(St.Petersburg,
RUS) - The 4th edition of the int'l swim tournament "Salnikov Cup
2010"
started today in the City of St.Petersburg, Russia. 350 athletes from
15
countries take part in this event. On the Day-1 few great times were
swum:
Lobintsev,
RUS in 100 free (47.15); Popova, RUS in W 200 free (1:55.99); Pedersen,
DEN in W 100 breast (1:06.84); Tihonov, RUS in 400 IM
(4:08.89);
Dekker,
NED in W 100 fly (57.55); Bal, USA in 100 back (51.67)...
Coming
from Serbia, M.Najdanovski placed 12th in the women's 50 free
(25.92
-721 pts)... Click up the title to see the Day-1 Finals or here for the
Day-1
Prelims...
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Herasimenia, BLR, the best achievement of the Day-1.
(Dubai, UAE)
- At the FINA Bureau session that has been held in Dubai (UAE) in the
time
of the World Short Course Championships, Prof. Jan-Anders Manson
presented the the Report from the FINA Swimwear Approval
Commission
(SAC). The report comprised the three main chapters: 1/Background
to the FINA-SAC’s objectives; 2/the Report from Swimwear Approval
Commission
and 3/Assessment of today's position. Click up the title to read the
complete
review, where many interesting facts might be found...
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Diagram of WRs lowering (W 100 free 2000 - 2010)...
(Dubai, UAE)
- The curtain of the 10th World Swim Champ Dubai 2010 is drooped down.
On the Day-5, 12 finals were held. 10 new CRs were set. The
Dubai
gold medalists are: in M 100 free Cesar Cielo, BRA (45.74
- CR); in the W 50 back, Jing Zhao, CHN (26.27 - CR) ; in M 200
back, Ryan Lochte, USA (1:50.25 -CR); in the W 200 breast Rebecca
Soni, USA (2:18.66 - CR); in M 100 Ind.medley, Ryan Lochte
(50.86);
in W 100 fly, Felicity Galvez, AUS (55.43 - CR); in M 50 breast,Felipe
Silva (25.95 - CR); in the W 50 free, Ranomi Kromowidjojo,
NED
(23.37); in M 200 fly, Chad Le Clos, RSA (1:51.56); in M 1500
free,
Oussama
Mellouli, TUN (14:29.52); in W 200 free Camille Muffat, FRA
(1:52.29 - CR); in the M 4x100 medley relay, USA team (3:20.99
-CR).
See
more in our Specual Web Blog...
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New swimming kids in Dubai - first steps for the future...
(Dubai, UAE)
- Day-4, within the evening SFs and finals brought new CRs in
almost
all disciplines. 5 finals and 6 semis were held. In the W 100 breast
finals,
Rebecca
Soni, USA caught a gold medal (1:03.98 - CR) in front of Jones, AUS
(1:04.26) and Ji, CHN (1:04.79). In the M 50 back finals, Stanislav
Donets, RUS again set a new CR (22.93). In other finals, in the M
50
fly finals, Albert Subirats, VEN earned gold medal with the
time
of 22.40 - CR. In the W 200 Ind.medley, Mireia Belmonte ESP set
the new CR in 2:05.73 and earned gold medal in front of Ye, CHN
(2:05.94)
and Kukors, USA (2:06.09). In the last event this evening W 4x 100 free
relay finals, NED suad won in 3:28.54 - CR... Find out
details
in our Web Blog...
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C.Cielo, BRA - the fastest man in the world in 50 free.
(Dubai, UAE)
- Day-3 within the semi finals and finals - more new Records of
the Championships could be seen. 3 Sfs and 10 finals were held this
afternoon.
In the M 200 IM finals, Ryan Lochte, USA, earned his 3rd gold
medal
in 1:50.08 new WR,
followed by Rogan AUT (1:52.90) and Clary, USA (1:53.90). New CRs were
set by Kromowidjojo, NED in 100 free (51.45); Deibler,
GER
in 50 fly (22.57); Tomita, JPN in 200 breast (2:03.12); Alshammar
SWE
in 50 fly (24.87); Soni, USA in 100 breast (1:04.17); Hoff,
USA in 400 free (3:57.07); Cielo BRA in 50 free (20.81) and CHN
in W 4x100 med.relay (3:48.24).
(Dubai, UAE)
-Day-2 for the Semi Finals and Finals at the Rashid
swimming
complex in Dubai, brought this evening 2 WRs and 8 new CRs. Earning his
second Gold medal, Ryan Lochte USA, in the M 400 Ind.medley
Final
set new WR (3:55.50)... In the last evening event, in the men's 4x200
free
relay, RUS team (Lobintsev, Izvotov, Lagunov &
Sukhorukov)
set new WR (6:49.04), in front of USA (6:49.58) and FRA (6:56.05). Read
more in our Web Blog...
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R.Lochte, second Gold medal in Dubai on the day-2... (Ph
by WN).
(Dubai, UAE)
- After the delighted opening ceremony, the competition continued with
the evening semi finals and finals... 5 final races and 6 SFs have been
held. This evening one WR and 6 CRs were set. In the M
200
free Ryan Lochte, USA set again CR with the time of 1:41.08. In
the W 200 fly Mireia Belmonte, ESP earned gold medal in 2:03.59
CR also in the W 400 IM (4:24.21). In the women's 4x200 free China
(Chen, Tang, Liu & Zhu) took gold medal and set WR in 7:35.94,
almost
3 sec. faster than the Netherland’s record of 7:38.90. Read more...
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M.Belmonte, ESP super star and WCh SC rec holder...
(Dubai, UAE)
- The 10th Fina World Champs Dubai 2010 started this morning at
the Rashid Swim Complex. Just at the beginning, within the morning
heats,
the new three champs records were set by Ryan Lochte, USA in
the
M 200 free (1:42.38), in the M 100 breast by Fabio Scozzoli,
ITA
with the time of 57.60 and by the Russia's squad in the M 4x100
free relay (3:07.78)... Serbian competitors didn't succeed to
catch
the SFs. In the men's 100 breast Caba Siladji was DISQ, Ivan
Lendjer in the men's 100 fly placed 17th (51.54), while Velimir
Stjepanovic ranked 39th (53.09) of 88 athletes. Read more in our Web
Blog.
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Great conditions and a fast pool of the Rashid Center..
(Ljubljana,
SLO) - More then 500 competitors from BiH, AUT, CRO, HUN, SVK, SRB, ITA
took part in the 2-day events for the 19th international AG meeting "Miklavz
2010" that concluded Sunday in Ljubljana, SLO. Three teams from
Serbia,
PSV,
SC
Vojvodina and SC Kikinda participated. Great swimming and
many
medals have been earned. Click here to see the Day-1
or Day-2
results...
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Tivoli swim pool - a place of the Miklavz 2010 meet...
(Banjaluka,
BiH) - Organized by the Swimming Association of Banjaluka, the first
edition
of the new international meet Aquana Swim 2010 is going to be
held
on Dec. 18. Place of the competition: Municipality Olympic pool. Age
categories
in the program: M-(92 & oled, 93/94, 95/96, 97/98, 99 & up);
W-(94
& older, 95/96, 97/98, 99/00, 01 & up). Deadline for the
entries,
Dec.14. The schedule and other info are available via:plivacki_savez_bl@yahoo.com
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Aquana pool - a place of the new meet in Banjaluka...
(Columbus,
USA) - At the Ohio State University, USA, on Thursday evening, the 2010
USA Short Course National Championships, started at the McCorkle
Aquatic
Pavilion. First 4 disciplines concluded with the prelims. Worthy times
were set by Matt Grevers in 50 yd. free (19.23); Jessica
Hardy
also in the 50 yd. free (22.09). Austria's Markus Rogan beats
Rian
Lochte in 200 yd. IM with the time of 1:44.58... Hungarian Katlin
Hosszu
earned the best position in the women's 200
yd. IM (1:56.05)...
Follow up the On Line Results of the USA SCY Championships
(Lausanne,
SUI) - FINA has rescheduled its 10K Marathon Swim World Cup in 2011,
which
will have its first race in April (in Santos, BRA), in order to provide
the necessary time for the FINA Task Force in charge of investigating
the
circumstances of the tragic loss of open water swimmer Fran Crippen
(USA),
on Oct. in UAE. The 2011 OWS season will start on January 23, with the
initial race of the Grand Prix in Rosario (ARG, 15 km). This circuit
will
have 11 stops in three continents and includes only races above 10km
(in
which each swimmer has an escort boat). Click up the title to read the
Calendars of both OWS events.
(Sarajevo,
BiH) - Organized by the Novi Grad Swimming Club, the first edition of
the
international AG meet "Novi Grad Cup 2010" is going to be held
on
Dec 12 in the BIH capital. Place of the event : Otoka pool (25-m
distance).
Age categories: M/W - 95 & older, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03
&
younger. Deadline for the entries: Dec. 11. More info on this event
available
via pknovigradsa@gmail.com
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Marvelous conditions at the Otoka pool in Sarajevo......
(Eindhoven,
NED) - Day-4 - the last evening of the Euro Short Course Champs
brought more worthy times, as well as the new Continental Champions: Zsuzsanna
Jakabos, HUN in 400 IM W(4:29.78); Marco Koch, GER in the
200
breast M (2:06.86); Fenke Heemskerk, NED in 200 free W
(1:52.62);
Markus
Deibler, GER in 100 IM (52.13); Inge Dekker, NED in 100 fly W
(56.51);
Danila
Izotov, RUS in 200 free M (1:41.84); Moniek Nijhuis, NED in
100 breast W (1:06.20); Stanislav Donets, RUS in 100 back M
(49.35);
Duane
Da Rocha, ESP in 200 back W (2:03.97);
Steffen Deibler, GER
in 50 fly (22.34); Ranomi Kromovidjojo, NED in 50 free W
(23.58),
and ITA squad in the men's 4x50 free relay (1:25.16).. Serbian
record
holder Miroslava Najdanovski placed 9th in the 50 free W SF
(25.04)...
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R.Kromowidjojo, Queen of EC 2010 (Ph
by
KJ Overbeeke)
(Skopje, FYROM)
- This weekend in Skopje, the 6th edition of the international Age
Group
swim meet the NEMO Cup 2010 is organized. As informed by the OC
board of the SWC Dolphin, 528 competitors from 47 clubs (ALB,
Prishtina,
ROU, BUL, MNE, BiH, SRB and FYROM) take part in two days events. Great
atmosphere is at the competition pool also by the pool deck in the
Center
complex. Click up the title to follow up On Line Results from Skopje...
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Sparkles from the Center pool... (Ph
by
SWC Doplhin)
(Kranj, SLO)
- Organized by the SC Triglav, the traditional international meet Spela
and Vesna Memorial 2010 is going to be held on Saturday in the town
of Kranj, SLO. Place of the event: indoor pool 25-m distance. More then
520 competitors from 38 clubs - teams (BiH, CRO, CZE, GER, HUN, ISR,
RUS,
SRB and SLO) will take part in the events. From Serbia 4 teams are
entered,
SC
Vodvodina, SC Spartak, SC Novi Sad, and PSV.
Click
up the title to open up the full official results of this event...
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Municipality pool in Kranj - a place of the meeting...
(Eindhoven,
NED) - Day-2 concluded with 10 finals and 4 SF races... New ER
is
set by Stanislav Donets, RUS in 50 Back M (22.74). New Euro
champions
are: F.Scozzoli, ITA in 100 breast M (57.78), F.Pellegrini,
ITA in 800 free W (8:15.20); D.Verraszto, HUN in 400 IM M
(4:03.06);
A.Chaun,
RUS in 200 breast W (2:22.68); D.Zevina, UKR in 100 back W
(57.57);
R.Kromowidjojo,
NED in 100 free W (51.44); I.Dekker, NED in 50 fly W (25.38) S.Deibler,
GER in 100 fly M (49.95) and NED women's squad in 4x50 free relay
(1:34.34).
From SRB team Minja Najdanovski placed 6th in 100 free W
(54.14),
while Radovan Siljevski ranked 13th in 100 free M SF (49.22)..
See
full results..
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Stanislav Donets (RUS) - new ER in the men's 50 back.
(Eindhoven,
NED) - Day-1 concluded successfully for the German selection.
