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Swimming: Short-course World Cup results

11/11/2012 12:55:17 PM

Results from the FINA short-course swimming World Cup in Singapore on Sunday:

Men

50m freestyle

1. Anthony Ervin (USA) 20.99 sec

2. George Bovell (TRI) 21.30

3. Cameron McEvoy (AUS) 21.36

200m freestyle

1. Cameron McEvoy (AUS) 1:43.40

2. Darian Townsend (RSA) 1:43.50

3. Tommaso D'Orsogna (AUS) 1:44.24

1500m freestyle

1. MacKenzie Horton (AUS) 14:54.25

2. Mark Randall (RSA) 14:55.80

3. Zhang Yunxiang (CHN) 15:07.19

50m backstroke

1. Stanislav Donets (RUS) 23.22

2. Ashley Delaney (AUS) 23.51

3. Robert Hurley (AUS) 23.67

200m backstroke

1. Yuki Shirai (JPN) 1:50.70

2. Ashley Delaney (AUS) 1:51.52

3. Travis Mahoney (AUS) 1:53.43

100m breaststroke

1. Christian Sprenger (AUS) 57.46

2. Glenn Snyders (NZL) 58.18

3. Sean Mahoney (AUS) 58.53

100m butterfly

1. Zhang Qibin (CHN) 50.58

2. Kenneth To (AUS) 50.76

3. Kazuya Kameda (JPN) 50.85

200m individual medley

1. Darian Townsend (RSA) 1:54.16

2. Yuki Shirai (JPN) 1:54.95

3. Justin James (AUS) 1:58.14

Women

100m freestyle

1. Britta Steffen (GER) 52.38

2. Angie Bainbridge (AUS) 53.26

3. Jeanette Ottesen Gray (DEN) 53.62

400m freestyle

1. Angie Bainbridge (AUS) 4:04.01

2. Melissa Ingram (NZL) 4:04.14

3. Jessica Pengelly (RSA) 4:06.08

100m backstroke

1. Rachel Goh (AUS) 57.34

2. Grace Loh (AUS) 57.75

3. Xiu Tianglongzi (CHN) 58.96

50m breaststroke

1. Jessica Hardy (USA) 29.96

2. Rebecca Ejdervik (SWE) 30.52

3. Sarah Katsoulis (AUS) 30.59

200m breaststroke

1. Rie Kaneto (JPN) 2:20.18

2. Sally Foster (AUS) 2:22.15

3. Miku Kanasashi (JPN) 2:25.27

50m butterfly

1. Jeanette Ottesen Gray (DEN) 25.42

2. Tao Li (SIN) 25.78

3. Inge Dekker (NED) 25.92

200m butterfly

1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 2:05.85

2. Liu Lan (CHN) 2:06.61

3. Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN) 2:07.44

100m individual medley

1. Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN) 59.73

2. Ngawati Kotuku (AUS) 59.74

3. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 59.97

400m individual medley

1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 4:27.96

2. Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN) 4:28.31

3. Miyu Otsuka (JPN) 4:33.55

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Swimming: World Cup results

11/7/2012 10:35:53 AM

Results from the FINA short-course swimming World Cup on Wednesday:

