Remember the days when a 4:05 400 free used to be fast?  I certainly do.  That and a quarter can get you on a subway these days, however, as it certainly won’t get you a medal in Beijing.  Okay, so maybe it’s too far to say that 4:05 isn’t fast.  Alright, it is too far.  Having […]

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It’s hard to hide your fitness level in the 800 free so it was encouraging for many to see that Manaudou finally took on the challenge of the 800 this weekend at the domestic French Cup Circuit stop in Lyon.  Also in action were Alain Bernard, Markus Rogan, Fabien Gilot (a giant slayer on the […]

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The gossip mills are working overtime in France and Italy right now, as paparazzi picks of Laure Manaudou’s ex boyfriend Luca Marin, who has also been accused of releasing nude photos of Manaudou, showed him sucking face with Manaudou’s arch-rival, Federica Pellegrini.  Oh shnap!

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It really is unbelievable: when it rains it pours for Laure Manaudou.  After she left her coach Philippe Lucas to train with her boyfriend in Italy, after her Italian team fired her and she returned to train in France with her brother, after explicit photos were posted of her on the internet and (finally) after […]

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It was certainly the quietest world record of 2007, the Cercles des Nageurs de Marseille short course meter 4X100 mark of 3:08.29.  Set at the very tail end of 2007, the quartet of Freddie Bousquet, Fabien Gilot, Gregory Mallet and Romain Caffet actually destroyed the old Swedish mark of 3:09.57.  The reason it wasn’t ratified?  The record […]

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Without France’s two biggest stars, Alain Bernard and Laure Manaudou, the action was short of the excitement seen the previous two days at the French Cup of Chamalieres.  When Manaudou pops off a 1:58 200 free and Bernard a 48 100 free there is bound to be a little bit of a letdown.  Still there was […]

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In a confusing turn of events, the French Federation decided to hold simultaneous events in two cities for their domestic Grand Prix.  More news for us.  The French Cups in Chamalieres and Mulhouse featured just about all the big names in French Swimming, including the one and only Laure Manaudou.  While Manaudou was just swimming off-events today, France’s […]

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A sad day it is in the ongoing Laure Manaudou romance story.  Joining the unfortunate company of Paris Hilton and others, in the last 24 hours 20 photos of Manaudou (and there is no doubt it is her) posing explicitly have circled around the internet.  The photos, apparently taken from a tape, have set off the […]

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Philippe Lucas, the man that coached Laure Manaudou to greatness, has revealed that he is considering a career outside of swimming: soccer.  In an interview with L’Equipe, Lucas revealed that would like to one day work in the sport, maybe sooner rather than later.  Before you think this is crazy, remember that Aussie top dog […]

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Put down your Us Weekly, we’ve got your celebrity gossip right here.  Laure Manaudou was a hot topic this year (no pun intended) and remains to make headlines outside of the swimming pool.  I regret to inform you that the young love between Manaudou and her Italian boyfriend (and World Champs bronze medalist) Luca Marin is […]

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Alain Bernard inched closer to Stefan Nystrand’s newly established world record in the 100 free by breaking his own national record.  Laure Manaudou made a relatively successful foray into the splash and dash and there were a multitude of records (both championship and national) set.

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More National Records went by the wayside at the Short Course National Championships in Nimes, France.  Laure Manaudou highlighted the evening, as she continues to convince her doubters that her move to train with her brother was a good decision by narrowly missing the World Record in the 200 free (1:53.88). 

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Laure Manaudou and her compatriot Alain Bernard were in action and swimming fast at the French Short Course National Championships in Nimes.  Manaudou lost a hard fought battle in the 100IM while Bernard was fast as always in the 50.  Additionally, four national and three championship records were also set.

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 In the buildup to the Beijing Olympics Francis Luyce, the President of the French Swimming Federation, announced that he hopes to take home six to ten medals in Beijing. A woman that will be absolutely crucial to that formula, Laure Manaudou, has announced that she will return to competition at a meet in Berlin the 17th […]

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We are truly sorry to disappoint, but it is being reported by Hanson Sport Media and Swimming Australia that Laure Manaudou has “withdrawn from the French delegation competing in next month’s FINA / ARENA Swimming World Cup” in Sydney. Despite being initially confirmed, along with Alain Bernard and the rest of the French federation, organizers, […]

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