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Roy-Allan Burch came within touching distance of securing a place at the Rio Olympics, and missed.
The Bermuda swimmer grabbed bronze in the 50 metre free final at the Caribbean Islands Swimming Championships, clocking a time of 22.79sec.
While enoug...
DATE: Jul 04, 2016
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Swimming
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Roy-Allan Burch met the B standard for Olympic qualifying at the Caribbean Island Swimming Championships in the Bahamas.
Burch swam 22.95sec in the first leg of the 4x50 free relay on Wednesday, comfortably under the 23.05 standard set by governing b...
DATE: Jul 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Sport Staff
Ky Hurst, the former Olympian who is now a member of Oracle Team USA, smashed the record for the Trunk Island Swim on Sunday.
Hurst, who joined the America’s Cup team last year, covered the distance in 15min 28sec, more than a minute faster than the ...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Sport Staff
Swimmers Julian Fletcher and Rebecca Heyliger will represent the island at Caribbean Championships in the Bahamas next weekend, looking to fine tune their techniques as they get set to compete in their first Olympic Games in August.
Fletcher will s...
DATE: Jun 24, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
Ben Smith believes swimming in Bermuda is stronger than it has been for more than a decade.
The national team coach named a squad of 22 for this month’s Caribbean Island Championships yesterday, and said the fact that he had been able to do so was “r...
DATE: Jun 10, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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The Harbour Swimming Club will hold the Docksider Harbour Open at the Aquatics Centre at the National Sports Centre on Friday, June 24.
The event is open to swimmers from all local clubs as well as the burgeoning Masters programme.
Stephen Castree, t...
DATE: Jun 08, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Roy-Allan Burch has been handed one final chance to qualify for this summer’s Olympics little more than 12 hours after bringing the curtain down on his impressive career.
After failing to reach the B standard in the 50 metres freestyle during yesterd...
DATE: May 25, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Roy-Allan Burch and Madelyn Moore remained upbeat despite falling short of reaching the Olympic qualifying standard on day two of the Validus Bermuda National Championships at the National Aquatics Centre.
The two swimmers are bidding to reach the qu...
DATE: May 21, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Julian Fletcher reached the Olympic qualifying B standard in the 100 metres breaststroke at the Validus Bermuda National Championships at the Aquatics Centre last night.
The 25-year-old swam the distance in 1min 2.47sec to become the second Bermudian...
DATE: May 21, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Rebecca Heyliger reached the Olympic qualifying B standard in the 50 metres freestyle on the first day of the Validus Bermuda National Championships at the National Aquatics Centre last night.
Competing in a time-trial with Sharks team-mate Madelyn M...
DATE: May 20, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson