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Swimming: McClatchey medal helps GB haul
Manchester :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
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Caitlin McClatchey added a bronze to help Great Britain end the World Short Course Championships in Manchester with 24 medals as David Davies, Liam Tancock, Fran Halsall and Jemma Lowe added a further four in the final session. And Glasgow's Gregor Tait...
Tags: world records, world short, Liam Tancock, Jemma Lowe, Caitlin McClatchey, Fran Halsall, Manchester
Rogan sets 200 back world record
Manchester :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility England -- Markus Rogan has set a world record in the men's 200-meter backstroke at the short-course swimming world championships...The previous record of 1:49.05 was set by Ryan Lochte of the United States in Shanghai two years ago.
Tags: world records, Markus Rogan, world championships, course swimming, Ryan Lochte, meter backstroke, swimming world
Swim records falling to new Speedo suit
Manchester :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility England -- Swimmers attacked the record book again Friday at the short-course world championships. Five more world records were set on the third day of the meet, raising the total to nine. Duje Draganja of Croatia established a new mark in the men's 50...
Tags: Liam Tancock, course swim, Kirsty Coventry, world championships, world records, world short, Ryan Lochte, England, AP Photo Australia, swim world
Calls for swimwear transparency
Manchester :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Swimwear manufacturer Arena has requested the sport's controversial new swimsuits be "properly analysed" ahead of the Beijing Olympics. Arena Group CEO Cristiano Portas notes the "firestorm of publicly expressed concern has ensued about the alleged buoyancy...
Tags: world records, Arena Group
Five records tumble at world championships
Manchester :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Five world records were shattered on an extraordinary night at the world short-course swimming championships on Friday. Zimbabwe's Olympic champion Kirsty Coventry broke her second world record in three days, claiming her third title in the 200 meters...
Tags: world short, world records, swim championship, course swim, MEN Arena, Manchester, Zimbabwean, course championship, Mark Foster, Halsall
American swimmer Ryan Lochte steps up bid
Manchester :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility April 11 -- American swimmer Ryan Lochte is stepping up his preparations for the Beijing Olympics. The Floridian swam heats in three different events within the space of 90 minutes yesterday at the short-course world championships in Manchester. First,...
Tags: world records, world short, Jessica Hardy, course championship, Australia, short course, mark set, Manchester
FINA is okay with high-tech suits
Fina :: Burkina Faso | about 1 year ago
Credibility Mustapha Larfaoui defended swimmers yesterday who have broken world records in Speedo's new high-tech LZR Racer suit. If we have enough evidence, why not?" he said. "I am not an expert on material on swimsuits. We have confidence in the experts.
Tags: world records
Newsmakers: New swimsuit spawns world records
Manchester :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility April 10, 2008, 2:02AM Newsmakers Speedo making lots of waves New swimsuit gets credit, blame as records tumble Chronicle News Services Speedo making waves at swim championships Three world records, nine swimmers and eight Speedo LZR Racer
Tags: world records, Kirsty Coventry, course swim, world short, world championships, swim championships, records fall, course world, individual medley, Zimbabwe
FINA adopts revised anti-doping code
Fina :: Burkina Faso | about 1 year ago
Credibility Manchester. "Rules are rules and people should expect consequences for their actions," Young said. "Sometimes, two years wasn't enough, sometimes, two years was too harsh
Tags: world records, LZR Racer, FINA
Kris Gilchrist is latest Scottish swimmer to book Olympic berth
Sheffield :: United Kingdom | about 1 year ago
Credibility Gilchrist has become the fifth Scots swimmer to earn a place in Great Britain's Olympic team for Beijing after a stunning effort at the British trials in Sheffield this morning. The City of Edinburgh swimmer will make his Olympic debut in China this
Tags: Liam Tancock, world records, tancock set, Sheffield, backstroke world, fifth olympic, meter backstroke, Beijing Veteran, Great Britain, Kris Gilchrist
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