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Rebecca Heyliger is competing for Danish swim team Hvidovre as she sets her sights on qualifying for the Fina World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in July.
Heyliger moved to Copenhagen in October and is training under the watchful eye of Mads Gl...
DATE: Mar 07, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Chris Smith uses the water for completely different reasons than most people his age.
Most use it for relaxation, but the 84-year-old has one thing on his mind when he jumps into the pools in Canada ... setting more swimming records.
He holds dozens...
DATE: Feb 17, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
Madelyn Moore and Jesse Washington will lead Bermuda’s medal quest at the Carifta Swimming Championships in Nassau, Bahamas, in April.
A team of 15 has been selected by the Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association for the championships from April 15 to 1...
DATE: Feb 16, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
Roy-Allan Burch’s serious knee injuries were well documented, but the two-time Olympian says that a loss of funding was a key reason for his decision to retire from swimming.
Burch, 31, announced his retirement this month, citing the patella tendon...
DATE: Jan 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
Olympians Roy-Allan Burch and Julian Fletcher have both announced their retirement from swimming.
Burch, a two-times Olympian, made a miraculous recovery from a career-threatening injury, having ruptured both his patella tendons while playing basket...
DATE: Jan 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
Gabby Pittman, Skyler Powell and Brian Desmond have reached the qualifying standards for the Carifta Championships, to be held in the Bahamas in April.
Pittman hit the second AAA time standard she required to compete in the competition, in the 100 fr...
DATE: Jan 09, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Sport Staff
Lilly King has no regrets about calling out drug cheats at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
King grabbed international headlines when she was filmed wagging her finger at the television screen after watching her Russian rival Yulia Efimova — who ...
DATE: Jan 06, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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The Harbour Swim Club, with more than 160 active members, continue their resurgence as a major player in Bermuda swimming.
At their recent Club Championships, Harbour turned out in force with over 120 swimmers.
A plethora of personal-best times wer...
DATE: Dec 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Sport Staff
Bermudian swimmers Julian Fletcher and Rebecca Heyliger both set national records at the Fina Short Course World Championships in Windsor, Ontario.
Both swimmers competed in three events each at the six-day event, with Fletcher lowering his 100-metre...
DATE: Dec 14, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
A young Warwick Academy swimmer has broken the fifteen-year-old British under-12 50 metres breaststroke record — twice.
Sam Williamson, pictured, who swims for Sharks, broke the record at the National Stadium over the weekend with a time of 33.03 sec...
DATE: Dec 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Sport Staff