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Serbian
Swimming Team at the
30th
Olympic Games - London 2012
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London,
Great Britain, Olympic Aquatics Center - 50 m pool,
July 28 - August 04, 2012
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This
page covers all activities of the Swimming participants of Serbia at
the
30th Olympic Games - London 2012
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August
03,
2012............................................................................................................................
DAY-7
- Cavic 4th in 100 fly, Najdanovski ranked 42nd in the W 50 free...
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| (London,
GBR) - Within the Day-7
of the Olympic tournament, in the evening swimming session, another one
new world standard is set. In the women's 200 back, Missy Franklin
(USA) touched the wall first with the time of 2:04.06 WR.
In the men's 100 fly Michael Phelps (USA) confirmed his Olympic
title from Beijing, touching 1st in 51.21. In the women's 800 free new
Olympic champion is Katie Ledecky (USA) in 8:14.63 (new AM
rec),
while in the men's 50 free Florent Manaudou (FRA) ranked first
earning
gold medal in 21.34... |
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In the men's 100 fly final Milorad Cavic, Serbian best swimmer
succeeded
to catch the 4th position (equally with Steffen Deibler, GER) with the
time of 51.81... Congratulations !!! |
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| Click the
next link for the full
Day-7
Official Results. |
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 .M.Cavic
- the last match of his rich and worthy 19-year long swimming
career. |
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Serbs
on Day - 7 Evening Finals
| SRB
competitor |
Event |
Entered
time |
Result |
Rank |
| Milorad
Cavic (1984) |
100 m Fly
Men Final |
0:51.66 |
0:51.81 |
4th
of 8 athletes |
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| (London,
GBR) - Within the Day-7
of the morning qualification, worthy results could be seen as all those
days before...Four disciplines were in the program. In the women's 50
free
Ranomi
Kromowidjojo (NED) swum out the best time in 24.51. In the men's
1500
free top pisitioned was Yang Sun (CHN) -14:43.25 in front of
Oussama
Mellouli (TUN) - 14:46.23 and Ryan Cochrane (CAN) - 14:49.31...
In
the women's 4x100 Medley Relay, team of Australia set the top
time
in 3:55.42. In the men's 4x100 Medley Relay, team of USA placed
1st with the time of 3:32.65... |
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In the women's 50 freestyle, Serbian record holder and two times
Olympian
Miroslava
Najdanovski, from the Neat 6 (lane 7) did not succeed to catch the
SFs. She was placed 42nd of 73 participants with the time of 26.46. |
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| Click the
next link for the full
Day-7
Official Results. |
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| .M.Najdanovski
concluded her participation at the London 2012 Olympic Games... |
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Serbs
on Day - 7 Morning Qualifications
| SRB
competitor |
Event |
Entered
time |
Result |
Rank |
| Miroslava
Najdanovski (1988) |
50 m Free
Women |
0:25.64 |
0:26.46 |
42nd
of 73 athletes |
August
02,
2012............................................................................................................................
DAY-6
- Cavic confirmed the position in the 100 butterfly final...
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| (London,
GBR) - Within the Day-6
of the Olympic tournament, in the evening session, new world and the
Olympic
standards were set. Rebecca Soni (USA) in the women's 200
breast
final ranked 1st and became the Olympic champion with the time of
2:19.59
WR...
Ranked 3rd Iuliia Efimova (RUS) set the EU rec 2:20.92. In the
men's
200 back final, Tyler Clary (USA) set the new OR
in 1:53.41.. In the women's 100 free final, new Olympic champion became
Ranomi
Kromowidjojo (NED) who set the new OR
in 53.00. In the men's 200 IM final, Michael Phelps (USA)
ranked
1st in 1:54.27 in front of Ryan Lochte (USA) - 1:54.90 and Laszlo Cseh
(HUN) -1:56.22. |
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In the men's 100 fly semi finals, from the Heat 2 (lane 3) ranked 3rd
in
this group (4th overall), Milorad Cavic the best Serbian
swimmer
ever, swum out again marvelous race and earned the position for the
tomorrow's
100 fly final with the time of 51.66. |
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| Click the
next link for the full
Day-6
Official Results. |
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| .M.Cavic
- two great achievements on August 02 at the London 2012 Olympic
Games... |
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Serbs
on Day - 6 Semi Finals
| SRB
competitor |
Event |
Entered
time |
Result |
Rank |
| Milorad
Cavic (1984) |
100 m Fly Men |
0:51.90 |
0:51.66 |
4th
of 16 athletes |
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| (London,
GBR) - Within the Day-6
morning qualifications more four disciplines were in the program (M 50
free, W 800 free M 100 fly and W 200 back). In the men's 50 free,
top position for the evening SFs is caught by Richard Bovel
(TRI)
in 21.77. In the women's 800 free Rebecca Adlington (GBR) swum
out
as 1st in 8:21.78. In the men's 100 fly Chad Le Clos (RSA) was
the
best in 51.54. In the women's 200 back Missy Franklin (USA)
ranked
first (of 37 participants) in 2:07.54... |
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In the men's 100 fly, two Serbian stars took part in the
qualifications.
