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2012 US Olympic Prospectus – Breaststroke 20 Jul 2012 | 11:52 pm
Moving right along then, we get to the breastroke events, featuring perhaps the best male and female ever in the discipline. Men The Challenge – Is, of course, Kosuke “cho-kimochi-ii” Kitajima. The...
2012 US Olympic Prospectus – Backstroke 19 Jul 2012 | 03:47 am
Moving on to the stroke events, starting with the dorsal variety. Men The Challenge - Japan’s Ryosuke Irie is perhaps the best overall backstroker in the world. Technically he’s nearly perfect, and...
2012 US Olympic Prospectus – Women’s Mid-D and Distance Free 18 Jul 2012 | 02:34 am
10 days out from Opening Ceremony, time to continue charting a path for our National Team! This time for the ladies’ longer freestyles. The Challenge – Only some of the greatest mid-distance to dist...
2012 US Olympic Prospectus – Mid-D and D Free 13 Jul 2012 | 09:44 pm
This one’s a longer post so I’m splitting up the ladies and gentlemen. Men The Challenge – The non-American favorites in these events come mostly from the East. South Korea’s Tae-Hwan Park and Chin...
2012 Olympics – US Prospectus, Sprint Freestyle 10 Jul 2012 | 03:25 am
Now that the newly minted United States National Team has been selected and is off to training camp, it’s time to gauge our chances in London next month. Going through each event was obviously a litt...
Hungary Dominates Night Four at European Champs, Pellegrini Gets Last Laugh With Strong Anchor Swim 25 May 2012 | 07:38 am
The beginning of the fourth night of the European Championships belonged to the home country as Hungary snagged wins in the first three events of the evening. Boglarka Kapas got things rolling in the ...
Pair of Championships Records Go Down on Night Three of European Champs 24 May 2012 | 07:52 am
Night three of the European Championships saw two championship records go down as both the marks in the men’s 1500 free and 200 IM were bettered. In the first event of the evening Italy’s Gregorio Pal...
Laszlo Cseh Posts Strong 200 IM Semi Swim, Scozzoli Dedicates 100 Breast Win to Late Dale Oen on Night 2 of European Championships 23 May 2012 | 06:02 am
Greece’s Aristeidis Grigoriadis claimed his second European title of his career by taking the 100 backstroke on night two of the 2012 championships. Four years ago Grigoriadis claimed the title in the...
Former World Champs Biedermann and Hosszu Claim Wins on Night 1 at European Champs 22 May 2012 | 07:10 am
The first night of the 2012 European Championships kicked off with former world champions Paul Biedermann and Katinka Hosszu claiming wins in the 400 free and 400 IM respectively. In the first race o...
2012 US Olympic Trials Preview – Womens’ 100 Breast, Mens’ 200 Fly 18 May 2012 | 07:34 am
Not technically the next two events, as there is another women’s event in between the two, but I thought I’d stay with the one event for each gender theme. Womens’ 100 Breast The Favorites: Rebecca...