In
the evening SFs and Finals, great swimming could be seen. Germany took
first five gold medals. In 400 free M, Paul Biedermann
(3:39.51);
Yannick
Leibherz in 200 back (1:51.74), Markus Deibler in 200 IM
(1:53.25),
Steffen
Deibler in 50 free M (20.98) and GER team in 4x50 Medley
Relay
(1:33.40)... From SRB team, Miroslava Najdanovski ranked 6th in
100 free SF (54.14) and earned her first final, while Radovan
Siljevski
placed
16 in 50 free SF (22.50). See the results.
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Markus & Steffen Deibler (GER) - new world swim power.
(Eindhoven,
NED) - Day-1 started in the morning with the qualifying races...
Nothing
exclusive has happen. Worthy times are set by Femke Heemskerk,
NED
in 100 free W (52.01); Fabio Scozzoli, ITA in 100 breast M
(58.06),
Jan
Sefl, CZE in 100 fly M (51.70); Valentina Artemyeva, RUS in
50 breast W (30.66) and Marco Orsi, ITA in 50 free M (21.48)..
Serbian
swimmers caught two SFs. Miroslava Najdanovski in 100 free
(54.56
- as 11th) and Radovan Siljevski in 50 free (22.33 as 18th)..
See
full results...
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Three beauties and quickest girls in 100 free come from the
Netherlands:
Heemskerk, Kromowidjojo and Dekker....
(Ljubljana,
SLO) - Organized by the SC Olimpija, the 18th edition of the
traditional
International AG meet "Miklavz 2010" (in the LEN calendar) is
going
to be held in the SLO capital Ljubljana on Dec 4-5. Place of the event:
Tivoli 25m pool. Age categories in the program: Boys (96/97; 98 &
up);
Girls (97/98; 99 & up)... Deadline for the entries: Nov. 28... For
add info call organizer via: pko@siol.net
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The SC Olimpija's swim kids invite you to Ljubljana...
(Sofia, BUL)
- Organized by the SC Levski, Sofia, 12th edition of the international
AG swim meeting Zamorata Tournament 2010 conculuded this past
week-end
in the Bulgarian Capital. More then 320 athletes from CYP, GRE, FYROM,
SRB and BUL took part in the events. In this meet, many famous swim
coaches
led their teams. The FBSS has arranged a special review on this meeting
from the pen of its Editor in Chief Dr.Ivan Tsanov. Click up the title
to read the article (arr in Bulgarian language only)...
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Marvelous competition pool 'Spartak' in Sofia, BUL...
(Tuzla, BiH)
- Organized by the SC Zmaj Alpamm, the 15th edition of the Samir
Cirak-Ciro
2010 meeting concluded successfully on Saturday in the town of
Tuzla,
BiH by the 25-m pool... More then 220 competitors from 18 clubs (HUN,
CRO,
SRB and BIH) took part in the events... The worthiest achievements are
set by Zlatko Alic (SC Bosna) in the men's 100 fly (56.47 - 703
Fina pts.), while on the women's side, by Nina Zarkovic (SC
Leotar)
in the W 100 fly (1:09.77 - 529 Fina pts.).. See full official results
prepared and issued by the www.plivanje.info web site...
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N.Zarkovic (SC Leotar, Trebinje) - top BIH swimmer...
(Viareggio,
ITA) - The Italian Grand Prix 2010, concluded today in
Viareggio,
ITA (25-m municipality pool). Among great swim names that appeared in
this
event, Miroslava Najdanovski, SRB record holder, Mediterranean
Games
2009 gold and Universiade 2009 bronze medalist, swam out great. In the
women's 50 free she ranked 2nd with the time of 25.72, while in the 100
free finals she was placed 5th in 56.54.. See the full official GP
Italia's
results..
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M.Najdanovski - two times Olympian and NRs holder of Serbia...
November
13, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------ 25th
Trophy of Celje 2010, SLO...(Full
Results)
(Celje, SLO)
- Organized by the SC Neptun, the 25th edition of the traditional
international
meet "The City of Celje Cup 2010" (Pokal mesta Celje) has
started
by the Golovec 25m pool. According to the information from the
organizer,
415 competitors from 28 clubs/teams ( BiH, CRO, ITA, FYROM and SLO)
take
part in this traditional swim competition. Click up the title to see or
download the full official results - issued at the www.pzstiming.net...
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Golovec pool - the traditional place of the Celje meet...
(Stockholm,
SWE) - The Day-1 of the last stop of the Fina/Arena World Cup series
brought the names of the overall winners in the course of 2010. Since
she
won in the women's 100 fly (55.53 - 974 pts.), Therese Alshammar SWE
earned the FWC title for 2010. On the men's side, winning again in 400
IM (4:04.62), Thiago Pereira, BRA, confirmed the title and cash
money prize. Worth success is made by AUS swimmer Belinda Hocking
- two gold medals in 200 back (2:03.43) and 50 back (27.42)...
More...
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T.Alshammar - note for press in Stockholm (Ph
by STV)..
(Moscow, RUS)
- The 6th leg of the Fina/Arena World Cup series, started today at the
Olympiiski complex in the City of Moscow, Russia... More then 100 top
world
stars from 21 countries take part in 2-day events. On the Day-1
spectacular
race could be seen in the men's 50 fly where Nikita Konovalov
RUS
won in 22.87, in front of S.Diebler GER (22.99) and R.Schoeman RSA
(23.03)....
Coming from Serbia, Velimir Stjepanovic, took part in 2 heats
(200
fly - 2:02.32 and 100 free -50.76). Click up the title to follow up the
full official results from the Moscow 2010.
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N.Konovalov, new swim power that comes from RUS...
(Berlin, GER)
- The 5th leg of the Fina World Cup series, Berlin 2010, concluded
Sunday
in the German capital. No surprises appeared both days of the
competition...
Few great times has to be mentioned. S.Diebler, GER, in 100
free
46.69, F.Heemskerk, NED in W 100 free 51.96; Y. Efimova,
RUS in W 100 breast 1:05.54; R.Bal, USA in 100 back 51.34; T.Pereira,
BRA, in 400 IM 4:02.83. Coming from Serbia, Velimir Stjepanovic,
in 4 preliminaries (100 free, 20 fly, 100 fly and 200 free), earned top
positions in 200 fly (2:05.62 - 18th) also in 100 fly (55.20 -
20th)...
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R.Bal, USA - back to Fina World Cup successfully....
(Bucarest,
ROU) - For the Central
European Junior Meet - Belgrade 2010, being held in the Capital
of Serbia (Dec. 10-12), the national federations of 8 countries start
with
the preparation. Due to the propositions, each country is allowed to
enter
10 male and 10 female swimmers. The Romanian Swimming Federation is the
first one that issued the final roster for this worthy competition.
Click
up the title to introduce the team of Romania for Belgrade'10.
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Prof.Larisa Lacusta, one of the former great swimmers, now member of
the
ROU national team coach board...
(Sarajevo,
BiH) - Organized by the Swim Club Dolphin, the 1st edition of the new
international
age group meeting "Dolphin Cup 2010" is going to be held in
Sarajevo,
the next week-end... Place of the event - Otoka swim pool... Age
categories
in the meet program: M-W (95 & older; 96/97;98/99; 2000; 2001;
2002;
2003 & younger). Click up the title where the official Start Lists
will be issued asap or to follow up the On Line Results of this event...
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Otoka swim center - a place of the Dolphin Cup '10....
(Viareggio,
ITA) - Invited by the Mr.Adolfo Buonaccorsi, we take a chance to inform
audence, that the next edition of the great 34th European youth swim
competition
"Coppa Carnevale 2011" (in the Calendar of LEN) is going to be
held
on Feb.18-19-20, 2011, by the muncipal swimmming pool of Viareggio
(25m).
Age groups in the programme: F98-97, M97-96-95, F96-95, M94-93..
Deadline for the entries: Feb. 06.. Add info: meetingartiglio@assonuoto.it
(Lausanne,
SUI)- Following the tragic death of open water swimmer Fran Crippen
(USA)
in the last leg of the FINA 10km Marathon World Cup 2010 on Oct. 23 in
Fujairah (UAE), and in respect for his memory, FINA decided to cancel
the
10th and final leg (15km) of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix
2010,
also scheduled for Fujairah, on October 27. According to the previous
score
2010 winners are: Petar Stoychev (BUL) - 107 pts. and Pilar
Geijo
(ARG) - 124 pts among women...
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P.Stoychev, another win at the Fina OWS World Cup...
(Lausanne,SUI)-With
immense sadness, FINA mourns the loss of OWS swimmer Fran Crippen
(USA), during the last leg of the FINA 10km Marathon, held in Fujairah
(UAE) today. Crippen, 26 years old, at Rome '09, had been bronze
medallist in the 10 km, while in 2010, at the FINA OWS Championships in
Roberval (CAN), he was also third, this time in the 5km. Crippen
graduated
in 2006 from the University of Virginia, USA where he was twice named
the
Atlantic Coast Conference Swimmer of the Year...
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F.Crippen
was the greatest US hope in OWS events...
(Tokyo, JPN)
- T. Pereira (BRA) and T. Alshammar (SWE) reinforced
their
lead of the overall ranking of the FINA World Cup 2010, after a
successful fourth leg of the competition in Tokyo on Oct.20-21.
Pereira,
who won the men’s 100m and 400m IM was the fourth best performer of the
meet, and is at the top of the men’s classification with 88 points.
Alshammar,
who triumphed in the 50m & 100m fly, established the most valuable
performance of the competition in the 100m, and leads the ranking of
this
World Cup with 80 points. See the full report from Tokyo.
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T.Alshammar, still at the highest world swim positions.
(Singapore,
SNG) - The third stop of the Fina World Cup series 2010-2011 started
today
in Singapore. On the Day-1 preliminaries, few worth times were swum
out:
Steffen Diebler (GER) in M 50 fly (22.93); Hinkelien Schreuder (NED) in
the W 50 free (24.63); Darian Townsend (RSA) in M 100 IM (54.57),
Travis
Nederplet (AUS) in M 200 fly (1:56.96); Jenny Mensing (GER) in W 200
back
(2:09.69)... See the On Line Results at the official timekeepers web
site
omegatiming.com...
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H.Schreuder, the Netherlands and the world super star.
(Beijing,
CHN) - The sencond stop of the Fina World Cup Series 2010-2011
started
in Beijing, China yesterday. On the Day-1, few great results were
achieved
- Cameron VD Burg, RSA in the M 50 breast (26.36); Gao Chang CHN in the
W 50 back (26.00); Therese Ashammar SWE in the W 100 fly (56.80);
Thiago Pereira BRA in the M 400 IM (4:14.03), Qianwei Zhu, CHN in the W
200 free (1:54.32). Find out the full official results at the
omegatiming.com...
(Cancun, MEX)
- Ana Marcela Cunha, from Brazil, has reinforced her lead of
the
2010
FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World ranking, by winning the seventh
meet
of the series, that was held in Cancun (MEX), on October 09. The
Brazilian
star took 2:17:29 to complete the race. On the men's side, the victory
went to Francis Crippen (USA), who completed the 10km in
2:07:53.
Fifty-six swimmers from 11 nations took part in the event in Cancun.
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The final part of the 10K marathon at the Cancun 2010
(Kranj, SLO)
- Organized by the Plavalno Drustvo Zvezda, the traditional START
2010
international meet will be held on Saturday (Oct. 09) in the town of
Kranj,
SLO... 394 competitors from 29 clubs (AUT, ITA, CRO, BiH, FYROM and
SLO)
will take part in the events. Slovenian stars are entered (Tahirovic,
Klinar,
Carman, Petric, Cesar, etc.). Click up the title to open up the full
official
results of this competition issued by the pzstiming.net...
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E.Tahirovic, SLO superstar - new come back to pool..
(Honk Kong,
HKG) - The Asian legs of Shantou 2010 (CHN) and Hong Kong
2010
(HKG) of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup each welcomed about
60 competitors on Sep. 25 and Oct. 3, respectively... Among men, the
powerful
Alexander
Meyer (USA) won by a fingernail in Shantou, timing 1:55:30:39,
while
in Hong Kong the best was Chad Ho (RSA) in a convincing fashion
2:03:54:00... Among females, Eva Fabian (USA) dominating the
operations
in both races in respective times of 2:02:56:00 and 2:10:45:00. See
full
report.
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Alex Meyer, USA - new power of the world OWS scene..
(Delhi, IND)
- The Day-1 of the swimming events at the Commonwealth Games in India
brought
two new records of the Games. Australia's Marieke Guehrer
posted
the first Games record of the meet with a 26.07 in the women's 50 fly
semis.