Ivan
Lendjer, from the Heat 5 (lane 1) ranked 5th in the heat (18th
overall)
with the time of 52.40. From the Heat 6 (lane 5), Milorad Cavic
swum out marvelous race and was finally ranked 5th (of 43 participants)
with the time of 51.90. |
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| Click the
next link for the full
Day-6
Official Results. |
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| .M.Cavic
- with his coach Mike Bottom, at the pool deck of the Aquatics
Center... |
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Serbs
on
Day - 6 Morning Qualifications
| SRB
competitor |
Event |
Entered
time |
Result |
Rank |
| Milorad
Cavic (1984) |
100 m Fly Men |
0:51.45 |
0:51.90 |
5th
of 43 athletes |
| Ivan
Lendjer (1990) |
100 m Fly Men |
0:52.29 |
0:52.40 |
18th
of 43 athletes |
August
01,
2012............................................................................................................................
DAY-5
- Higl 25th in 200 breast, Najdanovski 35th in 100 free...
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| (London,
GBR) - Within the Day-5
morning qualifications five disciplines were in the program (W 100
free,
M 200 back, W 200 breast, M 200 IM and W 4x200 free. In the women's 100
free ranked first was Yi Tang (CHN) in 53.28. In the men's 200
back
touched first and second were the Americans Tyler Clary
(1:56.24)
and Ryan Lochte (1:56.36). In the women's 200 breast, Rebecca
Soni USA (2:21.40). In the men's 200 Ind.Medlay, top positioned was
Laszlo
Cseh HUN (1:57.20) in front of Ryan Lochte USA (1:58.03)...... |
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| Miroslava
Najdanovski Serbian record holder, unfortunately swum out her
poor
race in the women's 100 free and was ranked 35th (equally with the
Megan
Fonteno from Samoa) with the time of 57.45. In the women's 200 breast
from
the heat 4 (lane 2), Nadja
Higl, didn't succeed to get into SFs as she was ranked 25th
with
the time of 2:28.38... |
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| Click the
next link for the full
Day-5
Official Results. |
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| .M.Najdanovski
and N.Higl, the only Serbian women's swimmers in London... |
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Serbs
on Day - 5 Morning Qualifications
| SRB
competitor |
Event |
Entered
time |
Result |
Rank |
| Miroslava
Najdanovski (1988) |
100 m Free
Women |
0:55.57 |
0:57.45 |
35th
of 48 athletes |
| Nadja
Higl (1987) |
200 m Breast
Women |
2:25.56 |
2:28.38 |
25th
of 34 athletes |
July
31,
2012............................................................................................................................
DAY-4
- Velimir Stjepanovic - ranked 6th in th men's 200 fly...
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| (London,
GBR) - On the Day-4 within
the London's evening semis and finals, more new Olympic records could
be
seen. Chad Le Clos (RSA) is crowned with the gold Olympic medal
in the men's 200 m fly (1:52.96 new Rec of Africa) in front of Michael
Phelps (USA). Olympic champions became also: in the women's 200
freestyle
Allison
Schmitt (USA) with the time of 1:53.61 (OR);
Shiwen
Ye (CHN) in the women's 200 m Ind.Medlay (2:07.57 OR)..
USA
men's relay in the 4x200 m freestyle relay (6:59.70)... |
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| Velimir
Stjepanovic Serbian record holder, this evening, from the lane
8, succeeded to get into Top 6 at the Olympic final of the men's 200
fly.