Men

50m freestyle

1. George Bovell (TRI) 20.94sec

2. Anthony Ervin (USA) 21.15

3. Kenta Ito (JPN) 21.48

200m freestyle

1. Darian Townsend (RSA) 1:43.31

2. Robert Hurley (AUS) 1:43.93

3. Tomasso D'Orsogna (AUS) 1:44.49

1500m freestyle

1. Michael Klueh (USA) 14:38.64

2. Pal Joensen (FRO) 14:44.83

3. Ayatsugu Hirai (JPN) 14:45.60

50m backstroke

1. Stanislav Donets (RUS) 23.25

2. Junya Koga (JPN) 23.30

3. Ashley Delaney (AUS) 23.48

200m backstroke

1. Yuki Shirai (JPN) 1:49.69

2. Ashley Delaney (AUS) 1:52.14

3. Hayate Matsubara (JPN) 1:52.32

100m breaststroke

1. Glenn Snyders (NZL) 57.98

2. Akihiro Yamaguchi (JPN) 58.22

3. Koichiro Okazaki (JPN) 58.67

100m butterfly

1. Zhang Qibin (CHN) 50.53

2. Jason Dunford (KEN) 50.73

3. Kazuya Kaneda (JPN) 50.92

200m individual medley

1. Daiya Seto (JPN) 1:52.48

2. Darian Townsend (RSA) 1:53.30

3. Kosuke Hagino (JPN) 1:53.76

Women

100m freestyle

1. Britta Steffen (GER) 52.42

2. Jeanette Ottesen Gray (NED) 53.49

3. Kotuku Ngawati (AUS) 53.59

400m freestyle

1. Melissa Ingram (NZL) 4:05.22

2. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 4:05.33

3. Alanna Bowles (AUS) 4:07.34

100m backstroke

1. Grace Loh (AUS) 57.71

2. Rachel Goh (AUS) 57.72

3. Shiho Sakai (JPN) 58.44

50m breaststroke

1. Jessica Hardy (USA) 29.92

2. Rikke Moller Pedersen (DEN) 30.35

3. Rebecca Ejdervik (SWE) 30.52

200m breaststroke

1. Rie Kaneto (JPN) 2:18.38

2. Rikke Moller Pedersen (DEN) 2:18.42

3. Mio Motegi (JPN) 2:19.48

50m butterfly

1. Jeanette Ottesen Gray (DEN) 25.48

2. Inge Dekker (NED) 25.64

3. Masako Kuroki (JPN) 26.57

200m butterfly

1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 2:05.90

2. Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN) 2:06.79

3. Misuzu Yabu (JPN) 2:07.47

100m individual medley

1. Sophie Allen (GBR) 59.50

2. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 59.80

3, Kotuku Ngawati (AUS) 59.90

400m individual medley

1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 4:28.14

2. Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN) 4:28.96

3. Miho Takahashi (JPN) 4:33.08

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Swimming: Beijing World Cup results - 1st update

11/2/2012 3:08:27 PM

Results from the short course swimming World Cup in Beijing on Friday:

Women - morning session - heats

800m freestyle

1. Li Limeng (CHN) 8:44.01

2. Tian Za (CHN) 8:46.20

3. Wang Hefei (CHN) 8:47.25

200m freestyle

1. Shao Yiwen (CHN) 1:56.56

2. Qiu Yuhan (CHN) 1:56.64

3. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 1:57.03

100m breaststroke

1. Sarah Katsoulis (AUS) 1:06.41

2. Sally Foster (AUS) 1:06.42

3. Jennie Johansson (SWE) 1:06.74

100m butterfly

1. Lu Ying (CHN) 57.95

2. Jeanette-Ottesen Gray (DEN) 58.90

3. Zhang Yufei (CHN) 59.09

50m backstroke

1. Fu Yuanhui (CHN) 27.42

2. Zhao Rui (CHN) 27.47

3. Zhou Yanxin (CHN) 27.52

200m medley

1. Zhou Min (CHN) 2:10.11

2. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 2:10.15

3. Ye Shiwen (CHN) 2:10.38

50m freestyle

1. Li Shuyi (CHN) 24.87

2. Yin Fan (CHN) 24.90

3. Jessica Hardy (USA) 25.07

200m backstroke

1. Melissa Ingram (NZL) 2:06.13

2. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 2:07.19

3. Zhou Yanxin (CHN) 2:08.32

Women - evening session - finals

800m freestyle

1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 8:21.49

2. Yan Siyu (CHN) 8:21.58

3. Laura Corckart (AUS) 8:23.83

200m freestyle

1. Shao Yiwen (CHN) 1:55.13

2. Zsuzsanna (HUN) 1:55.14

3. Qiu Yuhan (CHN 1:55.24

100m breaststroke

1. Sarah Katsoulis (AUS) 1:06.41

2. Sally Foster (AUS) 1:06.42

3. Rebecca Ejdervik (SWE) 1:06.11

100m butterfly

1. Inge Dekker (NED) 57.62

2. Jeanette-Ottesen Gray (DEN) 58.01

3. Zhang Yufei (CHN) 58.05

50m backstroke

1. Rachel Goh (AUS) 26.66

2. Cheng Haihua (CHN) 26.81

3. Zhou Yanxin (CHN) 27.18

200m medley

1. Ye Shiwen (CHN) 2:06.10

2. Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN) 2:08.22

3. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 2:08.35

50m freestyle

1. Yin Fan (CHN) 24.47

2. Inge Dekker (NED) 24.53

3. Zhang Ying (CHN) 24.60

200m backstroke

1. Zhou Yanxin (CHN) 2:04.81

2. Melissa Ingram (NZL) 2:05.35

3. Bai Anqi (CHN) 2:06.78

Men - morning session - heats

100m frestyle

1. Tomasso D'orgogna (AUS) 48.02

2. Darian Townsend (RSA) 48.04

3. Cameron McEvoy (AUS) 48.23

50m breaststroke

1. Christian Sprenger (AUS) 27.09

2. Glenn Snyders (NZL) 27.16

3. Wang Shuai (CHN) 27.24

400m medley

1. Ye Zhengchao (CHN) 4:22.36

2. Wang Yizhe (CHN) 4:23.11

3. Hsiao Fu-yu (TPE) 4:24.46

100m backstroke

1. Robert Hurley (AUS) 51.31

2. Ashley Delaney (AUS) 52.24

3. Stanislav Donets (RUS) 52.39

200m butterfly

1. Wang Shun (CHN) 1:55.79

2. Kazuya Keneda (JPN) 1:57.80

3. Christopher Wright (AUS) 1:58.19

400m freestyle

1. Michael Klueh (USA) 3:47.11

2. Matthew Stanley (NZL) 3:48.21

3. Li Yunqi (CHN) 3:48.46

200m breaststroke

1. Sean Mahoney (USA) 2:09.93

2. Liu Weijia (CHN) 2:10.75

3. Wang Shua (CHN) 2:11.13

100m medley

1. Kenneth To (AUS) 53.08

2. Darian Townsend (RSA) 53.26

3. George Bovell (TRI) 54.16

50m butterfly

1. Zhang Qibin (CHN) 23.23

2. Jason Duntford (KEN) 23.24

3. Kenneth To (AUS) 23.56

Men - evening session - finals

100m freestyle

1. Tomasso D'orgogna (AUS) 47.06

2. Darian Townsend (RSA) 47.41

3. Cameron McEvoy (AUS) 47.59

50m breaststroke

1. Glenn Snyders (NZL) 26.64

2. Christian Sprenger (AUS) 26.74

3. Wang Shuai (CHN) 26.86

400m medley

1. Yang Zhixian (CHN) 4:05.62

2. Travis Mahoney (AUS) 4:09.69

3. Mao Felian (CHN) 4:10.68

100m backstroke

1. Stanislav Donets (RUS) 50.07

2. Robert Hurley (AUS) 50.25

2. Ashley Delaney (AUS) 51.53

200m butterfly

1. Kazuya Keneda (JPN) 1:51.22

2. Wang Shun (CHN) 1:52.14

3. Christopher Wright (AUS) 1:55.47

400m freestyle

1. Matthew Stanley (NZL) 3:40.74

2. Michael Klueh (USA) 3:41.62

3. Li Yunqi (CHN) 3:41.83

200m breaststroke

1. Sean Mahoney (USA) 2:06.38

2. Xie Zhi (CHN) 2:08.12

3. Liu Weijia (CHN) 2:08.99

100m medley

1. Kenneth To (AUS) 51.58

2. George Bovell (TRI) 51.69

3. Kyle Richardson (AUS) 52.71

50m butterfly

1. Jason Duntford (KEN) 23.14

2. Zhang Qibin (CHN) 23.16

3. Ashley Delaney (AUS) 23.43

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Swimming: Moscow World Cup results

10/18/2012 4:50:22 PM

Results from the short course swimming World Cup on Thursday:

Women

100m freestyle

1. Britta Steffen (GER) 52.92

2. Jessica Hardy (USA) 53.74

3. Natalia Lovtcova (RUS) 54.47

400m medley

1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 4:30.14

2. Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN) 4:30.80

3. Becca Mann (USA) 4:35.87

200m butterfly

1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 2:05.77

2. Zsuzsanna Jakabos (HUN) 2:06.06

3. Becca Mann (USA) 2:11.35

100m medley

1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 59.69

2. Theresa Michalak (GER) 59.98

. Sophie Allen (GBR) 59.98

Men

200m freestyle

1. Darian Townsend (RSA) 1:44.26

2. Paul Biedermann (GER) 1:44.49

. Tommasso d'Orsogna (AUS) 1:44.49

100m butterfly

1. Evgeny Korotyshkin (RUS) 50.56

2. Nikolay Skvortsov (RUS) 50.82

3. Thomas Shields (USA) 50.89

200m medley

1. Daiya Seto (JPN) 1:53.93

2. Laszlo Cseh (HUN) 1:54.31

3. Darian Townsend (RSA) 1:54.63

50m freestyle

1. George Bovell (TRI) 20.90

2. Anthony Ervin (USA) 21.11

3. Evgeny Lagunov (RUS) 21.80

200m backstroke

1. Yuki Shirai (JPN) 1:50.80

2. Hayate Mastubara (JPN) 1:51.96

3. Ashley Delaney (AUS) 1:53.36

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Behind the scenes at London 2012: Andy Banks

8/15/2012 2:40:00 PM

What is your role at London 2012?
I’m Tom Daley’s coach and a part of Great Britain team of coaches for the 12 divers we have here in London. Tom was involved in the synchronised diving where he just wasn’t able to win a medal, so we will work on that, but in the 10m competition Tom managed to get a medal. With the level of performance out there it’s been pretty tough. Tom works like a Trojan and it’s amazing to see the hard work pay off.