In the women's 200 IM, Australia's Alicia Coutts also set
surprising
Games-record victory with a time of 2:09.70. There appeared also few
great
results been made by Kylie Palmer (AUS) in W 200 free (1:57.50), Ryan
Cochrane
(CAN) in M 400 free (3:48.48), Australia's Ashley Delaney in M 50 back
SF (25.04), etc. Watch out the full official results at the games
official
web site...
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Alicia Coutts (AUS) - world 9th all time in the 200 IM...
(Kranj, SLO)
- Organized by the Triglav SC, Kranj, SLO, the traditional Kranj
Swim
Championship - Memorial of Spela & Vesna 2010 is going to be
held
on Nov. 27 in the town of Kranj (25m distance). Age groups in the
programme: M (92 & older; 93/94; 95/96; 97/98; 99 & up); W (94
& older; 95/96; 97/98; 99/00; 01 & up). Dedaline for the
entries:
Nov 23 (6 p.m.). The additional info is avaliable via the organizer's
e-mail:
klub@pklubtriglav.si
(Banjaluka,
BiH) - Organized by the 22 April Swim Club, Banjaluka, the first event
in the region named "Swim by Heart 2010" is going to be held on
Saturday in Banjaluka, BiH.. According to the list of the entered
participans,
212 competitors from 12 clubs (Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia &
Herzegovina)
will take part in the events... Click over the next link for the Program
& Schedule of this competition or up the title to follow the
complete
On Line Results...
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Marvelous new swim pool in the town of Banjaluka...
(Punta Del
Este, URU) - FINA 1st World Aquatic Convention 2010 starts in Uruguay,
today... More than 450 delegates including representatives of the 202
FINA
National Federations, commercial partners & sponsors, sports
business
companies, organisers, bidders or media will gather in Punta del Este
(URU).
During three days and under the motto “Together we can make Aquatics
bigger”,
presentations, workshops and an exhibition area will allow the Aquatics
Family from all over the world to the network and to build-up future
partnership
opportunities.. Find out more in the Fina press release.
(Szekesfehervar,
HUN) - Instead at the begining of every season, the traditional and one
of the most popular HUN meets Szekesfehervar 2010 (in the LEN
calendar),
will be held on Dec 04-05. Organized by the Hullam'91 swim club, this
event
(18th edition) will gather next age groups: M/W 93 & older; 94/95;
96/97; 98/99... Place of the event: 50-m indoor municipality pool in
Szekesfehervar,
Hungary. Deadline for the entries: Nov.24. Additional info available
via
Sardi Akos, Meet Director sardiakos@t-online.hu
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Great conditions in the Szekesfehervar's swim center...
(Dallas, USA)
- The USA Swimming at the yesterday's elections held at the House of
the
Delegates meeting, named Bruce W.Stratton for the position of
the
President. In the last two-mandate period (leaded by former USA
Swimming
President Jim Wood) as well as for the previous 25 years, Stratton has
been an official and has served as a chair for a total of eight years.
He is also a member of the Olympic International Operations Committee
and
is the United States Sports Insurance Company Treasurer. He also served
on the Professional Swimming Task Force during the past year.
Professional
background: Stratton is a Certified Public Accountant with more then 34
years of the acc. experiences. Find more in the Stratton's Bios...
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Bruce Stratton - new President of the USA Swimming...
(Bolzano,
ITA) - The 14th edition of the Bolzano Swim Meeting 2010 is
going
to be held traditionaly in the town of Bozen/Bolzano (Northern Italy).
Organized by the SSV Bozen, the competition will take place on Nov
06-07.
The age categories (94 & older; 95-98) exist but all swimmers are
welcome.
Place of the event: 25m pool located in the sports centre Pfarrhof /
Maso
della Pieve... Click up the title to be redirected to the official web
site of the Bolzano Meet, to get the available information. Click also
over the next link for the full (.pdf) Booklet
of the Meeting...
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M.Najdanovski, SRB at the previous Bolzano 2009 meet.
(Kranj, SLO)
-First event in the new season in Slovenia is the traditional START
Meet 2010 that is organized by the Plavalno Drustvo Zvezda,
Kranj...
Place of the event: Municipality pool in Kranj (25m distance). Date of
the event: Oct 09... Age categories in the programme: M- (92 &
older;
93/94; 95/96; 97/98; 99 & younger); W-(94 & older; 95/96;
97/98;
99/00; 01 & younger). Deadline for the entries: Oct 06. Add info:info@drustvo-zvezda.si
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I.Velickovic, Head of PD Zvezda with his new talents..
(Rio de Janeiro,BRA)
- The Fina World Cup 2010 started in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on
Sept 10-12, at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Centre, with the presence of 194
swimmers from 13 countries... On the Day-1, domestic star Thiago
Pereira
in 100 m IM set the SA record (52.35)... Worthy times were swum out by
Therese Alshammar, SWE in 50 free (24.46), Steffen Diebler, GER in 50
fly
(22.49) and others... A total of US$360,000 will be distributed to the
winners, while an additional maximum of US$50,000 is reserved for world
record breakers. See the full official results of the first leg of the
Fina/Arena WC 2010...
(Irvine, USA)
- The 2010 Pan Pacific Championships started yesterday at
theWilliam
Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center in Irvine, Calif. (USA). On the Day-1
finals,
few Champs records and worthy times were set: M.Guehrer
AUS equaled
CR in the W 50 fly (25.99), C.Cielo BRA set new CR in the M 50
fly
(23.03), A.Schmitt USA in the W 200 free (1:56.10),
J.Schipper
AUS
in the W 200 fly (2:06.90), A.Peirsol USA in the M 100 back (53.31),
M.Phelps
in 200 fly (1:54.11)... See the full results...
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M.Guehrer - AUS beauty and the world swim pearl...
(Budapest,
HUN) - Day-6 brought 6 new Champs Recs: Y.Efimova RUS in 50
breast
SF (30.32); E.Korotyshkin
RUS (video)
in M 100 fly F (51.73); F.Pellegrini ITA in W 200 free
(1:55.45);
F.Bousquet
in M 50 free SF (21.36) and A.Herasimenia
BLR (video)
in W 50 back (27.64).... The new European champions are: Lotte Friis
DEN in the W 1,500 free (15.59.13), Stanislav Donets RUS in M
200
back (1:57.18); Fabio
Scozzoli ITA (video)
in M 50 breast (27.38) and Russia men's relay in 4x200
free
(7:06.71 CR)... See the full official Day-6 results ...
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L.Friis,DEN, another gold in Budapest. (Ph
by I.Rasula)
(Budapest,
HUN) - On the Day-4 beside the three new CRs D.Gyurta HUN in
200
breast, K.Hosszu HUN in 200 IM and C.Lacourt FRA in 50
back,
spectacular swiiming might be seen. New Euro champions are:
Lotte Friis
DEN in W 800 free (8:23.27); Gemma Spofforth GBR in W 100 back
(59.80)
and Pawel Korzeniowski POL in the M 200 fly (1:55.00)... Click
up
the title to open up our Special Photo Gallery from the Day-4 Semis +
Finals..
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D.Gyurta at the Budapest'10 podium. (Ph
by I.Rasula).
(Budapest,
HUN) - The Day-3 SFs & Fs of the European Swim Championships
brought
4 new Champs records. One of them in the Women's
100 breast (video)
is set by Yuliya Efimova Russia's super star... In our YouTube Channel,
you may also find out the Women's
100 free (video)
and the Men's
200 free (video)
where Biederman picked up gold in 1:46.06 Also the Cseh's gold race in
the Men's 200
Ind.Medley
final (video)...
Click up the title to open up our photo gallery from the Day-3...
(Budapest,
HUN) - Day-3 - afternoon semis and finals brought 4 new Euro Champs
Records..First
of all has to be mentioned France's Camille Lacourt in the M 50
back (24.30); in the W 200 IM Camille Mugfft FRA also set new
CR
(2:10.92); in the W 100 breast Yuliya Efimova RUS (1:06.32) and
the HUN star Laszlo Cseh in the M 200 IM (1:57.73)... See
the full official Day-3 results
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C.Lacourt - new French and European super star. (Ph
by I.Rasula).
(Budapest,
HUN) - Euro champs continued on the Day-3 morning heats, but without
the
extreme times...In the W 800 free G.Murphy IRL ranked first
(8:28.91)
in front of world stars Adlington (3), Pellegrini (5)...In the M 50 backG.Barnea
ISR (25.11) beat Lacourt (FRA) and Pizzamiglio (ITA). In M 200 breast
dominated
D.Gyurta
HUN (2:10.70). In W 200 IM, two Hungarian stars won E.Veraszto
(2:11.94)
and K.Hosszu (2:12.30)... From SRB two girls swam poor in W 100
back-
M.Strazmester (1:04.91) placed 37th and
J.Nikolovski(1:07.54)
44th.
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F.Pellegrini ITA, just 5th in 800 free. (Ph
by I.Rasula).
(Budapest,
HUN) - The Day-2 semi-finals and finals brought more great swimming
including
new European record in the Men's
100 back (video)
by Franch Camille Lacourt, the new European and the world swim
power...
In the Men's
100
breast (video)
Alexander Dale Oen, NOR set the new CR.. In the Women's
50 fly (video)
SWE super star Therese Alshammar dominated. Click up the title also for
the Day-2 SFs & Finals photo gallery...
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Y.Agnel, FRA, new world swim star at the press stand.(Ph
by I.Rasula).
(Balaton,
HUN) - With the women's 25k race, the OWS competition at the Euro
Championships
2010 concluded on Sunday. The final ranknings are as follows: W 25k - 1/Olga
Beresnyeva UKR (5:48:10.2); 2/Angela Maurer GER (5:48:10.3);
3/Martina Grimaldi ITA (5:48:30.8)... M 25K - Valerio Cleri
ITA
(5:16:38.3 20); 2/ Bertrand Venturi FRA (5:16:54.7); 3/ Joanes
Hedel FRA (5:18:57.6).... See the official results at Omegatiming
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V.Cleri, after Roberval, confirmed Euro top position...
(Irvine, USA)
- At the present 2010 USA National Swim Championships (long course
pool)
that started in Irvine, CAL, few great swim times were set. On
Wednesday
(in two final races) and Thursday, Michael Phelps world legend
confirmed
the top national positions in the men's 200 freestyle (1:45.61), 100
fly
(50.65) and the 200 fly (1:56.00). Find the full official results
on-line...
(Balaton,
HUN) - The Day-2 of open water swimming at the Euro Championships
Budapest
2010 featured the men's 5K and the women's 5K events. In the men's
5K, Luca Ferretti, ITA 58:43.4 picked up the gold, second
was
Simone Ercoli, ITA 59:00.5, while third Spyridon Gianniotis, GRE
59:15.9...
In the women's 10 k, ranked first was Linsy Heister, NED
2:01:06.7,
second Giorgia Consiglio, ITA 2:01:07.6 and third Angela Maurer, GER
2:01:08.2...
See the full results at Omegatiming.com
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ITA trio of the medalists in Budapest (Ph
by Nuoto.it).
(Balaton,
HUN) - The Day-1 of open water swimming at the European Championships
Budapest
2010 featured the men's 10K and the women's 5K events. In the 10K Thomas
Lurz (GER) won with a time of 1:54:22.5, while Valerio
Cleri
(ITA) placed 2nd in 1:54:24.8. Russia's Evgeny Drattsev
finished
third overall in 1:54.26.6. In the women's 5K Ekaterina Seliverstova
(RUS) took gold in 1:02:34.7. Kalliopi Araouzou (GRE) took 2nd
overall
in 1:02:37.3, while Marianna Lymperta (GRE) placed third in
1:02:41.3.
See the full official results...
(Irvine, USA)
- At the present 2010 USA National Swim Championships that started in
Irvine,
California, two best world times were set on the Day-1: Chris
Magnuson
in W 100 fly (57.32) and Ryan Lochte in 400 IM (4:09.98). In
other
events the winners are: Peter Vanderkaay in 400 free (3:46.88), Ariana
Kukors in W 200 IM (2:10.54), Mike Alexandrov in 100 Breast (1:00.26)
and
Kattie Hoff in W 400 free (4:05.50)... Find the full official results...
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R.Lochte - world top times in 2010... (Ph
by I.Rasula)
(Split, CRO)
- Organized by the Croatian Swimming Federation, the 2010 National
Summer
Champs for Cadets is organizing this weekend at the Sport complex
Poljud
in the town of Split. Due to the list of participants, 148 swimmers (82
males and 66 females) from the 21 domestic clubs will take part in
3-round
events. Click up the title for the full Live results monitoring...
