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Schipper sets another record
Hobart :: Australia | 3 months ago
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Jessicah Schipper has produced another world-record performance, this time in the 100m butterfly, on the final night of the Australian short course titles. Pushed all the way by her NSW rival Felicity Galvez, Schipper came home in 55.68 seconds in Hobart,...
Tags: Jessicah Schipper, Queenslander Libby Trickett, Hobart, world records, Australian, world mark, Queenslander Chris Wright
Swanepoel, Bell target medals in Hobart
Hobart :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility New Zealand's Corney Swanepoel and Daniel Bell will swim for medals after record setting efforts at the Australian short course championships in Hobart. Swanepoel qualified second fastest from the semifinals of the 100m butterfly today after becoming...
Tags: world records, Corney Swanepoel, Hobart, Daniel Bell
The Mercury, Australia: Record tipped to fall
Perth :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility Ashley Callus says it will be on for young and old in the final of the men's 50m freestyle tonight. Matthew Abood, 23, of NSW, set a new Australian record in the 50m heats at the Hobart Aquatic Centre yesterday morning. Not to be out-done, Callus, 30,...
Tags: world records
Aussies set short-course world records
Hobart :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility Australians have set two new world records at the short-course swim event in Hobart on Monday. Libby Trickett set a new world record in the 100m freestyle, swimming 51.01 seconds to beat her own mark of 51.70 seconds set three years ago.
Tags: Libby Trickett, world records
Canadian swim records fall in England
Leeds :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
Credibility Canadian swimmers are continuing to make a splash on the world scene. Less than a week after Canadian records fell at the world championships in Rome, more records are toppling at the British Grand Prix in Leeds, England. Montreal's Mathieu Bois set a...
Tags: Annamay Pierse, world records, Pierseâ, Leeds, metre breaststroke, grand prix, England, course world, prix swim, pierse set
Teen makes Russian swimming history in Rome
Rome :: Italy | 4 months ago
Credibility She stormed to victory in a world record time of 30.09 seconds, shaving 0.14 seconds off the previous best, set less than a month ago. Efimova became the first Russian female swimmer ever, and the first Russian since 2003, to win a world title in the...
Tags: world records, Michael Phelps, swim championships, world swim, U.S, Rome, France, medley relay, golds medals, world championships
Lochte wins fourth gold in Rome
Rome :: Italy | 4 months ago
Credibility Lochte finished in 4 minutes 07.01 seconds to claim the world title but fell short of the world record of 4:03.84 set by Phelps in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Lochte's teammate Tyler Clary was second in 4:07.31 and Beijing silver medalist Laszlo Cseh came...
Tags: world championships, Michael Phelps, water polo, world records, gold medal, Ryan Lochte, Serbia, Britta Steffen, United States, fourth gold
Disappointing for swimmers
Rome :: Italy | 4 months ago
Credibility Burmester ended an unhappy championship by not progressing past the heats. Related Stories High hopes for Burmester tonight 28/07/2009 16:08:02 Moss Burmester is expected to ease through to the semi-finals of the 200 metres butterfly at the world champs...
Tags: Rome, Moss Burmester, metres butterfly, world records
FINA in deep water over suits
Fina :: Burkina Faso | 4 months ago
Credibility The days of watching a gorgeous Betty Cuthbert, open-mouthed, as she ran into our hearts disappeared with the doping cheats who succeeded her in their sprinting pursuits. Swimming joined the sports-to-stop-loving list this week, with its athletes engaging...
Tags: Michael Phelps, governing body, tech swimsuits, world records, FINA, world championships, Fina
Phelps and Cavic head for rematch
Rome :: Italy | 4 months ago
Credibility If he wants a Jaked and they don't want to give it to him free, I'll buy it for him...I think in the media it's been portrayed that he has no option, he has to swim for (Speedo)...Cavic added: "I think there's three options for Michael. "The first option...
Tags: Michael Phelps, Milorad Cavic, world records, world championships, Daniel Gyurta, Rome Italy
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