How have you enjoyed playing an integral part in the Games?
It’s been fantastic, especially on home soil. I think the thing that’s going to be my lasting memory of these Olympic Games is the home crowd and the amazing support that they give.

What do you think the Games will do for the country?
It’s really inspired people to take part in sport in general. I’ve seen news bulletins that have shown kids going to velodromes and they’re being turned away because the track is so busy. That, for me, sums up how sport will be affected by the Games – the increased involvement. I think there will be a lasting legacy and hopefully we’ll go to Rio 2016 with some more diving talent. I’m so pleased that we pushed for hosting the Olympic Games.

What’s it like seeing athletes like Tom progress from the Youth Olympic Games to the Olympics?
The Youth Olympic Games is a fantastic idea because it gives young people the opportunity to be involved in a multi-sport event. You get to live in an athletes’ village, there are big food halls, other athletes from different sports and different countries. Tom’s been able to come here and focus on his performance rather than the hype that someone usually feels at their first Olympic Games.

Penultimate day of action brings more YOG medals

8/12/2012 12:39:00 PM

Medals came from Columbia’s Oscar Munoz, who won his country’s first medal in taekwondo by taking bronze in the men's 58kg category. "I just can't believe it - it's amazing. It's been my goal for my whole life. I'm only 19 and it’s my first Olympic Games. I just can't believe I made it,” he said, overjoyed. "It's the first medal for Colombia in taekwondo and I'm very proud to be the one to get it."

Medals two and three came in the Aquatics Centre as the class of Singapore 2010 fully dominated the men's 10m platform diving final, with both China’s Qiu Bo and Great Britain’s Tom Daley finishing on the podium, taking silver and bronze respectively.

It was a final of true Olympic quality, with twists, somersaults and turns all executed within 10m, and the crown eventually going to the USA’s David Boudia. At only 18 years-old, Tom is already an Olympic veteran having competed at Beijing in 2008 ahead of the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore 2010. He was overjoyed to win his first Olympic medal: "It's the one medal that was missing from my collection. It means so much to me. All of the hard work has paid off."

For Qiu, the night was equally as great, as he pulled off some amazing dives to claim silver.

The teenagers plan to rest for now, but it’ll be back to the hard work soon as they both promise to be at the next summer Olympic Games in Rio in four years’ time, and they’re both demanding a medal upgrade!

What a day for the Youth Olympic Games athletes and with more medal hopes on the final day too, we are all set to end on a high!

China miss out on clean sweep - London 2012 - Diving

8/12/2012 12:00:00 AM

The Chinese were odds-on to go one better than at Beijing 2008 and replicate their perfect record from last year's World Championships.

The sweep was on after the opening week of the Olympics when all four of their synchro teams stood on the top podium.

But two of the most memorable Individual finals in Games history denied them total dominance.

Arguably the most dramatic was in the men's 10m Platform on the final night of competition when China's biggest star, Qiu Bo, took silver.

Qiu had been unbeatable for the past two years and coasted to the world title 12 months ago.

The 19-year-old maintained the trend in the opening two qualifying rounds before he came unstuck in one of the greatest Diving finals of all time.

Great Britain's Tom Daley led deadlocked duo Qiu and the USA's David Boudia by just 0.15 points heading into the final round.

With a 17,500-strong crowd in attendence, Daley attracted a single score of 10 for his final effort.

The 18-year-old's degree of difficulty paled in comparison to Boudia and Qiu though, and when the USA diver produced a brilliant effort before Qiu slightly missed his a stunning upset was celebrated.

Boudia, who edged into the semi-final in 18th, was left amazed while Qiu stood shattered as his quest for a first Olympic gold was ended.

'It still hasn't sunk in that I had a gold medal, that I was standing on the podium and the anthem was playing,' said Boudia.

'Diving is extremely competitive and the rest of the world is catching up but they've stamped their feet on the sport, China.'

Four days earlier, Russia's Ilya Zakharov sprung another major surprise in the men's 3m Springboard.

Zakharov scored an astonishing total of 555.90 points to get the better of China's Qin Kai and world champion He Chong.

'I just can't believe it as of now. I have done it finally,' he said.

China's Wu Minxia equalled the record of six Olympic Diving medals. She completed a hat-trick of Synchro 3m Springboard Olympic titles alongside He Zi before announcing her intention to retire after winning gold in the individual 3m Springboard to equal the record.

On the women's Platform, Chen Ruolin defended both her titles winning the individual and synchro alongside Wang Hao.

The Chinese men's synchro teams were also dominant, with Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan defying their youth to win the Platform while Luo Yutong and Qin won the Springboard.