534 results returned for search: "" category "Swimming"
Olympians Roy-Allan Burch and Julian Fletcher have both announced their retirement from swimming.
Burch, a two-times Olympian, made a miraculous recovery from a career-threatening injury, having ruptured both his patella tendons while playing basket...
DATE: Jan 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
Gabby Pittman, Skyler Powell and Brian Desmond have reached the qualifying standards for the Carifta Championships, to be held in the Bahamas in April.
Pittman hit the second AAA time standard she required to compete in the competition, in the 100 fr...
DATE: Jan 09, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Sport Staff
Lilly King has no regrets about calling out drug cheats at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
King grabbed international headlines when she was filmed wagging her finger at the television screen after watching her Russian rival Yulia Efimova — who ...
DATE: Jan 06, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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The Harbour Swim Club, with more than 160 active members, continue their resurgence as a major player in Bermuda swimming.
At their recent Club Championships, Harbour turned out in force with over 120 swimmers.
A plethora of personal-best times wer...
DATE: Dec 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Sport Staff
Bermudian swimmers Julian Fletcher and Rebecca Heyliger both set national records at the Fina Short Course World Championships in Windsor, Ontario.
Both swimmers competed in three events each at the six-day event, with Fletcher lowering his 100-metre...
DATE: Dec 14, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
A young Warwick Academy swimmer has broken the fifteen-year-old British under-12 50 metres breaststroke record — twice.
Sam Williamson, pictured, who swims for Sharks, broke the record at the National Stadium over the weekend with a time of 33.03 sec...
DATE: Dec 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Sport Staff
The National Sports Centre is preparing for a winter training camp of 100 visiting swimmers.
It represents the largest contingent at the pool to utilise the Bermuda Tourism Authority sports tourism partnership which began two years ago.
About 70 swi...
DATE: Nov 25, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Sport Staff
St Andrew’s College had 31 athletes and coaches in Bermuda for the Remembrance Day holiday weekend.
A team of 13 swimmers and two coaches from St Andrew’s used the Bermuda Tourism Authority-National Sports Centre (BTA-NSC) sports tourism partnership,...
DATE: Nov 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Sport Staff
Julian Fletcher broke three of his own national records during a cluster of short-course events at the Fina/airweave World Cup.
The 26-year-old finished thirteenth in the 50 metres breaststroke at the World Cup Singapore in 28.65sec on October 21 be...
DATE: Nov 02, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright
Julian Fletcher broke his own national record in the 50 metres breaststroke at the Fina/airweave World Cup Singapore at the weekend.
He finished thirteenth in the 50, posting a time of 28.65sec to beat the previous record he set at the World Champion...
DATE: Oct 25, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Swimming
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AUTHOR:
Stephen Wright