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The competition pool at the Poljud center in Split...
(Varna, BUL)
- The Bulgarian absolute championships 2010 concluded
successfully
by the 'Yolian Rusev' swim complex in Varna... The Olympian and
national
record holder Nina Rangelova (SC Mladost'91) succedded to pick
up
6 gold medals (in 50, 100, 200 free, 50 fly and in relays), while on
the
men's side, the best swimmer is Ventsislav Aydarski (4 gold
medals)...
See the full official results of the BUL absolute championship 2010...
(Roberval,
CAN) - The Italian swim team won the FINA Championship Trophy at the
6th
edition of the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
held
in Roberval (CAN), between July 17 and 22. Italy outscored the
USA
by five points, 116 to 111. The Russian team placed third with 62
points. Grimaldi, two times Consiglio and two times Cleri are the
medalists
for Italy.. Click up the title to read the full official Fina report...
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V.Cleri (ITA), double medalist in Roberval, CAN... .
(Helsinki,
FIN) - 37th edition of the EJC Helsinki 2010 concluded with the
Day-5 finals.. New Euro Champions are: in M-400 IM M.Shemberyev,UKR
(4:20.46); in the W-100 back D.Zevina, UKR (1:02.05); in the
M-100
breast A.Lobanov, RUS (1:01.06); in the W-100 breast M.G.Urzainqui,
ESP (1:09.40); in the M200 free Y.Agnel, FRA (1:46.58 CR);
in the W-200 IM S.Smith, GBR (2:14.48); in the M-100 fly M.Cieslak,POL
(53.91); in the W-50 fly N.Koba, UKR (27.13);in the M-50
free
A.Govorov,
UKR(22.54); in the W 4x100 medlay relay Germany (4:08.29)
and M 4x100 medley relay Russia (3:41.12). SRB women squad
in the
4x100 medley relay ranked 8th (4:27.48). Find out more in our Web
Blog...
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Y.Agnel, FRA - far best European swimmer in Helsinki, in 200 m free
final,
he set a new CR. (Photo by Igor Rasula)
(Helsinki,
FIN) - The Day-3 finals in Helsinki brought two new CRs - Hungary's Biczo
Bence in the M-200 fly (1:55.82) and Emma Saunders (GBR) in
the W-50 back (29.01). New Champions are also: M.Garcia (ESP)
in
the W-200 breast (2:27.12);
Y.Agnel (FRA) in the M-100 free (48.80);
R.Stacchiotti
(LUX)
in the M-200 IM (2:02.52); A.Lobanov (RUS) in the M-50 breast
(28.37),
T.Oder
(SLO) in the W-800 free (8:40.06) and the
France men's relay in
the 4x200 free (7:21.40). From Serbia
K.Simonovic, rankend
7th in 200 free SF. More..
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100 free: 1/Agnel 2/Metella (FRA); 3/Arents (BEL)...(Photo
by Igor Rasula)
(Roberval,
CAN) - From July 17-22 in the town of Roberval, Canada, the 6th edition
of the FINA World Open Water Swim Championships, with events of
5 km, 10 km and 25 km, for both men and women will be organized.
Roberval
and its Lac St-Jean have a great tradition in this discipline hosting
annual
races included in the FINA series of the 10km Marathon World Cup and
Open
Water Swim Grand Prix. Many top OWS stars are entered such as T.Lurz
(GER),
Allan do Carmo (BRA), S.Gianniotis (GRE), the Russian duet formed by
Evgeny
Drattsev and Daniil Serebrennikov, Petar Stoychev (BUL) and Valerio
Cleri
(ITA). Find out more at the official site
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Petar Stoychev - wellknown race lanes for the BUL legend.
(Helsinki,
FIN) - The afternoon Semi Finals & Finals of the Day-2 in Helsinki
brought many worthy times. New European Champions are: Yakov Yan
Toumarkin(ISR)
in M-100 back (55.20); Henrietta Stenkvist (SWE) in the W-400
free
(4:13.69); Judit Ignacio Sorribes (ESP) in W-200 fly
(2:12.30);
Silke
Lippok (GER) in the W-100 free (55.31); Christian vom Lehn
(GER)
in the M-200 breast (2:12.93) and Karley Mann (GBR) in the
W-200
back (2:11.48)... In the women's relay 4x100 free, Germany
ranked
first (3:46.04).. Only one SRB athlete Velimir Stjepanovic took
part in the M-200 fly Semis, earning 14th position with the time of
2:03.07.
More...
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Yannick Agnel (FRA) - two great 100 free races....(Photo
by Igor Rasula)
(Helsinki,
FIN) - Second part of the Day-1 of the EJC Helsinki 2010 brought two
new
Championship Records set by Andriy Govorov (UKR) in 50 fly SF
in
the time of 0:23.57 and Yannick Angel (FRA) in the 400 free
(3:46.26).
On the Day-1, new European Champions are Sophie Smith (GB) in
the
400 IM (4:44.46), Lisa Fissneider in the 50 breaststroke
(0:32.20),
Claudia
Dasca Romeu (ROM) in the 1.500 free (16:27.97) and French Relay
team in the 4x100 free (3:19.65). Find more, also Photo
Gallery Day-1
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Spectacular beginning at the Helsinki EJC 2010... (Ph
by Igor Rasula)
(Berne, SUI)
- Prior to the upcoming European Swimming Championships being held in
Budapest,
the Geologix (swimrankings.net) has issued the list of Top-10 best
times
(LC pools) as a preliminary psych sheet... Click over the next links to
open up the list of the Top-10
Men and the Top-10
Women, or up the title for other official swim rankings - also SC
pools
(at
swimrankings.net)...
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Liam Tancock (GBR), the World and Euro record holder, far best European
backstroker in the moment...
(LA, USA)
- Organized by the Trojan Swimming Club, the last stop of the USA
swimming
GP series the 2010 Los Angeles GP started yesterday. Many
famous
world stars participate in 4-day events such as Soni, Hardy, Volmer,
Ziegler,
Kukors, Lezak, Hyden, Sutton, Mellouli, Rogan, Hosszu, etc... Andrea
Basaraba, SRB record holder, now as part of the North Coast SI club
will start in 100m and 200m backstroke.. Click here for the full Psych
Sheet or up the title for the complete On Line Results.. See
also,
the Webcast
of this meet is available (via Swimnetwork).
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A.Basaraba, the only SRB swimmer at LA Grand Prix...
(Split, CRO)
- Organized by the Jadran Swimming Club, for the 90th anniversary of
its
foundation, the Summer Championships of Croatia 2010
successfully
started by the swim center Zvoncac in Split. More then 160
athletes
from 18 clubs took part in Day-1 events. Duje Draganja canceled
champ because of illness. Mario Todorovic set the best Day-1
time
in 50 fly (24.10 - 907 Fina pts.).. Click up the title for the complete
On Line Results...
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Swim center Zvoncac, a place of the CRO Champs'10.
(Sofia, BUL)
- Prior to the upcoming European Junior Championships - Helsinki
2010
(Finland), the well known European and the Bulgarian swim statistician
Roumen Atanassov issued for the FBSS the preview on the top-10 latest
Junior
achievemets. See the very first Psych Sheet on the times of the Boys
born
92/93 (LC pool). Click up the title to be redirected to the FBSS
web-site.
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Yannick
Angel (FRA) - new world swim super star...
(Varna, BUL)
- The Bulgarian National Championships 2010, dedicated to the
categories
Boys 17/18; 15/16 and Girls 15/16 concluded successfully in the City of
Varna, this past week-end (50-m pool). Few great times were set and the
NJRs: Lazhezar Shumkov (SC Lulin) in 50 breast (30.58) and in
100
breast (1:06.37). Stefan Georgiev (SC Mladost'91) in 100 fly
(58.06)
and in 50 fly (26.37).. See the full official results of the champs...
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Sparkle from the pool in Varna (Ph by
Angysports)...
(Lausanne,
SUI) - Two Fina Open Water Swim events concluded last
weekend.
In Setubal Bay (PRO), at the Fina 10k Marathon Swimming World Cup,
Thomas Lurz (GER) and Martina Grimaldi (ITA) picked up gold medals. At
the traditional 36K Capri-Napoli Marathon, Damian Blaum (ARG)
and
Alessandra Romiti (ITA) ranked first among men and women swimmers.
Watch
out the full official Fina report on this both famous OWS events...
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M.Grimaldi, winner of Setubal Bay 2010 Marathon...
(Radovljica,
SLO) - The traditional international meeting in Radovljica, concluded
Sunday
successfully. More then 240 competitors from 27 teams-clubs (BiH, BLR,
HUN, TUR, SRB, ITA and SLO) took part in 2day events. Meet best
performances:M.Markic
(SLO) in 50 breast (28.54) and A. Klinar in 400 IM (4:45.92).
From
Serbia, Jovana Nikolovski ranked 4th in 50 free (27.38) and
5th
in 50 back (31.23).. See the full results (at pzstiming.net),
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M.Markic, great power of SLO for the Budapest 2010...
(Sana Clara,
USA) - The 43rd edition of the Santa Clara Grand Prix concluded
Sunday after the 4 days of the great swimming. Swimmers from throughout
the United States and from other parts of the world took part in the
events
held at the George Haines International Swim Center. Among others there
were Grevers, Lochte, Hardy, Adrian, Murphy (AUS), Meichtry (SUI), etc.
See results...
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The competition pool at the Santa Clara GP 2010...
June 21,
2010 --------------------------------------------------------- Comen
Cup 2010 - concluded...(Full
Results)
(Catania,
ITA) - Comen Cup 2010 concluded Sunday at the Sicily. In the
concurrence
of 16 nations, the Italain team showed the best. Final team ranking is
as follows: 1/Italy; 2/Spain; 3/Turkey.. See the Medal
Standings. Serbian team took only one medal and was ranked
9th.
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ITA national selection in Catania - far best swim team within the
Mediterranean
Region.. (Photo by nuoto.it).
(Canet, FRA)
- The third and the last stop of the Mare Nostrum meets "EME Canet
2010"
concluded Sunday in France. Many world stars took part in this event. 5
meet records were fallen by: Camille Lacourt, FRA in 100
back
(54.00); Rebecca Soni, USA in 200 breast (2:21.99); Elizabeth
Simmonds, GBR in 200 back (2:08.32); Yuliya Efimova,
RUS in 50 breast (30.55) and Ariana Kukors, USA in 200 IM
(2:11.22).
Click up the title to be redirected to the meet page with the Top-3
times...
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Rebecca
Soni (USA) - spectacular time in 200 breast..
(Kranj, SLO)
- Organized by the Merit Triglav swimming club the new edition of the Int'l
Championships of Kranj 2010 concluded Sunday by the municipality
pool
in Kranj. About 300 competitors from 38 clubs-teams (AUT, HUN, CZE,
BiH,
KAZ, GER, CRO & SLO) took part in the 2-day events. Click up the
title
to watch out the official results of this meeting (issued at the
pzstiming.net)...
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The Olympic pool in Kranj, SLO - a place of the event.
(Zagreb, CRO)
- In spite of lack of funds and support by the CRO institutions,
organized
by the Medvescak swim club, the 25th LEN meeting "Golden Bear 20010"
started Saturday by th Salata outdoor Olympic pool in Zagreb... More
then
300 competitors from HUN, ITA, AUT, GER and CRO take part in 2-day
events.
World stars are leaded by Dinko Jukic (AUT) and Sanja
Jovanovic
(CRO). Click up the title to follow up the complete On-Line Results...
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The Olympic pool of the Salata center in Zagreb, CRO
(Barcelona,
ESP) - The second stop of the Mare Nostrum meets "Ciutat de
Barcelona
2010" concluded Thursday in Spain. Many world stars took part in
2-day
events. Meet records were fallen by: Yulia Efimova, RUS in 50
breast
(30.44); Markus Rogan, AUT in 200 IM (1:59.12); Yi
Tang,
CHN in the women's 200 free ( 1:57.64); Rebecca Adlington
GBR in 800 free (8:21.25) and Ariana Kukors USA in 200 IM
(2:11.24)...
Click up the title to be redirected to the meet official web page with
the lists of all preliminaries and finals (each day of the event)...
