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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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Russia retain Team Synchronised Swimming title - London 2012

8/10/2012 12:00:00 AM

The squad clinched victory with a combined score of 197.030 for their Technical and Free routines, both set to music by Denis Garnizov.

Russia have dominated Synchronised Swimming in recent years, having won every World Championships since 1998 and taking gold at the 2008 Beijing Games.

China were beaten into second place, with a combined score of 194.010, while Spain clinched bronze with 193.12.

Russia's Anzhelika Timanina said: 'It was very good, it was really hard work. We're really happy because we've trained really hard and there were a lot of emotions but it ended very well.

'For four girls in our team it is their first Olympics and they are very emotional.'

She said once again Russia had proved that they are the best in the world in this sport.

'We have amazing coaches and we have an amazing team. Of course the other countries here are very good, but I think now the results speak for themselves.'

Synchronised swimmers make a splash at London 2012 Aquatics Centre

4/25/2012 11:57:00 AM

Competitors have praised the atmosphere at the London 2012 Aquatics Centre following the FINA Olympic Games Synchronised Swimming Qualification event that took place at the newly built Olympic venue from 18-22 April.

The competition saw over 160 athletes from 34 nations competing for the final places in the synchronised swimming competition at this year’s Olympic Games, with reigning World and Olympic champions Russia winning the team event and Israel finishing first in the duet.

The event attracted 16,000 fans over the course of the five-day competition, with Great Britain’s Jenna Randall praising the atmosphere inside the venue.

"It was fantastic having the crowd here supporting us," she said. "We've never heard a crowd that loud before, so it was really great to see the British support for synchro."

As well as being a crucial event for the athletes as they prepare for the Games this summer, the competition also gave the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) the chance to test operations ahead of the Games. These included tests of the timing, scoring and results systems, as well as detailed tests of the pool, underwater speakers and underwater cameras for judging.

During the Games, synchronised swimming will take place from 5-10 August with 104 female competitors vying for medals in the duet and team competitions.

Singapore 2010 adopts new sport formats

8/12/2010 3:39:00 PM

The first Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore will feature all 26 sports currently on the programme of the London 2012 Olympic Games. What will differ in some cases are the disciplines and format, such as 3 on 3 street basketball, a mixed gender relay in the swimming pool, a medley relay on the track or events in which athletes from different National Olympic Committees compete on the same team. Read on to see what your favourite sports will consist of in Singapore...

Aquatics (diving and swimming)

Aquatics comprises diving and swimming. There will be two diving events for both men and women, 3m springboard and 10m platform. Swimming events include freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly and medley, both individual and relay. As a first, a mixed gender event for 4 x 100m freestyle relay and 4 x 100m medley relay is included.

Archery

Archery will feature individual men, women and mixed team competitions. The distance that athletes will be shooting is 70m.

Athletics

Athletics comprises a total 36 events for both men and women. The track events will include 1000m and 3000m races as well as a 2000m steeplechase and a medley relay. There will be eight field events (four jumps and four throws).

Badminton

Badminton will feature men’s and women’s singles events in Singapore.

Basketball

Basketball 3 on 3 will be played at the YOG. There will be two teams of three players on court at any one time. This fast-paced game is played on a half court, with one basketball hoop. It includes two periods of five minutes each. The winner is the first team to score 33 points, or the team that is leading the game at the end of the fifteen minutes of play.

Boxing

Boxing will feature men’s events. There will be 11 different weight categories, ranging from 48kg to the 91kg+ division.

Canoe-Kayak

Canoe-Kayak will feature four events for men and two for women. Both will race
in head-to-head sprints and obstacle slaloms in the kayak category. The men will also compete in the same events in canoes.

Cycling

The Cycling competition will involve teams. Each team consists of three men and one woman. The three men are required to compete in one discipline each (BMX, MTB and Time Trial), while the woman has to compete in all three disciplines. All male riders also have to compete in the Road Race.

Equestrian

In Equestrian, only the jumping events will take place (team and individual). The Organising Committee will provide the horses, which will be assigned to riders by draw. For the team event, there will be six teams representing each FEI regional zone.

Fencing

Fencing will feature individual competitions in the foil, epée and sabre for men and women, and a mixed team competition.

Football

Football will consist of a six-team competition, representing all continents, for both men and women.

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is split into artistic and rhythmic, as in the Olympic Games. The artistic competition will feature eight individual men’s events and six individual women’s events. The rhythmic competition consists of two events – individual and team – for women.

Handball

Handball is a six-team tournament, representing all continents, for men and for women.

Hockey

Hockey is the same as football and handball – a six-team competition, representing all continents for both men and women.

Judo

There are a total of eight weight categories for both men and women in the Judo competition. There is also a mixed team event.

Modern Pentathlon

The Modern Pentathlon competition consists of four of the five modern pentathlon disciplines: fencing, swimming, running and shooting. The fifth discipline, riding, will not be competed at Singapore 2010. The run-shoot format will be competed. In the Combined event, laser shooting is being used for the first time.

Rowing

Both the men and women will compete in two events in Rowing – single sculls and pairs.

Sailing

The Sailing competition comprises four events, with men and women sailing in either the one person dinghy or the windsurfing.

Shooting

In Shooting, the men and women will compete in both air rifle and air pistol.

Table Tennis

Table tennis will consist of men’s singles, women’s singles and a mixed team competition.

Taekwondo

Taekwondo will see athletes competing in five weight categories per gender.

Tennis

There will be both men’s singles and doubles and women’s singles and doubles in the Tennis tournament.

Triathlon

The Triathlon competition format for individual competitions includes a 750m swim in open water, a 20km cycle ride and a 5km run. The 4 x mixed team relay competition includes a 250m swim in open water, a 7km cycle ride and a 1.7km run.

Volleyball

Volleyball is a six-team men’s and women’s competition.

Weightlifting

Weightlifting sees men competing in six weight categories, while women will compete in five weight categories. The combined results of the Snatch and the Clean & Jerk will produce the champion of each weight category.

Wrestling

The Wrestling competition will see men compete in Greco-Roman (five weight categories) and freestyle (five weight categories) and women in freestyle (four weight categories).