Vergnoux dives in with Edinburgh swimmers
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FREDERIC Vergnoux has been appointed the new head coach at the City of Edinburgh Swimming club, the Frenchman replacing Englandâs Tim Jones.
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Peter Waterfield and Leon Taylor, who collected Britain&#39;s first Olympic diving medals in 44 years with silver in the synchronised platform event, have both made the 12-man
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Michael Schumacher again proved his supremacy in the rain by splashing his way through to the fastest time in the pre-qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.
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Mark Foster had nothing to prove coming into the European short-course championships here but he proved it anyway. On the opening day of these four-day championships Foster took the 50 metres freestyle title.
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Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands missed qualifying for the semis in the 50 freestyle this morning, and the world&#39;s headline writers heaved a sigh of relief. When the Flying Dutchman was beaten by Australia&#39;s Ian Thorpe in the 200 freestyle on ...
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ATHENS -- This was a duel in the pool -- the world&#39;s two greatest swimming powers going head-to-head for more than seven minutes at the Olympics.
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Australia's Ian Thorpe soared past Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands to win the most anticipated race of the Olympics. Michael Phelps finished third.
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Athens, Aug 17 (DPA) Security has been stepped up at all Olympic venues after a spectator managed to dive into the pool during synchronised diving event, the organising committee ATHOC said today.
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Silver for the women&#39;s quad yesterday sealed Britain&#39;s biggest Olympic rowing tally since 1928, which they matched with a gold, two silvers and a bronze.
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The Latin Academy coed swimmers huddled at 5:30 p.m. yesterday inside Madison Park and hoisted their 17th straight Boston City Championship trophy. But there was one person missing.
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American Natalie Coughlin won Olympic gold in the 100-meter backstroke Monday night. Coughlin, the only woman ever to swim under 1 minute in the event, finished first in 1 minute, 0.37 seconds. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, who swims at Auburn University in Alabama, earned the silver in 1:00.50. Laure Manaudou of France took bronze in 1:00.88.
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An article last Thursday about cold-weather exercise misstated the accomplishment of Lewis Gordon Pugh last July while swimming near the North Pole. He completed a kilometer in just under 19 minutes, not a mile.
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American swimmer Aaron Peirsol set a world record of one minute and 50.52 seconds in the men&#39;s 200-meter backstroke final here Monday at the World Short Course Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Michael Phelps led all the way in winning the 200-metre freestyle at the World Short Course Championships on opening night on Thursday, giving the world&#39;s best swimmer a chance to equal the six gold medals he won at the Athens Olympics.
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SILVER FOR SA: Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands, centre, the gold medallist, with South Africa&#39;s Roland Schoeman, silver, left, and Australia&#39;s Ian Thorpe, who took the bronze, during the medal ceremony for the 100-metre freestyle at the ...
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On an extraordinary day for Great Britain at the Olympics the gold-medal tally rose to six, thanks to outstanding performances from Matthew Pinsent&#39;s coxless four, yachtsman Ben Ainslie and cyclist Bradley Wiggins.
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France's Vincent Riou was the first to cross the start line for the fifth round-the-world Vendee Globe.