(Skopje, FYROM)
- Coming up next week-end (June 05-06), organized by the SWC Defin, the
6th edition of the international AG meet Dolphin Cup 2010 is
going
to be held in Skopje. Place of the event: 50-m indoor pool Mladost.
More
then 360 competitors from ALB, SRB, BiH, BUL and FYROM will take part
in
this most popular Macedonian swimming meeting. Click up the title to be
redirected to the On-Line results data base...
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Mladost indoor pool, a place of the event in Skopje..
(Montecarlo,
MON) - The famous Mare Nostrum (3-part swim spectacle) starts
with
the first stop in Monaco - at the 28th edition of EME Meeting 2010.
More then 500 competitors from 29 countries will take part in this
event
at the Stade Luis 50m pool.. Beside the European stars - Bousquet,
Muffat,
Bernard and others, many world stars are entered.. Click up the
official
web site, were you can find out the full meet info, start list and the
results...
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Stade Luis pool in Montecarlo - place of the EME 2010.
(Varna, BUL)
- The 40th edition of the Balkan Junior Championships 2010 is going to
be held in the City of Varna, Bulgaria. Organized by the Bulgarian
Swimming
Federation, this 2-day event will take place at the Primorski swim
complex
(50-m pool). The full information, schedule, program and other info are
now avalible at our special web presentation. You can also find the
official
record list and the roster of five entered national selections
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The great swim center Primorski in the City of Varna
(Modena, ITA)
- Organized by Modena Nuoto and the NC Ghirlandina, 37th edition of the
Modena
Trophy 2010 is going to be held by the outdoor Olympic pool Dogali
in Modena (Italy). As informed by the organizer, about 490 competitors
from 38 clubs-teams will take part in 2-day events (June 01-02). This
one
of the most respectable European meetings continues the great swim
tradition...
Best wishes for this worthy swim event to the Modena Nuoto chives from
their Belgrades' friends. All results of this event could be found at
the
www.modenanuoto.it
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The famous Dogali Olympic pool in Modena, Italy...
May 23,
2010 --------------------------------------------------------- Int'l Meet
Golden Orlando 2010, CRO - concluded...
(Dubrovnik,CRO)
- Organized by the Swim club Jug, CRO the int'l meet Golden Orlando
2010 concluded this past weekend by the Gruz indoor 50-m pool in
the
town of Dubrovnik... More then 300 competitors from SLO, BiH, FYROM,
MNE,
GRE and CRO took part in 2-day events. Meet best time was set by the
Greece's
star Ioannis Drymonakos in 200 fly (1:57.26). Click over the
next
links for the results of the finals Day-1
and Day-2..
For more info, visit the organizer's page at www.pkjug.hr
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I.Drymonakos, Greak and the world super butterflyer.
(Ljubljana,
SLO) - Organized by the Swim club Ljubljana, the 35th Trophy of
Ljubljana
2010 concluded Sunday by the out-door 50-m pool Kodeljevo. SRB
national
cadet selection continued with earning medals in age groups.. Divna
Cosic (SRB) set two new Cadet NRs - in 50 back (31.46) while on
the
Day-1 in 100 back (1:08.33). Click up the title for the full official
results
of the meeting.
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Kodeljevo pool - a place of the Pokal Ljubljana 2010..
(Miami, USA)
- Due to the great friendships and cooperation with Mr.Gary Hall Sr.,
theAmerican coach legend, the owner of the RC, Florida, we're
honored
to get a possibility to present you his new product "DVD:
Fundamentals
of Fast Swimming". The latest experiences which reduce the complex
of psysical laws that govern all stroke techniques, drag, motion and
inertia
are gathered into the simple and meaningful training methods. Click up
the title to order DVD via the RC's on-line store..
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Fundamentals of Fast Swimming (the RC promo video clip on YouTube).
(Kamnik, SLO)
- Organized by the Swim Club Kamnik, one of the oldiest in
Slovenia,
the new edition of the Veronika Meeting 2010 is going to be
held
on July 10 by the municipality out-door pool in the town of Kamnik,
SLO...
Age categories on the program: M-(95 & older; 96/97; 98 &
younger);
W-(97 & older; 98/99; 2000 & younger). Deadline for the
entries:
July 05... Add info: info@plavalniklub-kamnik.si
See the official invitation.
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Marvelous 50-m pool in Kamnik, a place of Veronika.
(Osijek, CRO)
– Organized by the SC Osijek-Zito, the 9th McDonals Lima Cup 2010
dedicated to the youngest category swimmers concluded successfully. 6
SRB
clubs took part in the events. Great achievements were set. Danica
Gazdic
(Polet) took 4 gold medals. Petar Bjelic and Marko Boskic
(N.Sad) picked up 3golds respectively. One gold each also took: Sanja
Galac (Feniks), Milica Djurisic and Mila Medic
(N.Sad)
Ognjen
Mizdrak (Bjelica) and Stefan Maric (Polet)... See the
official
results...
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Marvelous conditions for swimming in Osijek, CRO...
(Colorado,
USA) - Announced by the USA Swimming, 12 Olympians and more than
15 members of the National Team, including Michael Phelps, Natalie
Coughlin,
Ryan Lochte, Aaron Peirsol and Rebecca Soni will compete at the Charlotte
UltraSwim Grand Prix, this upcoming week-end (May 13-16) in
Charlotte,
N.C. There would be also Olympians Eric Shanteau, Peter Vanderkaay,
Allison
Schmitt etc... Click here over the next link for the full Psych
Sheet, or over the title for the OnLine data base.
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All the best in the nation - in Charlotte this weekend.
(Ljubljana,
SLO) - The 30th edition of the international meeting Ilirija 2010
concluded successfully in Ljubljana, Slovenia... 16 clubs from HUN,
BiH,
SER and SLO took part in this event. Peter Mankoc (SLO) set
the
worthiest time in 100 fly (55.39). Nikola Trajkovic (SC
Proleter,
SRB) and Dragan Jocic, were named as the best meet competitor
and
coach respectively. Click up the title to see the official results of
this
event (via pzstiming.net)...
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N.Trajkovic, new SRB power - his time is coming...
(Moscow, RUS)
- Within the sport complex Olympiskii, the 2010 Open Championship
of
Russia is organized (May 03-09).. All best in the nation take part
in this event. In 5 finished parts of the competition, few great times
were set: Korotyshkin in 50 fly (23.50), Lobinstev in 400 free
(3.52,68);
Zueva in 100 back (1.00.05); Click up the title to open up the full
official
results Day 1-5.. Find out more at official RUS site russwimming.ru.
(Sofia, BUL)
- From the pen of Dr Ivan Tsanov, one of the BUL historians and expert,
the interesting article on the History of the Balkan Junior
Championships
is issued at the most popular Bulgarian web site bulswim.info... The
article
is arranged in the BUL language but is still readable from the area of
Cyrillic lands. Click up the title to be redirected to the original web
page...
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One of the pools in the City of Varna - a place of the next Balkan
Junior
Championships 2010...
(Trebinje,
BiH) -Organized by the Leotar swimming club, on June 12-13 in the town
of Trebinje, the new edition of the international AG meeting Srdjan
& Maksim 2010 will be held. The place of event: 50-m outdoor
municipality
pool.. Categories: M-(93 & older; 94/95; 96/97; 98 & up); W-(95
& older; 96/97; 98/99; 00 & up). More info: Mr.Z.Cuckovic, Meet
Director
pkleotar@gmail.com
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Competition pool in Trebinje (BiH) - a place of the event...
(Bratislava,
SVK) - Great int'l meet "Orca Cup 2010", concluded in Slovakia.
Many new meet records were set. Meet top perforamces were shown by D.Komornikov
(RUS)
in 200 breast (2:14.72) and Tjasa Oder (SLO) in 1,500 free
(16:37.52).
Represented SC Banat (SRB) S.Sorak took 3 silver medals in
absolute
with the best time in 200 free (1:55.05), while M.Jovanov
caught
one silver in 200 fly (2:23.44) and 4th position in 100 fly.
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Opening of the spectacular Int'l meet in Bratislava...
(Berne, SUI)
- According to the times that were set within the LC pools in 2010, the
Swimrankings issued today the list of Top-10 and Top-100 best results
in
Europe. From Serbia, the best positions are caught by: Caba Silajdi
in 50 Breast (28.44) -16th, while in 100 Breast (1:02.17) - 20th. In 50
Fly, Ivan Lendjer ranked 19th (24.40) while Milorad Cavic
is 26th in 100 Fly (54.04)... See the full official Top-100
Men and Top-100
Women sheets.
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Caba Siladji, top ranked SRB athlete in the moment.
(Kranj, SLO)
- Thanks to the kind invitation we've got from our freinds in PK
Triglav
Kranj, we would like to promote the new edition of the traditional International
Championship of Kranj 2010 that is going to be held on June 12-13 .
This event is included in the LEN calender, and will be performed
at the indoor Olympic pool. Money prizes are also prepared! Click up
the
title to open up the program with the schedule. For the additional
info,
please call the organizer via: klub@pklub-triglav.si
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Municipality
pool of Kranj, SLO (Ph by
N.Petronijevic)
(Skopje, FYROM)
- Organized by the National Swimming Federation, the 2010 FYR of
Macedonia
Championships concluded Sunday in Skopje... 303 competitors from 21
clubs (from Skopje, Bitola, Kumanovo, Struga) took part in the events.
The worthiest results in abs category were set by: Gorazd Cepisevski(SC
Vardar, Skopje ) in 200m Back (2:06.75 - 657 Fina prs.) and Simona
Marinova
(SC Mladost, Skopje) in 400m free (4:23.30 756 Fina pts.)..
(Banjaluka,
BIH) - Organized by the Swim Club 22 April with support of the City
Assembly
of Banjaluka, great international meeting concluded successfully by the
new Olympic pool in Banjaluka. More then 480 competitors from 30 teams
(CRO, SLO, SRB and BIH) took part in this event. Duje Draganja, world
superstar,
SLO and SRB national record holders helped this event can enter into
the
new history of the swimming sport of the Republic of Srpska. Watch out
the marvelous Photo Gallery got from the meet organizer. Info: akademskipkbl@gmail.com
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D.Draganja, CRO, the World star in Banjaluka, BIH...
(Chiapas,
MEX) - 34 competitors (19 men & 15 women) took the start for the
fourth
leg of the FINA Open Water Swim Grand Prix 2010, which took
place
on April 17 in the superb venue of Sumidero Canyon, in Chiapas, the
southernmost
state of Mexico. In the men’s field, open water legend Petar
Stoychev
from Bulgaria finished a clear 26 seconds ahead of the rest of the
field...
He touched first in 3h19m52s. In the women’s race, the Argentinean Pilar
Geijo captured gold in 3h35m27s...
(Ljubljana,
SLO) - Organized by the Swimming Club Ljubljana, 23rd edition of the
International
Age Group meeting "Pokal Jezek 2010" concluded Sunday by the
Tivoli
25m pool in Slovenia's capital... More then 370 competirors from 19
clubs
(CRO, SRB and SLO) took part in this event... Coming from Serbia, the SC
Vracar, (Belgrade) was presented with 5 swimmers. Click up the
title
to watch out the official results of this event...
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Swim pool of the Tivoli center in Ljubljana, (SLO)...
(Spittal,
AUT) - Everything is ready for start of the 28th edition of the
international
meeting Spittal 2010, that will be held this upcoming week-end
in
the town of Spittal, Austria... More then 500 competitors from 10
nations
(ALB, BUL, GRE, ITA, CRO, MLD, SLO, HUN, RUS and AUT) will take part in
2-day events.. Click over the next link for the Live
Meet Broadcast, or up the title for the complete official start
list...
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New Drautalperle pool in Spittal -a place of the meet.
(Pitesti,
ROU) - From 14-18 April, the National Open Championship of Romania
2010
is organizing by the Olympic center in Pitesti. All best in the moment
in the country take part in this event. First two days concluded. New
national
standards have been set. Click up the title to watch out the full Day-1
and Day-2 results (heats + finals). For more info and the
results
of the next days of the Championships get onto the swimming.ro
web
site
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Pitesti Olympic center - a place of ROM 2010 Champ.
(Banjaluka,
BiH) - Coming up next weekend in the town of Banjaluka (BIH), the new
edition
of the international AG meet "22 April 2010" is going to be held
at the new Olympic pool Incel.. Organized by the SC 22 April, this
2-day
event will gather about 380 competitors from 25 clubs - teams (CRO,
SLO,
SRB and BIH)... Schedule & program may be found in the official
invitation. Entered from Serbia, beside the SRB national team
there would be also the next clubs SC Novi Sad, SC TEK,
SC
Dinamo & SC Spartak. Click up the title for the On-Line
data base
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Renovated - new pool Incel in the town of Banjaluka.
