May 2012
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“It sounds really sad but I’ve started making my... →
A more cheerful interview from Fran Halsall!
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"Is the concrete hard enough?" →
Gemma Spofforth gives another very honest interview with the Guardian. Her autobiography is definitely going on my Christmas list…
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April 2012
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"Wouldn't it be weird if Ryan Lochte bought this... →
A swimming cap with Michael Phelps’ FACE on it, you say?
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"Dekker has a season best of 24.42 but is third... →
I don’t know why this is funny but it is.
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March 2012
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'When he retires he wants to move into fashion.... →
Great Ryan Lochte interview in the Telegraph.
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Watchkeriannepayne:
A video about my life in the open water!
Blimes, Keri-Anne had a bit of a budget for this one! Excellent shot of her IN THE SINK as a tiny, too.
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"people keep tweeting me, saying they have seen me... →
Plenty of post-Trials guff in the media at the moment about our GB swimmers (“oh I’m just happy to have made the team, it’s a chance in a lifetime” etc) but Liam gets down to the nitty-gritty of life on the Olympic squad.
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British Trials - Day 5 & 6 Preview
I’d better knock these preview posts out before they are made utterly redundant!
Wednesday
Men’s 200m breaststroke
Possibly not so close a call as for the 100, but Kris Gilchrist and Mike Jamieson, Richard Webb and Andrew Willis all have the potential to get under the OQT of 2.11 in what is turning out to be a very fast pool. Unless Craig ‘tinfoil hat’ Lord is right...
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"I even got desperate enough to watch Evita and... →
Fran Halsall on the ‘taper blues’.
February 2012
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"All the talk on the circuit right now is about... →
Also, you can tell everyone’s on taper because MEDIA MEDIA EVERYWHERE. This time it’s Ellen Gandy’s turn.
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British Trials - Day 3 & 4 Preview
Like the mentalist I am, I started writing my preview of the GB Trials in January. Read my Day 1&2 summary here.
As usual British Swimming have made things extra complicated in terms of A times & extra qualification berths but thankfully Pullboy has spelled it out in terms my idiot brain can understand:
Berth #1: win the event, go under the FINA ‘A’ time.
Berth #2: come...
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Ranomi on Elbow Gate: "For me, the best revenge is... →
My Dutch is pretty iffy but I ran this through Google Translate and got the gist of it.
“Besides, what would it really matter if someone spat in your lane just before the race? In any case, if you know how much pee there is in a pool, that one gob is nothing…”
GOOD POINT.
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"Someone said to me, ‘How do you feel now that... →
I really hope Janet Evans does well at Trials. Here’s another NY Times article from 1994 about the last time she came out of retirement.
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Elbow Gate: Coutts whacked in head by mystery... →
Blimey, this story is pretty surprising. In a lot of sports tensions run high before important races or matches, but top level swimmers always seem so NICE to each other! Unless your name is C Cielo of course.
Speed Endurance has a few theories about which suspect it could be (Europeans in that final: 4th place finisher Fran Halsall, Dutch relay winners Ranomi Kromowidjojo & Femke...
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How do you solve a problem like Missy Franklin? →
Apparently Missy loves The Sound of Music! And pasta, but that’s a given.
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January 2012
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Cabbage lasange! →
Keri-Anne Payne’s 2012 victory meal!
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British Trials - Day 1 & 2 Preview
So British Trials are still over a month away but I am already pretty stoked about it! I’ll be there for three of the evening sessions but will be sure to report back in full here.
Let’s see what’s afoot on the first two days:
Saturday Women’s 400IM final: World championship silver medallist Hannah ‘worst passport photo ever’ Miley is the obvious favourite...
Early doors results look promising
Plenty of the Team GB kids have been out and about this weekend for a bit of early-season racing. The times will obviously be relatively slow as everyone’s in heavy training, but let’s see how they all stack up:
Women’s 200m/100m fly
Jess Dickons won the Victorian State champs ahead of Ellen Gandy, with Jess on 2:07.68 and Ellen on 2:11.39. Over in Austin, Jemma Lowe swam...
December 2011
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November 2011
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I heart Eurosport.fr
I also heart Google Translate. From this article about Laure Manaudou’s poor showing at the Minnesota GP:
“If [Manaudou] came out frustrated her weekend, her US coach, Brett Hawke, however, sees some positive elements. ’ We’re not there to make time. We trained very hard for a month and the legs of my swimmers have died. They complain, but it makes me happy ‘, said...
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