Stjepanovic touched the wall as 6th with the time of 1:55.07 (just 7
hundreds
of second shorten then in his yesterday's race in the
qualification). |
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| Click the
next link for the full
Day-4
Official Results. |
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| .V.Stjepanovic
- his second marvelous time in the 200 m fly ever ... (Ph
by OKS) |
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Serbs
on Day - 4 Finals
| SRB
competitor |
Event |
Entered
time |
Result |
Rank |
| Velimir
Stjepanovic (1993) |
200 m
Butterfly Men Final |
1:55.13 |
1:55.07 |
6th
of 8 athletes |
July
30,
2012............................................................................................................................
DAY-3
- Stjepanovic - First final for Serbia at the London Olympics...
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| (London,
GBR) - Within the Day-3
evening semi finals and finals, few great times were set. New Olympic
champions
became the next swimmers: Yanick Agnel (FRA) in the men's 200
free
(1:43.14); in the women's 100 back Missy Franklin (USA) - new
American
record (58.33); in the men's 100 back, Matthew Grevers (USA) -
new
Olympic record 52.16 and Ruta Meilutyte (LIT) in the
women's
100 breast (1:05.47)... |
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| Velimir
Stjepanovic Serbian record holder, Youth Olympic medalist -
Singapore
2010, European Junior Champion - Belgrade 2011, succeded to get into
Olympic
final. This evening, from the Semi Final group 2, Stjepanovic touched
the
wall as 4th with the time of 1:55.13. Overall, that time was enough for
the 8th position, which provides him the place in the world final. Congratulations
from all his Belgrade swimming fans !!!! |
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| Click the
next link for the full
Day-3
Official Results. |
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| .V.Stjepanovic
- second marvelous 200 m fly race in the same day... (Ph
by Reuters) |
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Serbs
on Day-3 Semi Finals
| SRB
competitor |
Event |
Entered
time |
Result |
Rank |
| Velimir
Stjepanovic (1993) |
200 m
Butterfly Men |
1:54.99 |
1:55.13 |
8th
of 16 athletes |
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| (London,
GBR) - Within the Day-3
morning qualifications, world starts continued to show unbelievable
swimming.
Three disciplines were in the program. In the women's 200 free top time
is set by Federica Pellegrini (ITA) - 1:57.16 in front of
Schmitt
and Frankilin (USA). In the men's 200 fly Austria's star Dinko
Jukic
ranked
first in 1:54.79. In the women's 200 IM, Shiwen Ye (CHN)
qualified
for the SFs as first with the time of 2:08.90... |
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From the Heat 3, Serbian record holder Velimir Stjepanovic
breaking
his and the national standard succedded to touch the wall as first with
the time of 1:54.99. That was overall the 3rd qualified time (of 37
athletes
who took part in this discipline) for the evening semi finals (in front
of Chand le Clos RSA - 1:55.23 and Michael Phelps USA - 1:55.53.. Two
better
times were set by Dinko Jukic AUT (1:54.79) and Tyler Clary (1:54.96) |
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| Video clip
of the Stjepanovic's
qualification race can be found at the RTS web site. Click the
next link for the full Day-3
Official Results. |
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| .V.Stjepanovic
- new world super star in the men's 200 butterfly. |
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Serbs
on Day-3 Morning Qualifications
| SRB
competitor |
Event |
Entered
time |
Result |
Rank |
| Velimir
Stjepanovic (1993) |
200 m
Butterfly Men |
1:56.18 |
1:54.99 NR |
3rd
of 37 athletes |
July
29,
2012............................................................................................................................
DAY-2
- Siljevski at the 32nd position of the 200 Free, Men's Relay 13th...
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| (London,
GBR) - Within the Day-2
morning qualifications, marvelous swimming is continued. In the women's
100 backstroke Emily Seebohm AUS set the new Olympic Record
(58.23),
in the men's 100 backstroke top time is earned by Matthew Grevers,
USA (52.92), in the men's 200 free Yang Sun CHN (1:46.24), Ruta
Meilutyte, LIT in women's 100 breaststroke (1:05.56),
in the women's 400 free
Camille Muffat FRA (4:03.29), etc... |
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Two disciplines were 'dedicated' to the members of the Serbian swim
squad:
the men's 200 freestyle for Radovan Siljevski and 4x100 freestyle for
Cavic,
Stjepanovic, Lendjer and Siljevski. |
| Radovan
Siljevski ranked
32nd of 40 swimmers in the men's 200 free (1:51.40). Men's 4x100
free
relay succeeded to jump just to the 13th position of 15 teams
participants
(Cavic, Stjepanovic, Lendjer and Siljevski) with the time of 3:18.79.