(Maribor,
SLO) - By the municipality Olympic pool in the town of Maribor,
Slovenia,
Duel
junior meet Slovenia vs. Croatia is organizing this weekend.. After
the Day-1 events SLO is better then CRO. Worthy times have to be
mentioned:
Jera Majeric (SLO) in the women's 100 back (1:06.28), Leo Dumbovic
(CRO)
in 50 breast (30.78), Zorman Matjaz (SLO) in 100 fly (57.24) and Matej
Golob (SLO) in 200 free (1:58.41). Find the full official results.
(Sarajevo,
BiH) - Organized by the Bosna swimming club, the new edition of the
meeting
"To Sarajevo with Love" is going to be held on Saturday by the
Otoka
swim pool in Sarajevo... More then 540 competitors from 25 clubs -
teams
(CRO, SRB, MNE and BiH) will take part in this event. Coming from
Serbia
4 athletes of the SC NoviSad are entered. Click up the title to find
out
the official start lists as well as to follow up the On-line results...
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Otoka Olympic pool in the City of Sarajevo, BiH....
(Sofia, BUL)
- The ABS - Association of the Bulgarian swimmers these days
celebrates
the 2nd anniversary of its foundation. Established by the swim
enthusiasts
and coaches on Easter 2008, this non-for-profit institution has already
fulfilled main goals - to promote & protect swimmers of all
ages
and to be partner with the official state bodies. The main sponsor of
the
ABS is Speedo. The 'Swim & Water Polo Magazine' started its life
few
weeks ago upon the patronage of ABS. On behalf of the Serbian swim fans
we send congratulations to Mr.Nikolay Krastev President and Dr.Ivan
Tsanov Secretary General.
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N.Krastev, leading sports journalist in Bulgaria, now President of the
Association of the Bulgarian Swimmers.
April 06,
2010 ------------------------------------------------------- 28th NIOVEIA
Grand Prix 2010 - concluded in GRE...
(Tessaloniki,
GRE) - Organized marvelously by the YMCA swimming club, the traditional
int'l meet the 28. edition of the Nioveia 2010 Grand Prix
concluded
in Tessaloniki by the Possidonio Olympic pool..
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Beside the
top performances of the domestic athletes, worthy achievements were set
also by the Bulgarian stars (Rangelova, Gesev, Nikolov) as well as the
swimmers from Israel and Cyprus. Click over the next links for the Day-1
and Day-2official
results (arr by swim-news.gr)..
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Marvelous Pissidonio 50-m pool in Tessaloniki, GRE.
(Sheffiled,UK)
- From 29 March-3 April 2010 the Ponds Forge International Sports
Centre
in Sheffield (Great Britain) is the host place of the present British
Nationals 2010 (LC pool)... This event is also trial competition
for
the European Champs in Budapest 2010... After 4 days, few great times
were
set... Roberto Pavoni earned the top world time in the men's
400
IM (4:14.55). Rebecca Adlington added another world best on the
Day-4 with the 8:21.95 in the women's 800 free... Halsall won
the
women's 100 fly with the 2nd world best (57.83). Watch out the daily
reports
at ASA SouthWest or Live
Results.
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Ponds Forge pool in Sheffield - a BS Champ's place..
(Riccione,
ITA) - Dedicated to the younger category swimmers, the traditional Campionati
Italiani Giovanili started on March 26 in the town of
Riccione
(25-m pool). Women's categories (Ragazzi 96-97, Junior 94-95 and
Cadetti
92-93) concluded their events, while Men's ones started Monday (Ragazzi
94-95-96; Junior 92-93 and Cadetti 90-91).. Overall 1872 competitors
(851
females and 1021 males) are presented. Great swimming have been seen
this
past weekend. Click up the title to be redirected to the FIN data base,
for the official results
(Ravne, SLO)
- The 37th edition of the International swim meet Ravne 2010
concluded
Sunday in Slovenia... More then 300 competitors from 29 temas (AUT,
ALG,
BiH, FYROM, IRL, HUN, SRB, SVK and SLO took part in 2-day events. On
the
Day-1, Serbian team picked 11 medals, while on the Day-2 great times
were
swam by Ivan Lendjer in 50 fly (24.40) and Caba Siladji
in
100 breast (1:02.17).. Gold medals earned also A.Petrovic, M.Udicki,
R.Siljevski...
Find out the complete results...
(Columbus,
USA) - At the McCorkle Aquatic Pavillion of the Ohio State University,
the NCAA Division 1 Men's Swim and Dive Championships 2010will
start Friday after a day delay because of the huge gastrointernal
problems
with the 18 swimmers the participants of this event... I.Gutesa
(Minn.), P.Petrovic (N.Dame) and few other swimmers from our
Region
will take part in. Before start, click over the next link for the Psych
Sheet of this greatest intercollegiate swim championships in the
USA.
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Competition pool at the Ohio State Un. in Columbus.
(Amsterdam,
NED) - This upcoming week-end at the famous Sloterparkbad pool in
Amsterdam,
the next edition of the Amsterdam Swim Cup 2010 is going to be
held.
Starting Thursday through Sunday (Mar 25-28), more then 700 competitors
(133 teams-clubs) from 21 countries will take part in 4-day events.
Beside
domestic stars, few great world names have to be mentioned: Bernard
(FRA),
Nystrand (SWE), Mankoc (SLO), Dunford (KEN), Sjöström (SWE),
Korotyshkin (RUS), etc. Click up the title to be redirected to the AC
Live
Timing Board...
(Lausanne,
SUI) - The “FINA Aquatics World Magazine” has elected the best athletes
of the decade in aquatic disciplines. The official FINA Magazine has
launched
this election process in February 2010: the 202 FINA National Member
Federations
and the most appreciated aquatic experts could vote for the best ones
between
2000 and 2009. In swimming, Michael Phelps (USA) and Inge
De
Brujin (NED) are the best. In the open water swimming, Thomas
Lurz (GER) and Larisa Ilchenko (RUS), etc... Aleksandar
Sapic
(SRB) ranked third in the water polo selection.. Find out more in the
Fina
press release...
(Sofia, BUL)
- This past weekend in Sofia (Mar 19-21), the BUL 2010 Winter
Championships
2010 concluded successfully... Among worthy times, the top one is
the
new NR in the women's 50fly set by Dobromira Ivanova of the SC
Briz
with the time of 29.55. Final team ranking is as follows: 1/SC
Mladost'91
(1170 pts.); 2/ SC NSA (623 pts.); 3/ Damini LV (550 pts.)...
Click
up the title for the complete results issued by the bul-swimming.org
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"Sportnata
palata" - a place of the BUL nationals...
(Sarajevo,
BiH) - Organized by the Swimming Club Bosna, Sarajevo, the National
winter
championships of Bosnia & Herzegovina 2010 started Saturday by the
marvelous "Otoka" swimming pool... 24 clubs with 195 competitors took
part
in the events. On the Day-1 two new national standards were set in
absolute:
Zlatko
Alic (SC Bosna) in 200back (2:11.32) and SC Zmaj-Alpamm
(Tuzla)
in the men's 4x200 free relay (8:12.72). Also were set new NRs in cadet
and junior categories.. Follow up the complete results of the BIH
Championships...
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"Otoka" new swim pool in the City of Sarajevo.....
(Sofia, BUL)
- Great news is coming from the capital of neighbor Bulgaria... Engaged
by the Association of the Bulgarian swimmers with support of the BUL
Swimming
Federation and the BUL Water Polo Federation, few years behind just the
unreal idea is now finally realized. The first number of the "Swimming
& Water Polo Magazine" is issued today in Sofia... Why to
become
so delighted? In fact this is the only print media on the aquatics in
the
region of the South Eastern Europe. Really best wishes to the authors
from
the Belgrade's mates especially to Mr. N.Krastev and Dr.I.Tsanov,
chives
of the Association of the BUL swimmers... Congratulations
Dear Friends !!
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P.Stoychev at the cover page of the BUL magazine....
(Sydney, AUS)
-Starting Monday, 2010 Australian Telstra Championships /LC/
began
at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre (Mar. 16-21)... On the Day-1
few great times were swam. Felicity Galvez in the morning's
200m
freestyle qualified with the time of 1:58.87. Nick D’Arcy set
the
quickest time in the heats of the 200m butterfly (1:57.71). In the
men's
50 back, Hayden Stoeckel swam his best in a 25.36.. Follow up
the
full on-line results
(Sarajevo,
BIH) - Organized by the Bosna SC, the 2010 Winter Championships of
Bosnia
& Herzegovina for the Y.Pioneers, Pioneers and Cadets concluded
this
past weeekend in the BIH capital. 318 competitors from 23 clubs took
part
in 2-day events. Final team rankings: 1/ SC 22 April
(Banjaluka);
2/ Zmaj-Alpamm (Tuzla); 3/ SC Bosna (Sarajevo). Meet
top
swimmers: Armin Brasnjic (Sloboda SC) and Melika Imamovic
(Zmaj-Alpamm)...
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'Otoka' pool - a place of the BIH AG Champs 2010...
(Nancy, FRA)
- Few national championships have been held this past weekend across
the
European continent (Swiss, Czech, CRO, Lithuanian). Among the int'l
meets
the most powered was Nancy 2010/LC/, finished Sunday in
France...
Fred
Bousquet swam out the world best this year in the men's 50 fly
(23.71).
In the women's 200 IM Camille Muffat led qualifying with a time
of 2:11.67 (the world second-fastest this year). Also were good Huques
Duboscq and Spain's Melquiades Caraballo in the men's 200
breast
(2:13.05 and 2:13.33). See all results...
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F.Bousquet, FRA - continues at the world swim top...
(Zagreb, CRO)
- Organized by the HAPK the National winter championships of Croatia
started
Friday by the SRC Mladost (25-m pool)... On the Day-1 finals Sanja
Jovanovic
(Jug)
picked up 3 gold and 1 silver medals showing her best in 50 free, 100
IM
and 50 back.. The worthiest time of the day is earned by Alexei
Puninski
(SC Mladost) in the men's 50 free (21.81) in front of M.Todorovic (ZPK)
and Mario Delac (ZPK). See results..
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S.Jovanovic, CRO super star set top performances..
(Austin, USA)
- Two pool records were broken on the Day-2 of the 2010Austin
Grad Prix (at the University of Texas). Matt Grevers broke the
pool
record in the men’s 100m back (53.05), while Rebecca Soni set the PR in
the women’s 100m breast (1:06.43). Few top times of the Day-2: Kukors
in
400 IM W (4:37.63); Soni in 100 breast W (1:06.43); Mike
Alexandrov
in 100 breast M (1:01.46); Coughlin in 100 back W (1:01.08); Grevers in
100 back M (53.05); Peter Vanderkaay in 200 free M (1:48.51).. Click up
the title to follow up the complete on-line results...
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At the start of the men's 100 free final - Webber-Gale in lane 3, Matt
Grevers lane 4, Cesar Cielo lane 5... (Photo
by R.Vujosevic)...
(Swansea,
UK) -Completely organized by the British Swimming, duel meet - Great
Britain vs. Germany concluded Sunday by the Wales national
swim
center in Swansea. After 2-day swimming spectacle and worthy
engagements
of both selections, Great Britain picked up the crown. On the Day-1 UK
took 13 wins (of 18), while on the Day-2, 12 wins of 18.
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According
to the OC board of this great event, the revenge is expecting in 2011
in
Germany, while in the 2012 Olympic year, another match will be held in
UK again. Click up the title for the full results of this meet. (Report
by I.Rasula and G.Fraga
de Cal)...
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Sparkles from the Swansea Olympic swimming center, UK..
(Sydney, AUS)
- At the Sydney's Olympic park, the 2010 New South Wales Open
Championship
is organized this week-end... Worthy times were already set. Beside all
best stars of AUS, few great international competitors are entered such
as Tae-Hwan Park, Therese Alshammar, etc... Matt Jaukovic,
ex-world
record holder in 50 fly, after he has picked up the swine flu at the
Universiade
Belgrade 2009, makes small steps in his coming back to the Aussie
elite.
In the men's 50 fly he ranked 6th in B final (25.32) yesterday, while
in
todays 100 fly prelims he touched 29th in 57.10. See the NSW official
results..
