Events
Dutch Women Highlight Session One At European Championship
I was going to wait until the first evening session to file anything on European Championships in Eindhoven, but with a few hours to go until the session begins swimming fans might as well have something to look forward to. And that something may be a new world record in the women’s 400 Free Relay.
Hersey swims fastest 200 fly in the world this year at All-American Invite
Future University of Texas swimmer Kathleen Hersey showed why she’s one of the best 200 butterfly swimmers in the world tonight in Austin with the fastest time in the world this year. Other highlights include the Weber-Gale vs Grevers dual in the 100 free, and Eric Shanteau showing Brendan Hanson that he can swim the […]
Weber-Gale Sizzles on First Night of All-American Invite
Garrett Weber-Gale capped off an evening of ridiculously fast swimming in Austin tonight with a new Texas Swim Center and University of Texas team record of 21.93 in the 50 meter freestyle that moves the former NCAA champion and world record holder to number 2 in the world in that event.
FINA Postpones New Omega Starting Block Until After Olympics
FINA has decided to delay the inception of the new Omega starting blocks until after the 2008 Olympic Games. The new blocks, with the “wedge” in the back to mimic a track starting block, debuted at the Water Cube test event a couple weeks ago and caused quite a stir ever since.
British Swimming Gets Organized, Announces 2012 Team
Okay, in fairness, British Swimming has not announced their Olympic Team for London yet. Rather, the Organization has announced a group of 139 athletes that they believe show the highest potential to lift British Swimming to the highest level of success in four years time. The group will convene this weekend to hear British Olympic heroes such […]
Survey Out of China: Swimming Favorite Recreation of Millionaires
The fourth annual Preferred Lifestyle and Brands of China’s Richest reported that swimming is the favorite recreational activity (beating out driving BMW’s and travelling to France) of the 660 millionaires interviewed by the report. In related news every single swimming company, professional swimmer and agent in America reinforced their Asian marketing plans.
Water Cube Construction Complete, Internal Photos Released
The vaunted “Water Cube”, the pool for the 2008 Olympic Games, is done. Workers are now finishing up with the seating and diving platforms, putting the finishing touches on the cutting edge facility. This thing looks pretty amazing…
NBC Teams up with Microsoft for Groundbreaking Web Coverage of Olympics
Those of you without Tivo don’t have to ask a family member to tape the events you can’t make it home to watch. That’s because NBC today announced the creation of NBCOlympics.com, a site dedicated to Olympic videos, media and more. With the help of Microsoft technology the site is planned to feature 2,200 hours […]
Beijing Ticket Sales on Track
According to the Beijing Organizing Committees of the Olympic Games (BOCOG) ticket sales for the Games are on track. Specifically, swimming along with the sports in which China is historically the strongest (gymnastics, diving and table tennis), are already overbooked. According to the BOCOG, 2,000,000 tickets have been bought by 340,000 purchasers as of last week.
Soni, Beard Active on Night Two of Husky Invitational
Highlights from the second night of the Husky Invitational saw national champion Rebecca Soni winning and placing well, and Amanda Beard’s first foray into finals. While the big action is going down in Georgia, if you’re in the Pacific Northwest, you need not look far for quality swimming.
First Night Down at Husky Invitational
Some big names came out for the Husky Invitational at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash., including Olympian Amanda Beard and national champion Rebecca Soni.
The first night of competition saw the following winners:
U.S. Short Course Nationals Preview: Showdowns and Barrier Breakers
Under 1:40 in the 200 I.M.? American Records? Under 1:30 in the 200 fee? World Records? Wait a second. True, there are no short course yards World Records, but the world could be about to witness some of the greatest races in short course history and time barriers which were thought to be unbreakable, broken. […]
Phelps Went What?!?!
Anyone who knows anything about swimming knows the name Michael Phelps. Hell, most anyone who knows anything about anything at all knows the guy’s name. In this humble writer’s opinion he is the greatest swimmer of all time (I’m telling you there are still plenty of old timers who say that Spitz is still the […]
Records Fall, Multiple Winners Crowned As Sydney World Cup Ends
The second and final day of the World Cup stop in Sydney was punctuated by a number of records and a slew of impressive performances. A full list of links to results will follow, but this morning we are going to take the tack of highlighting what we felt were the most impressive swims. […]
Australians Dominate First Night of Sydney World Cup Stop
As the World Cup rumbled into Sydney, one thing was for certain - there would be many ready to race. Not surprisingly, those ready to race were a throng of Australians as on this first night in Sydney the hometown favorites dominated the swimming and packed every heat.
To start out the night in the […]
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