Click
the next link for the full Day-2
Official Results. |
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| .R.Siljevski
did his best in the moment and finished 32nd in the M 200 free. |
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Serbs
on Day-2 Morning Qualifications
| SRB
competitor |
Event |
Entered
time |
Result |
Rank |
| Radovan
Siljevski (1986) |
200 m Free
Men |
1:49.47 |
1:51.40 |
32nd
of 40 athletes |
| Men's
Relay Team |
4x100 m Free
Men |
3:21.93 |
3:18.79 |
13th
of 15 teams |
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Great
atmosphere among the Serbian Swim Team members
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Photo by
Dejan Pejinovic,
prof., National Head Coach of the SRB Swimming (July 28,2012)
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July
28,
2012............................................................................................................................
DAY-1
- Siladji and Markovic missed to catch their Semi Finals...
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| (London,
GBR) - Since the spectacular
Opening ceremony has been concluded on Saturday (early in the morning),
Day-1 events at the Swimming competition started the same day due to
the
exact timetable. One new Olympic record has been set by Dana Vollmer
(USA) in the women's 100 fly (56.25). Michael Phelps as 8th in the
men's
400 IM succeeded to get into his first SFs. From others, not so worth
swimming
could be seen at the beginning. |
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Two Serbian swimmers started today in the morning qualifications.
Unfortunately
none of both athletes succeed to catch the semi finals. |
| In the men's
400 freestyle, Djordje
Markovic went poor and was ranked 22nd of 28 athletes in the
time
of 3:55.35. In this event, Olympic champion Taehwan Park (KOR) has been
disqualified. |
| Caba
Siladji, in the men's 100 breast swum out worthy, in the heat 2
(lane 6) he was placed 2nd, however he also missed to catch the
semifinals.
Out of the SFs stayed also Dugonjic (SLO), Pesce (ITA), Samilidis
(GRE),
Sludnov (RUS), Almeida (BRA), Polyakov (KAZ) and other world stars. In
this event Siladji ranked 31st overall of 44 athletes with the time of
1:01.95. Click the next link to see the full Day-1
Official Results. |
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| .C.Siladji,
SRB swim star, two times Olympian and the national record holder
finished
his 100 breast at the 31st position... |
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Serbs
on Day-1 Morning Qualifications
| SRB
competitor |
Event |
Entered
time |
Result |
Rank |
| Djordje
Markovic (1987) |
400 m Free
Men |
3:52.58 |
3:55.35 |
22nd
of 28 athletes |
| Caba
Siladji (1990) |
100 m Breast
Men |
1:01.59 |
1:01.95 |
31st
of 44 athletes |
July
27,
2012............................................................................................................................
Start
Lists
of the Swimming events are now available...
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| (London,
GBR) - The organizer of
the swimming events at the London Olympic Games, announced today the
full
start lists of all disciplines... New data engine is little bit strange
for the site visitors, however, widely open and accaptable for
searching
from many sides. All swimmers and their entered times as well as the
achievements
could be followed by the events, day or names and teams... The exact
time
of all heats, semi finals and finals can be found, too... |
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| On the
Day-1, from the Serbian Swimming
Squad, two swimmers are going to break the ice within the London
Aquatics
Center.... Djordje
Markovic will start in the Heat 2 (lane 8) in the men's 400
free
(entered time 3:52.58) and Caba
Siladji in the Heat 2 (lane 6) in the men's 100 breast
(1:01.59).
Click over the next link bellow to find out all events - heats on the
Day-1
(Aug.28) and others... |
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| .Milorad
Cavic, SRB swim star and one of the candidate for medal, gave
short
interview for the Sky broadcaster, at the yesterday's SRB team press
conference... |
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July
26,
2012............................................................................................................................
Serbian
Swim Team is completed - SRB flag is on the mast...
| (London, GBR) -
All Serbian participants
are in the Olympic village and the swimming team is completed. Milorad
Cavic, World Champion (Rome 2009), Olympic medalist (Beijing 2008)
and still actual European record holder, with his coach Mike Bottom
arrived
from the Spain, where he spent last week in the final preparation for
the
Olympiad. Yesterday in the Olympic village Serbian sports delegation,
leaded
by Vlade Divac, President of the National Olympic Committee
arranged
the ceremony of the lifting up the national flag. The interests for the
events from the Capital of Great Britain are enormously risen in the
domestic
media. Some of the articles from Thursday could be seen in the next
collection
(attached bellow)... |
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July
25,
2012............................................................................................................................
