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Swimming: Head coach criticises dropping 800m for 2012 22 Nov 2009 01:17 GMT
... BRITISH Swimming head coach Dennis Pursley has criticised the ... the women's 800metre freestyle event from the Olympic programme as early as 2012. The event ...
Olympic funding threat 17 Nov 2009 13:17 GMT
... Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates speaks with Kerry ... one that gets any broadcast rights is swimming, and that's because of the performances of ...
The teenage star who hates swimming 20 Nov 2009 20:55 GMT
... medals from last month’s 8th Junior African Swimming Championships in Mauritius, most local followers of ... country more swimming medals at the next Olympic Games, most probably at the 2016 Games ...
Coates slams govt over Olympics funding 22 Nov 2009 09:36 GMT
... 1137557 [headline] => Coates slams govt over Olympics funding [abstract] => The Australian Olympic chief ... because of Andrew Gaze, kids who are swimming because of Kieren Perkins and Ian Thorpe. ...
Prep swimming: Brush with greatness motivates Redwood's Roth 18 Nov 2009 06:56 GMT
... compete in the FINA World Cup of swimming, Roth competed against a world class field. ... including Michael Phelps. The owner of 14 Olympic gold medals, Phelps was there not only ...

New Video Documentary on 1936 Olympic Gold Medalist, Adolph Kiefer 19 Nov 2009 09:57 GMT
... From his Olympic and world record setting experiences to his ... he helped prepare a handbook on survival swimming and supervised the training of more than ...
Swimming: Finnegan signs with Arizona, craves NCAA title 19 Nov 2009 02:18 GMT
... open mind while being recruited by college swimming coaches. She took official visits to North ... in the 100 (57.92) at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb. "Arizona has ...
Swimming: More world records expected in Singapore 20 Nov 2009 05:31 GMT
... SINGAPORE: The final leg of the shortcourse swimming World Cup gets under way in Singapore ... swimming times yet to be known. Fourteen-time Olympic gold-medal winner Michael Phelps, who flopped in ...
Phelps flops again as Biedermann sets swimming record 15 Nov 2009 17:30 GMT
... Phelps flops again as Biedermann sets swimming record The US' Michael Phelps competes in ... Townsend beat the star of the Beijing Olympics with a new world record in the ...
Swimming: Kitajima 2nd in time trails in Tokyo+ 21 Nov 2009 12:50 GMT
... TOKYO, Nov. 21 (AP) - (Kyodo)-Two-time double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima settled for second ... 14.31 seconds behind Ryo Tateishi at Tokyo Swimming Center, almost seven seconds off his national ...

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Roof lowered onto 2012 Olympic swimming venue 14 Nov 2009 15:50 GMT
... The architectural showpiece of the 2012 London Olympics is taking shape after the wave-shaped roof ... public transportation The 17,500-seat venue will host swimming, diving and the water polo finals during ...
Denninghoff's next step is UA, then Olympics 14 Nov 2009 04:34 GMT
... Local swimming sensation Sarah Denninghoff is evolving from a ... star recalls watching the passing of the Olympic torch on television at 6 years old ...
Swimming: Phelps flops again as Biedermann sets swimming record 15 Nov 2009 17:50 GMT
... Townsend beat the star of the Beijing Olympics with a new world record in the ... reach the final and insists on wearing swimming trunks ahead of the decision by the ...
Swimming pool problems go even deeper 19 Nov 2009 23:14 GMT
... inspect troubles at the £85m centre A SWIMMING pool which keeps breaking down is still ... won a contract to build the 2012 Olympic swimming pools. Although the latest breakdown was ...
Swimming Fed to send six out to SEA 20 Nov 2009 08:21 GMT
... EM Thon, executive member of the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia and general secretary of ... and general secretary of the Cambodian Amateur Swimming Federation (KASF) has announced that six national ...
Swimming: Kitajima victorious in comeback in Tokyo+ 20 Nov 2009 11:50 GMT
... TOKYO, Nov. 20 (AP) - (Kyodo)-Two-time double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima marked his return ... in 1 minute, 02.22 seconds at Tokyo Swimming Center before going on to win the ...
Olympics - Australian Games chief slams funding report 17 Nov 2009 07:50 GMT
... Australia's Olympic chief has slammed a government-commissioned report criticising ... costs stemming from lifestyle diseases like obesity. "Swimming, tennis, cricket, cycling, the football codes, netball, ...
SWIMMING: Olympian Adam passes on top tips 19 Nov 2009 09:51 GMT
... OLYMPIC swimmer and Commonwealth gold medallist Adam Whitehead ... medallist Adam Whitehead visited South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club to give a workshop on breaststroke ...
Aussie beats Olympic 1500m champion 23 Nov 2009 05:36 GMT
... Thompson said Hurley had all the right attributes for distance swimming after he became Australia's third-fastest swimmer in the event's history. "He has many of ...
Bahraini Stripped of Olympic Gold Medal for Doping 18 Nov 2009 14:15 GMT
... * Olympic champion Ramzi stripped of 1,500 gold medal ... mainly on endurance events in cycling, rowing, swimming and athletics. Six athletes had initially tested ...

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Female ski jumpers lose Olympic fight 21 Nov 2009 00:53 GMT
... VANCOUVER, B.C. - Vancouver Olympic organizers have no power to include women's ... in 2012, however events such as synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics include women but not ...
Vancouver Olympic organizers have no power to include women's ski jumping in the 2010 Games, B.C.'s highest court said in written reasons released Friday for its recent decision to dismiss a case filed by female jumpers 21 Nov 2009 02:18 GMT
... Court of Appeal decision Nov. 13. Vancouver Olympic organizers have no power to include women's ... in 2012, however events such as synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics include women but not ...
Swimming, biking and running try the endurance of participant 14 Nov 2009 21:10 GMT
... Swimming, biking and running try the endurance of ... the challenge. My task — completing an Olympic Distance Triathlon, which consists of a 1,500-meter ...
Vancouver Olympic officials have no power to include female ski jumpers: court 20 Nov 2009 23:53 GMT
... VANCOUVER, B.C. - Vancouver Olympic organizers have no power to include women's ... in 2012, however events such as synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics include women but not ...
Doping: Olympic champion Ramzi stripped of gold medal 18 Nov 2009 16:44 GMT
... DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Bahrain's Olympic 1,500 meters champion Rashid Ramzi has been ... mainly on endurance events in cycling, rowing, swimming and athletics. Six athletes had initially tested ...