Streamlined News: April 23, 2012
PHOENIX, Arizona, April 23. THE TYR Swim Meet of Champions in Mission Viejo, California, has been renamed the TYR Fran Crippen Swim Meet of Champions after the late swimmer who trained in Mission Vi...
View ArticleAnastasia Zueva Nearly Posts Textile Best, Efimova Upset On Final Night at...
On the final night of competition at the Russian Championships Anastasia Zueva continued her roll through the backstroke events. Earlier in the meet in both the 200 and 50 back events she posted the...
View ArticleMore FINA A Cuts Made on Final 2 Nights at South African Nationals
It was the veteran who bettered the youngsters on the final day of the South African National Championships. Roland Schoeman, a two-time Olympian touched the wall ahead of his younger counterparts in...
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Helmet cam may hold jet-skier Joseph Scaturchio’s last moments
Bound to happen, I guess, with the cameras marketed (and proven) as rugged, survive-all ‘action cams', but still incredibly sad: Police are investigating the death of Victorian competitor Joseph...
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Noma moves to London during Olympics, Weber-Gale’s sigh of relief heard...
Two Michelin star Danish restaurant Noma, twice ranked as best restaurant in the world, will move into the 5-star hotel Claridge's in Mayfair, London during the Olympics, to serve a five-course menu,...
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Interview with Mark Foster at the 2011 UAE International Swim Meet
An interview with British swimming legend Mark Foster at the 2011 UAE International Swim Meet, talking about the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex and the ‘lie' that he was planning a...
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Rebecca Wakley Joins Running Warriors - Nyack College Athletics
Rebecca Wakley Joins Running WarriorsNyack College AthleticsWakeley is a three sport varsity athlete attending Shaler Area High School in Pittsburgh, PA and loves to use the gifts that Christ has given...
View ArticleCAS Ready to Rule on British Doping Non-Compliance
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland has announced that it is just about ready to release its decision on the matter of the British Olympic Association versus the World Anti-Doping...
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There he blows, the white killer whale called Iceberg
Scientists off the coast of Kamchatka have spotted the first confirmed white adult orca. The white killer whale appears to be healthy, at least 16 years old judging by its two-metre high dorsal fin....
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Warwick Little League kicks off season
Warwick Little League teams kicked off yet another season serving area youngsters this past weekend.The results from the first competitions are as follows:Minor AATouch Point 3 to 0 over Lititz...
View ArticleLocal sports postponements for Monday, April 23
The heavy rains that have drenched the area have prompted a number of postponements from local schools.
View ArticleHead Coach Cristina Teuscher Leaving Yale
(Update: Teuscher talks about her decision).Another relatively-significant Division 1 coaching position is opening up, with an official announcement expected shortly, as Cristina Teuscher will be...
View ArticleTwelve From South Africa Post Automatic Olympic Qualifying Times at Nationals
DURBAN, South Africa, April 23. SWIMMING South Africa has released a list of the 12 swimmers that swam faster than the FINA A standard at last week's long course nationals, which served as part of the...
View ArticleChina Tops Medal Stand at Mexico Stop of FINA Diving World Series
TIJUANA, Mexico, April 23. TIJUANA(MEX), the last of four meets, successfully concluded the FINA/Midea Diving World Series 2012 with once again a top-level two-day competition, held from April 20-21 a...
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Sonesta Announces New Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Sonesta Hotel ......
Sonesta Announces New Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Sonesta Hotel ...MarketWatch (press release)Guest rooms offer luxurious bedding, high speed wireless internet access, and views of downtown...
View ArticleTeuscher “At a Fork in the Road”
Shortly after we broke the news earlier that Cristina Teuscher was stepping down as the head women's coach at Yale to take a job on Wall Street, she copied me on the following letter to her friends and...
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CC photo #115: Pál Joensen and Mark Foster in Budapest
Faroe Island's Pál Joensen and British legend Mark Foster having a chat in the Budapest 2010 European Championships mixed zone. Foster really should have been on this side of the fence, but Hungarian...
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Hunting for non-hunters
Gary San Julian knew it was a sign of the changing times. But how in the heck, he wondered, could someone in wildlife management be effective unless they knew something about hunting and huntersSo,...
View ArticleHersey Swims 4:40 in the 400 Free?
Last weekend, most of the American focus nationally was on the Fran Crippen Memorial Swim Meet of Champions in Mission Viejo; most of the big names training on the west coast were at that meet (and...
View ArticleStreamlined News: April 23, 2012
TYR Fran Crippen Meet of Champions featured fast swimming fro Californians; South Africa wrapped up Olympic Trials; FINA Diving World Series in Mexico featured close battle in men&os;s synchro...
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