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Matt Jaukovic, AUS, ex-world record holder in 50 fly...
(Moscow, RUS)
- On Feb 7, the new chairman of the Russian Swimming is elected. Vladimir
Salnikov, famous Russian swimmer, the national record holder, 4
times
Olympic Champion and the man who is recognized all over the globe will
be the new leader for the new future rise not only within the borders
of
his great country, but also the Europe and the world. Victor Avdienko,
trainer will be vice-president. In Sankt Peterburg, the national SC
Championships
started... Click up the title to be redirected to the Russian swimming
official web site...
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V.Salnikov - legendary RUS swimmer, now President..
(Viedma, ARG)
- On Feb 6-7, the series of FINA’s two major OWS circuits continued in
Argentina. The 2nd leg of the 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup
was
held in Viedma (ARG). In this event, Francis Crippen (USA)
finished
first in 1:50:57. Chad Ho (RSA), concluded 2nd in 1:51:00, while
Petar Stoychev (BUL) arrived in third place in 1:51:02. In the women’s
field, it was a tough race with Angela Maurer (GER) at the top
(1:58:34);
Karla Sitic (CRO) ranked 2nd, while Eva Fabian (USA) 3rd... Read the
full
report, where you can also find out results from the Hernandarias-Parana
88K Marathon..
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F.Crippen (USA), Rome'09 bronze, new world power..
(Sarajevo,
BIH) - Marvelously organized by the Swim Club Sarajevo, the first
edition
of the international swim meeting the "Swim Olympic Sarajevo 2010"
concluded Sunday in the BiH capital... 400 competitors (29 teams from
SLO,
CRO, HUN, GBR, MNE & BiH) took part in the events. Top performances
of the meeting were set by SLO athletes: Emil Tahirovic
in 50 breast
(27.63) and Tanja Smid in 200 breast (2:27.91)... Final team
rank:
1/ Zmaj-Alpamm, BIH; 2/ 22 April, BiH; 3/ SC Leotar, BiH... Click up
the
title for the full official results..
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Tanja Smid, SLO super star - top meet performance.
(Santos, BRA)
- On Jan 31, 2010, the world open water swimmers gathered for the first
leg of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Santos, Brazil. In
the men's race Evgeny Drattsev (RUS) touched first with the
time
of 2:14:12,03; Chad Ho (RSA) finished second in 2:14:12.44, while the
bronze
medal went to Allan do Carmo (BRA), who timed 2:14:13. On the women's
side,
Ana
Marcela Cunha (BRA) seized gold timing 2:16:48. Martina Grimaldi
(ITA)
won silver in 2:16:50, while her compatriot Alice Franco the bronze..
Find
out more...
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E.Drattsev - his first win at the Fina World Cup 2010..
(Coronda,
AGR) - Petar Stoychev (BUL), gold medalist of the Grand Prix in
2009 (and in all previous editions since 2001), won the 57 k of the
Santa
Fe - Coronda Marathon, rounding up in 6:57:52. Second positioned was
Alexander
Studzinski (GER) timing 6:57:59. Rodolfo Valenti (ITA, sixth of the
Grand
Prix in 2009) finished third in 6:58:58.. Read the full official
report...
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P.Stoychev, Tzar of the world open water swimming..
(Celje, SLO)
- Upon the patronage of the SSA, organized by the SC Neptun, the 2010
Winter Championships of Slovenia concluded successfully last
week-end in the town of Celje... 410 competitors from 22 domestic clubs
participated... Except the students/swimmers (outside of the native
land),
almost all best athletes took part in 3-day events. Click up the title
to find out the complete official results (issued at pzstiming.net).
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Matjaz Markic, top SLO breastroker and REC holder...
(Rosario,
ARG) - FINA OW swimmers are back to the competition and contested the
first
race of the yearly circuit of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix
2010,
which took place on Jan 24 in Rosario, Argentina. In the 15km-race,
with
a water temperature of 24°, Simone Ercoli (ITA) was the
first
to cross the finish line in 1:55:04.30, closely followed by Alexander
Studzinski
(GER), who timed 1:55:04.60. Bertrand Venturi (FRA) arrived third in
1:55:34,
while Petar Stoychev (BUL), the winner of the circuit since 2001 ranked
11th.. Find out the complete report in the latest Fina press release..
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Italian star Ercoli, took his first title in 2010...
(Long Beach,
USA) - The traditional Southern California GP (Jan 15-18) joined the
cream
of the USA swimming including the 'world king'... On Sunday night
M.Phelps picked up his second gold in the 400yd IM (3:38.42). Three
meet
records were set by Katie Hoff in 400yd IM (4:04.39), Rebecca Soni in
200yd
breast (2:08.80) and Kitajima, JPN in 200yd breast. In this race with a
time of 1:53.03 Japan Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima beats
Brendan
Hansen’s meet record from 2007. Mike Alexandrov was second in 1:56.33,
while Paul Kornfeld third (1:58.35). Click up the title to watch
the full results
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Mike Alexandrov, again in the US breaststroke top...
(Reykjavik,
ISL) - One of the top European multi sports events being start this
upcoming
Friday in the Iceland's capital (Jan 15,16,17). Ten sports are
included,
among them the swimming (by the Laugardalur pool). Up to now, 255
athletes
were entered (from Faro Isl, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Finland, France
and
Iceland). Mladen Tepavcevic, ass. coach will lead his top
athletes
of the Hafnafjordur SC. Click up the title to be redirected to
the
RIG's official site if you would like to follow the results..
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M.Tepavcevic, ex-SCG Olympian, now the respectable coach of the popular
Iceland's club - with his new hopes.
(Bled, SLO)
- Invited by Zvezdana Popovic, manager, we are in the position to
present
you the full info on the first World Icy Swimming Champs being
held
in Bled, SLO on Jan. 22-24... Place of the events - the marvelous Bled
lake. For all those who would like to check out the own adrenaline and
take part in this open water event, click up the title to get the first
official information. Additional info is available via: zvezdana.popovic@sava.si
(Lausanne,
SUI) - Since January 04, the FINA executive board has confirmed the
approval
of the 254 swim wears (manufactured form the 23 world companies) that
can
be used for the official competitions in 2010 (according to the
decisions
on changes defined at its 2009 Congress). Click up the title to read
and/or
download the full list of approved swimsuits, or find it at the www.fina.org
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All started with Adidas and Thorpe - few years ago...
(Manchester,
GBR) - Duel-in-the-pool between USA and Europe concluded last night in
Manchester. 3 new WRs were set: Julia Smit, USA in 200
IM
(2:04.60), Rebecca Soni, USA in 100 breast (1:02.70) and USA
men's relay 4x100 free (3:03.30)... In 16 disciplines, EU swimmers
won in 800 free W (Adlington 8:10.59), 800 free M (Colbertaldo 7:31.18
ER); 100 back W (Simmonds 56.69); 200 fly M (Rock 1:51.46); 50 free W
(Halsall
23.44) and 200 IM M (Goddard 1:52.62)... More...
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M.Rock,
GBR won over Phelps in 200 fly (1:51.46)...
(Maribor,
SLO) - In the town of Maribor, Slovenia, the traditional international
meeting MM Maribor 2009 has been held. More then 350 competitors from 7
countries took part in 2-day events. Organized marvelously by the
Swimming
Club Branik, this event was held by the fantastic municipality Olympic
pool Pristan. Serbian participats (especially from the SC Proleter,
Zrenjanin)
did their best... Click up the title to open up or dowload the full
official
results issued by the pzstiming.net
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The competition pool in Maribor, a place of the events.
(Pitesti,
ROU) - In the town of Pitesti, Romania, the 2009 Romanian Junior LC
Championship (long course pool) was organized on Dec. 10-13, by the
Swimming Olympic center. More then 500 competitors incl. top new ROM
swim
stars took part in the 4-day events. Click up the title to watch the
full
official results of the all 4 days semi-finals and finals (issued by
the swimming.ro).
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The competition pool in Pitesti, a place of the events.
(Ljubljana,
SLO) - 18th edition of the traditional int'l AG meet Miklavz 2009
concluded successfully on Sunday in Slovenia's capital. Place of the
event
was the 25-m pool of the Tivoli complex. Final team rank: ILE
(France);
2/ Olimpija (SLO); 3/ Triglav (SLO). SRB new swim hopes did their best.
Click up the title to watch the complete Day-1 + Day-2 results issued
by
the Ljubljanatiming...
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Tivoli swim pool - a place of the Miklavz'09 meeting..
(Federal Way,
USA) -The events at the 2009 USA SCY National Champs came to
the
end on Saturday night. The best US women's breaststroker Rebecca
Soni
set the new MR in the 200y breaststroke (2:05.12). Adrian Nathan
took home a crown in the men’s 100y free (41.80). Many great world
names
appeared in this champ. See the A final race in the men's 100 breast: Mike
Alexandrov (52.07),now US swimmer (native of BUL) beats
Kitajima
(JPN) and Shanteau (USA) - issued by the www.swimnetwork.com.
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M.Alexandrov
at the start of the 100 breast final..
(Thessaloniki,
GRE) - The 17th edition of the traditional AG meeting (in the LEN
calendar)
Alexandreia
2009 is going to be held on Saturday/Sunday in Greece by the
National
50-m pool AG Dhmhtriou... More then 400 athletes are entered from BUL,
KZH, CYP, FYROM, SRB, SVK and GRE. From Serbia, SC 11 April (Belgrade)
will take part in 2-day events.. Click up the title to find out the
complete
Start Lists and the full On-Line results...
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The competition Olympic pool in Thessaloniki, GRE..
(Skopje, FYROM)
- The 5th edition of the international AG meeting NEMO Cup 2009
concluded Sunday by the Karpos pool in Skopje. More then 440
competitors
from ALB, Prishtina, ROU, BUL, SLO, TUR, BiH, SRB & FYROM took par
in 2-day events. Meet trophy winners: Tanja Smid (Maribor, SLO)
and Damjan Petrevski (Aquatic).. Awarded as the best team of
the
Nemo Cup was the SC Plovdiv (BUL). Watch out the complete
official
results..
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Karpos pool, a place of the traditional NEMO Cup..
(Birkerød,
DEN) - Officially issued by Danish swimming federation, this weekend in
the town of Birkerød (at the 25m municipality pool), Lotte
Friis,
DEN super star and the national rec holder set the new World Record in
the women's 1,500 free (15:28.65). This time is better then the Katie
Ziegler's
previous WR (dated 2007) for 4.25 sec.Find out the full
report(in
Danish language only)...
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L.Friis, after few endeavors at Fina WC, finally set WR
(Kranj, SLO)
-26th edition of the international Spelin & Vesnin
Memorial
'09 concluded Saturday in Kranj, SLO. Organized by the SC Triglav,
this event gathered more then 500 competitors from BiH, GRE, CRO, HUN,
SRB and SLO ... The best performances were swam out by SLO stars Matjaz
Markic in 100 breast (1:00.18) & 100 free (51.50) and Anja Carman
in
100 back (59.63). Click up the title to open the official results
(via
pzstiming.net)..
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M.Markic - the meet best swimmer of the Spela '09.
(Singapore,
SIN) - Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) and Jessica Hardy
(USA)
are the overall winners of the 2009 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup,
respectively
in the men’s and women’s category. Burgh, already winner in 2008,
collected
163 points, while Hardy finished the five-meet series with a total of
210
points. Both winners took home a prize money of US$ 100,000. Throughout
this year’s World Cup, Burgh has established two WRs while Hardy four..
Read the official Fina report...
(Singapore,
SIN) -The 2009 Fina World Cup concluded today in Singapore by
the
Sport School pool. Within the Day-2 finals, three new world records
were
set. Kathryn Meaklim (RSA) in 400 IM (4:22.88), Peter
Marshall
(USA) in 50 back (22.61) and Therese Alshammar (SWE) in 50 fly
(24.38)...
Francesca Halsall (GBR) set new WC in the women's 100 free (51.19).
Click
up the title to see the full official results at the omegatiming.com...
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P.Marshall, USA, at the world backstroke's throne...
(Hunedoara,
ROU) - Romanian Open Championships 2009 (Senior and Junior
categories)
were held from Nov.12 to 15 in Hunedoara. 51 new national standards
were
set... Among seniors, due to FINA points table, highest vaulues were
set
by
Catalin Cosma (1988) in 200 free
(1:45:27) among men and Ionela
Cozma (1989) in 100 free (54:74) on the women's side. Click up the
title for the full official results of the absolute category.
