sports FINA World Cup Dashboard, including webcasts and highlights
DURBAN, South Africa, October 16. THE first night of action at the 2009 FINA World Cup stop held in Durban featured six World Cup records and ...
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Universal Sports FINA World Cup Dashboard, including webcasts and highlights
DURBAN, South Africa, October 16. THE 2009 FINA World Cup series opened with three national records falling during the first day of prelims at...
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Speedo Championship Series Sectionals (pages 48-50)
MOUNT HOOD, ORE. (page 48)
July 21-25
Host: Mount Hood Aquatics
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PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa, August 9. A day after setting world records in the 50 and 100 breast, Cameron van der Burgh was at it again at the South African Short Course Championships.
van der Burgh lowered his 100 breast world record set during the semifinal rounds with a winning effort of 55.99 to become the first man under 56 seconds. Th...
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PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa, August 8. EARLIER today, Roland Schoeman clocked a 20.30 in the men's 50 free semifinals of the South African Short Course Championships. Additionally, Cameron van der Burgh lowered his global marks in the 50 breast finale and 100 breast semis.
Schoeman's swim cleared Amaury Leveaux's world record of ...
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 5. AFRICAN 50 meter breaststroke record-holder Cameron van der Burgh is on top of the world, after bettering his continental mark on the first evening of the four-day Telkom SA Short Course Championships held at the Delville Swimming Pool in Germiston.
Pretoria-based Van der Burgh, whose previous mark stood ...
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PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa, February 10. KWAZULU Natal's Shaun Dias saved the best for last as he held off a strong challenge from Chad Ho to win the men's title in the 14 to 30 years category, at 35th Halfway Telkom Midmar Mile near Howick today.
After disappointing in last weekend's Telkom SA Open Water Championships held in El...
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BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, November 25. WITH seven meets in just more than a month, the 2007 FINA World Cup circuit came to an end with the final session in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
The United States' Randall Bal might as well have called "Blackjack" when he finished an astounding 21-for-21 sweep of the backstroke events at the World ...
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PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa, October 3. ON the final night of swimming at the South African Short Course Championships, Lize-Mari Retief lowered her own African record of the meet. Retief wound up lowering Amanda Loots' previous 100 fly record of 58.42 twice throughout the day. Retief clocked a 58.41 during semifinal swimming, before comin...
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PIETERMARTIZBURG, South Africa, October 2. THE third night of action at the South African Short Course Championships held in Pietermaritzburg witnessed some record-breaking performances.
Lize-Mari Retief shot down another African record at the meet when she hit the wall in 58.41 in the 100 butterfly. That performance bested Amanda Loots' s...
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PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa, October 1. ON the second night of swimming at the South African Short Course Championships held in Pietermaritzburg, Gerhard Zandberg wowed the crowd by claiming a trio of sprint titles. Additionally, Melissa Corfe claimed a treble of her own.
He started off his remarkable run with a win in the 50 backstroke whe...
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PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa, September 30. AFTER posting a strong preliminary time of 4:46.40, Jessica Pengelly, 16, came back during the evening session of the South African Short Course Championships to dispose of the South African record in the 400 IM.
Pengelly clocked a time of 4:37.41 to best the previous standard of 4:39.61 set by Mandy...
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PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa, September 29. LIZE-Mari Retief lit the pool on fire at the South African Short Course Championships during the opening morning of preliminary and semifinal action. Retief eclipsed the previous African record (26.65) of Chanelle van Wyk set last year on Sept. 28.
Retief blasted off the blocks during prelims with a...
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FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, January 8. SOPHOMORE Cheryl Townsend won three events on Monday night to propel the TCU women's swim team past Northern Arizona, 145-115. The win improved TCU's record to 9-3, 2-3, while dropping Northern Arizona to 5-5.
Townsend, a native of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, grabbed her first win of the night in the 10...
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PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa, October 2. THREE swimmers, Suzaan van Biljon, Gerhard Zandberg and Melissa Corfe, dominated the last day of the Telkom SA Short Course championships in the GC Jolliffe Swimming Pool.
Van Biljon stole the show when she won two gold medals on the last day and bettered the South African record in the 200m individual ...
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PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa, October 1. THABANG Moeketsane achieved a special feat at the South African Short Course Championships when he won his first gold medal. The 19-year-old won the 100 breaststroke in 1:00.76, followed closely by his teammate William Diering of Tuks who finished in 1:00.79.
A beaming Moeketsane said he was very happy...
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PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa, September 30. ALTHOUGH Roland Schoeman and Ryk Neethling have opted to bypass the competition, the South African Short Course Championships got off to a solid start. Leading the way was Jasper Venter, who claimed top honors in the 200 freestyle with a mark of 1:48.66. He was followed in second place by Carl Marais (1...
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BATON ROUGE, January 12. THE Florida swimming and diving teams notched a pair of victories over Southeastern Conference foe Louisiana State Thursday at the LSU Natatorium in Baton Rouge, La. The No. 4 Gator women defeated the Tigers 158-140 and moved to 7-1 (2-1), while the men claimed a 166-116 victory and sit at 7-2 (3-0) for the season.
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PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa, September 12. ON the final day of the South African Short Course Championships, familiar names stood atop the medal podium, including Terence Parkin. The silver medalist in the 200 breaststroke at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Parkin won the 200 distance in 2:10.70, adding to the victories he already secured in the 50...
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PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa, September 12. THE wait could be over, as South Africa may have found a sprint standout on the female side of the spectrum. For proof, we offer the results of the South African Short Course Championships.
During the second and third days of the competition, Lauren Roets was solid, taking titles in the 50 and 100-me...
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