The
Schedule
of the Serbian Swim Team's starts...
| (London, GBR) -
Mid day on Tuesday,
the Serbian Team has arrived Stansted airport, and settled down at the
Olympic Village in London. First training at the Aquatics center was
concluded
successfully. The health report is O.K. Everybody can express their
fillings
about the water, pool, blocks and all other facilities in the
competition
venue. Until the next news, here bellow the full schedule of the starts
(qualification races) of the Serbian participants can be seen. The
first
day of the swimming events is July 28. The fist appearances at the
"front
line" will be done by Djordje Markovic in the men's 400 free and Caba
Siladji
in the men's 100 breast... You can follow up also other disciplines and
competition days for all other SRB swimmers. |
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July
24,
2012............................................................................................................................
Part
of
the SRB Swim team in Belgrade, prior to the departure for London...
| (Belgrade, SRB) -
Early in the morning,
together with the main part of the complete Serbian Olympic team, the
part
of the Serbian Swimming Team left Belgrade on the way to the London
2012.
At the charm press conference that has been arranged at the airport
"Nikola
Tesla", Nadja Higl, World champion (Rome 2009), Dejan
Pejinovic,
Head Coach of the national selection and Radovan Siljevski used
to explain the wishes of all swimmers as well as the good atmosphere
among
the members of the SRB swim squad. Other swimmers (Cavic, Stjepanovic,
together with their coaches C.Thiday and M.Bottom) will join the team
in
the Olympic village the next days... Best
wishes
to the SRB Team from all swim fans in Serbia and all over the world !!!! |
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Caba Siladji,
Miroslava Najdanovski,
Ivan Lendjer, Nadja Higl and the National Team Head Coach Dejan
Pejinovic,prof.
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July
23,
2012...........................................................................................................................................
Serbian
NOC's Ceremony, day prior to start to London...
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(Belgrade, SRB) - The night prior to the departure of the Olympians to
London, the National Olympic Committee of Serbia together with
all
athletes - participants of the Olympic Games visited the President of
Serbia
Mr.Tomislav
Nikolic. Expressing his good wishes to all athletes as well as the
hopes of the nation for the medals and top world positions in 15
disciplines,
President Nikolic has consigned the national flag for Novak Djokovic,
who
is going to lead the SRB delegation at the Opening ceremony. |
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Vlade Divac,President of the National Olympic Committee and Vanja
Udovicic,
Water Polo Captain, extend also the best wishes to all athletes, and
promised
that the Serbian Team will get back home with the 100th medal (all
earned
at the Olimpic Games) |
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Photo - dedicated to all sport fans of the SRB Olympic team... (Photo
by OKS) |
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July
22,
2012...........................................................................................................................................
The Serbin
Swimming Selection for the London 2012...
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The final roster of the Serbian swimming team for the upcoming 30th
Olympic
Games - London 2012 that will be held in the Great Britain, City of
London
from July 28th to August 04 is allready prepared for the
beginnings
of the swimming events. |
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The national selection of Serbia for the Olympic Games will be
consisted
of the next participants: Milorad Cavic (50 & 100
fly),
Ivan
Lendjer (50 & 100 fly), Nadja Higl (200 breast),
Caba
Siladji (100 breast), Miroslava Najdanovski (50 & 100
free),
Velimir
Stjepanovic (200 fly ), Djordje Markovic (400 free),
Radovan
Siljevski (200 free), The final roster of the relays is not known
in
this moment. |
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Cavic
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Lendjer
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Stjepanovic
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Siladji
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Najdanovski
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Siljevski
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Milorad
(1984)
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Ivan
(1990)
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Velimir
(1993)
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Caba
(1990)
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Miroslava
(1988)
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Radovan
(1986)
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SC
Partizan, Belgrade
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SC
Proleter, Zrenjanin
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SC
Partizan, Belgrade
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SC
Proleter, Zrenjanin
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SC
Novi Sad, Novi Sad
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SC
Vojvodina, Novi Sad
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Higl
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Markovic
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Sebastijan
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Petar
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Chris
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Dejan
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Nadja
(1987)
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Djordje
(1987)
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Higl
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Popovic,
prof
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Tiday
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Pejinovic,
prof
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SC
Tamis, Pancevo
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SC Partizan,
Belgrade
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