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Catalin Cosma, new Romanian power for the world...
(Berlin, GER)
- Berlin 2009 finished in the "unbelievable atmosphere". 10 WRs were
broken.
In the 200 free Paul Biedermann (GER) new WR (1:39.37).. Jessica
Hardy (USA) in 50 breast (28.80). Cameron VD Burgh (RSA) in
100 breast (55.61); Evgeny Korotyshkin (RUS) in 100 fly
(48.48).
Shiho
Sakai (JPN) in 100 back (55.23). Zige Liu (CHN) in 200 fly
(2:00.78).
Darian
Townsend (RSA) beated M.Phelps in 200 IM - new WR (1:51.55),
Leisel
Jones (AUS) in 200 breast new WR (2:15.42).Hinkelien Schreuder
(NED) in 100 IM (57.74). Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) new WR in 200
back
(1:46.11). Roland Schoeman (RSA) set the new WC record in 50 free
(20.57)..
More..
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S.Sakai, JPN, top world backstroker.. (Ph by
I.Rasula).
(Berlin, GER)
- Day-1 of the Fina World Cup in Berlin in the evening finals brought
more
5 new WRs: V.D.Burgh, RSA in 50 breast (25.25); Leisel Jones,
AUS in 100 breast (1:03.00); Paul Biedermann, GER in 400 free
(3:32.77);
Shiho
Sakai, JPN in 200 back (2:00.18) and Steffen Diebler, GER
in
50 fly (21.80). WC records were set by Therese Alshammar, SWE in 50
free
(23.34) and Lotte Friis, DEN in 800 free (8:04.61).. Find all results..
(Berlin, GER)
- Day-1 of the 4th stop of the 2009 Fina World Cup started this morning
in Berlin. Russian athlete Sergey Fesikov in the men's 100 IM
set
the new WR (50.95) in front of two South Africans Zandberg (51.79) and
Townsend (52.54). Neil Versfeld, RSA set the new WC in the
men's
200 breast (2:02.56).. Serbian star Radovan Siljevski in 100
free
swam out LBT (48.62) and was ranked 35th.. Click up the title for full
results..
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S.Fesikov, Russian new super star (Ph by G.Scala)...
(Stockholm,
SWE) - Fina World Cup leg in Stockholm concluded tonight at the Eriksdalsbadet.
Four new WRs are set by Peter Marshall, USA in 50 back (22.73),
Zige
Liu, CHN in 200 fly (2:02.50), Therese Alshammar, SWE in 50
fly (24.46) and Jing Zhao, CHN in 100 IM (58.40). 7 new WCs
were
also set: Colbertaldo, ITA in 1,500 free (14:28.35); Halsall, GBR in
100
free (51.61); Van Den Burgh, RSA in 100breast (56.17); Belmonte, ESP in
400 IM (4:26.40), Sakai, JPN in 100 back (56.42), Townsend, RSA in 200
IM (1:51.79) and Bousquet, FRA in 50 free (20.64). The only SRB athlete
this evening Nadja Higl in the 200 breast
final earned gold medal (2:18.54 NR)...
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M.Phelps, two times bitten at the Fina Cup 09 in SWE.
(Stockholm,
SWE) - Day-2 of the 2009 Fina World Cup in Stockholm, in the morning
heats
brought another WR... American star Jessica Hardy (1987) set
the
new WR in the women's 50 breast (28.96). From the participants of the
SRB
squad, Caba Siladji was DISQ. in 100 breast, Ivan Lendjer
ranked 16th in 100 fly (51.20), Radovan Siljevski was placed
13th
in 50 free (21.54 LBT), while Nadja Higl in 200 breast as
2nd earned position in final (2:21.50). Follow up the full results (omegatiming.com).
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J.Hardy, with the new world mark at the Fina Cup '09.
(Stockholm,
SWE) - Day-1 of the Fina Cup in Stockholm brought three new WRs:
Felicity
Galvez, AUS in 100 fly (55.46); Jing Zhao, CHN in 50 back
(25.82)
and Kaio Almeida, BRA in 200 fly (1:49.11). 7 new WCs were set:
Friis, DEN in 800 free (8:07.94); Nystrand, SWE in 100 free (45.54),
Marshall,
USA in 100 back (49.29), Jones, AUS in 100 breast(1:03.74), Versfeld,
RSA
in 200 breast (2:02.67) and Simmonds,GBR in 200 back (2:02.01)..
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Felicity Galvez, Australian new women's swim power.
(Stockholm,
SWE) -The 3rd leg of the Fina Cup, started Tuesday in Stockholm. Top
world
stars from 33 countries are entered.. On the Day-1 in the morning heats
of the women's 50 back Jing Zhao (CHN) set new WR (26.08).
From SRB athletes, in 100free Radovan Siljevski ranked 30th
(48.60);
in 50 breast
Caba Siladji set NR
(26.85) and was placed 11th; Ivan Lendjer swam out 200
fly
in 1:59.60 and 50 fly (23.54); in the 100 breast Nadja Higl ranked
14th (1:07.73 NR).
See the complete results...
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Eriksdalsbadet, great swim arena in Stockholm, SWE.
(Moscow, RUS)
- Day-2 of the 2009FINA World Cup II in Moscow's
Olympiskii
pool, brought sensational results... New WRs are set by Jessica
Hardy,
USA in 50 breast (29.36); Evgeny Korotyshkin, RUS in 100 fly
(48.99)
and George Du Rand, RSA in 200 back (1:47.08)... WC records
were
set by: Roland Schoeman, RSA in 50 free (20.88); Joanna Maranhao, BRA
in
200 fly (2:04.01) and in 400 IM (4:26.98), as well as Cameron Van Der
Burgh,
RSA in 100 breast (56.36)... Find out complete results...
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E.Korotyshkin, RUS - at the world's top in 100 fly...
(Moscow, RUS)
- Day-1 of the 2009FINA World Cup II concludedFriday
in Moscow, with the two new WRs. AUS swimmer Marieke Guehrer
set
WR in the women's 50 back (26.17). HUN star Evelyn Verraszto in
the women's 200 IM also swam out WR (2:06.01). Three records of the WC
were set by Jessica Hardy, USA in 100 breast (1:03.75); Gavez Felicity,
AUS in 100 fly (55.82) and Sergey Fesikov, RUS in 100 IM (51.45)... More...
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M.Guehrer - Aussie beauty and a world record holder.
(Timisoara,
ROU) - Mihai Lisetchi, swim manager and enthusiast from Romania,
invites
all Masters swimmers from the region of SE Europe to take part in the DKMT
Cup 2009 in Timisoara. Date of the event: Nov. 21. The venue:
indoor
swimming pool (25 m, 6 lanes), located in the Complexul Bega...
Deadline
for the entries: Nov 14. More info: contact@timisoara.inot-masters.ro
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Masters swimming team from Timisoara wishes you welcome to the swimming
spectacle in Romania...
(Abu Dhabi,
UEA) - At the Abu Dhabi Marathon, German star Thomas Lurz won
the
15km race on October 25, the ninth and final leg of the FINA Open
Water
Swimming Grand Prix 2009. In the women’s event, Anna Uvarova
(RUS) conquered her second triumph of the season, after winning the
previous
race of the series, on August 1 in Lac Magog (CAN)... Overall winner of
the GP 2009 is Petar Stoychev BUL legend for the 9th consecutive times.
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Petar
Stoychev, Grand Prix Series winner of 2009...
(Aachen, GER)
- After he caught silver medal in Durban last weekend in the men's 200
free (1:43.17), German swim star and Olympian Steffen Deibler
(1987)
at the 40th edition of the ISF Schwimmfestival in Aachen last night
(Schwimmhalle
Ost) succeeded to set the new SC world record in the men's 50 fly
(22:06).
Click up the title to watch the full official results of this
competition.
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Steffen Deibler - new world star coming from GER...
(Jinan,CHI)
- At the present XI National Games of China held in Jinan, Liu Zigeset
the new world record in the women's 200-m fly (LCM competition) with
the
time of 2:01.81. The previous WR was in hands of Jessicah
Schipper
(2:03.41) set at the World Championships in Rome this year. It has to
be
mentioned that Liu was the world-record holder and gold medalist
with the time of 2:04.18 in 200 fly at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Jiao Liuyang took second position in 2:05.57, while Gong Jie placed
third
(2:06.18). See the People's Daily report.
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Liu Zige, Chinese and the world star (Photo by Fan Jun)..
(Banjaluka,
BiH) - As it was announced by the Swimming Club Olymp, the 3rd edition
of the International meeting Banjaluka Open 2009 is definitely
canceled.
The reasons - problem with the renovated Incel pool in Banjaluka as
well
as the lack of funds that have to be provided by the municipality
institutions...
Click up the title to read the official note regarding this decision at
the web page of the Olymp SC (issued in the Serbian language only)...
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Zeljko Panic, Meet director of the Banjaluka Open '09.
(Dubai, UAE)
- Thomas Lurz (GER) and Poliana Okimoto (BRA) confirmed
their
domination and won the 2009 Fina 10 km Open Water Swimming World Cup...
In the last leg held yesterday in Dubai (UAE) at the Mamzar
Beach,
German and Brazilian champions showed thier world power.. Thomas Lurz
finished
ahead of Vladimir Dyatchin of Russia and Thomas Allen of G. Britain,
while
Poliana Okimoto nosed out Angela Maurer of Germany and Larissa
Ilchenko
of Russia. Click up the title to read the full report at the Gulfnews.com
web
issue..
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T.Lurtz at his last 10 km win in 2009 (Ph by O.Clarke).
(Durban, RSA)
- On the Day-2 of the 2009 Fina/Arena World Cup, in the women's 50m
breast,
Jessica
Hardy (USA), set the new WR (29.45), while in the men's 50m back, Peter
Marshall (USA) set WR (22.75). In the women's 50 Fly, Therese
Alshammar
swam her 2nd WR (24.75). Serbian rec holder Nadja Higl,
while
she has finished first in the morning prelims, in the evening finals in
the 200-m breast replayed again the first place and earned gold medal
with
the time of 2:20.41. Watch out the complete Day-2 results (at
omegatiming.com).
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J.Hardy
- world breaststroke power (Ph by D.Miralle).
(Durban, RSA)
- On the Day-2 prelims of the first leg of the 2009 Fina World Cup, Therese
Alshammar, SWE succeeded to break WR in the women's 100
Ind.Medley
(58.51)... On the Day-1 among many worth times (NRs and MRs) all swam
out
in the evening finals, Serbian rec holder and the World Champion Nadja
Higl, ranked 5th (1:07.73 NRec)... In the same event first went
Jessica
Hardy (USA) 1:04.15 MR. See complete Day-1 results.
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Therese Alshammar - Sweden's and the world star...
(Rome, ITA)
- Italian Swim Federation has announced that the national coach
and
one of the greatest coaching names in Europe and worldwide Alberto
Castagnetti
suddenly
died on Monday at his home in Verona, ITA... Almost all Italy's
successes
last years are joined to the name of that great swim person and his
dedication
to the swim development. On behalf of the management of the Swim
Star 2000 SC Belgrade and the swimming audience of Serbia, we express
our
huge soreness....
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Alberto Castagnetti, chief of the ITA national team...
(Hong Kong,
HKG) - Thomas Lurz (GER) and Poliana Okimoto (BRA)
continue
to dominate their respective men’s and women’s fields. Both swimmers
swept
the three Asian legs, held in Chun An (CHN) on Sept.20, Shantou (CHN)
on
Sept.26, and Hong Kong (HKG) on Oct.4... With these wins, Lurz has won
a total of eight gold medals on the World Cup series '09, while Okimoto
has a total of seven gold medals and two silver medals. The the Hong
Kong
leg included 44 swimmers (26 men and 18 women) from 15 nations... Click
up the title to read the official FINA report with the complete results.
(Shantou/
An Chun, CHN)-- The FINA 10km Marathon World Cup 2009 has moved
on
to Asia, where China staged the 8th and 9th out of twelve races
in
this year’s series. The big 10km winners continue to be world champion
Thomas
Lurz (GER) in the men’s field and Poliana Okimoto (BRA)
among
women. Those athletes triumphed at both of the races, which took place
on Sept. 26 in Shantou and before that on Sept. 20 in An Chun
(CHN).
See the full official report...
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T.Lurtz,
GER - far best world cup swimmer in 2009...
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Herasimenia, BLR, the best achievement of the Day-1.
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