The second day of the International Swimming League’s (ISL) double-header saw 25 British athletes in action as Freya Anderson and Adam Peaty topped and tailed the Match 8 schedule with race victories for London Roar. With her team looking to make up the deficit from day one, Freya Anderson got London Roar off to the […]
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Ema Rajic Breaks Cal Record in 100 Breaststroke in Non-Scoring Dual With Stanford
Junior Ema Rajic set a Cal record in the 100-yard breaststroke and posted the No. 2 time in school history in the 200 breast, as the Golden Bears took on Stanford for a second consecutive weekend in a non-scoring dual meet Saturday. Ema Rajic covered the 100 breast in 58.93, just under her mark of 58.97 from […]
BRITON PEATY BREAKS WORLD RECORD IN 100-METER BREASTSTROKE IN SHORT WATER
At the International swimming League stage, Briton Adam Peaty set a world record in the 100-meter breaststroke in short water. At the competition held in Budapest, the 25-year-old covered the distance in 55.49 seconds, improving the previous achievement of Cameron van Der Burgh by 0.12 seconds. Curiously, van Der Burgh’s record lasted exactly 11 years […]
What you need to know about pool swimming
Basic swimming rules ● 1 rule – do not eat before the swim Water puts a lot of pressure on your abdomen, and if there is food in your stomach, the pressure increases and you may feel sick. Therefore, it is not recommended to eat two hours before class and one hour after. ● 2 […]
Khailova won the 1500m freestyle at the Russian Championship
Alexandra Khailova won the 1500m freestyle swim at the Russian Swimming Championships in Kazan.Khailova swam the distance in 16 minutes 35.38 seconds. The second place was taken by Yana Kurtseva (16.40.47), the third was Ekaterina Sorokina (16.47.91).The Russian Swimming Championships will end on Friday. Borodin: Russia’s record is 200 m more expensive than 400 m […]
2 best men’s swimmers in the world
Mark Spitz (Modesto, California, USA) The champion developed a love of swimming since childhood. At the age of 3, he was already a good swimmer, at 5 he started competing, and at 10 he won his first victories and became the owner of 17 national and 1 world records. When the swimmer was 15, he […]
The history of swimming
Swimming is a sport, the essence of which is to overcome a certain distance by swimming in the shortest time. Swimming is certainly one of the oldest sports. People many centuries ago adopted different ways of swimming from animals, which helped them in fishing, moving from coast to coast, or simply in military Affairs. The […]
Efimova: The dream of gold OI allows you to stay in the sport
Three-time Olympic medalist in swimming Yulia Efimova admitted that the dream of winning Olympic gold makes her stay in the sport, and if she won it at the first Games, she could end her career.Efimova is a bronze medalist at the Olympic games in London and a silver medalist at the games in Rio de […]
Adam Peaty – British Swimming World-Class Programme
Adam Peaty is among 53 athletes who have been selected for the British Swimming World-Class Programme (WCP) for the 2020-2021 season. There is though no place for IMers Hannah Miley and Aimee Willmott – who boast four Olympic finals, eight European medals and the last three Commonwealth titles between them. Neither is their fellow medley specialist Abbie Wood selected for the programme […]
Efimova plans to fly from the United States to participate in the Russian swimming Championships
Six-time world champion in swimming Yulia Efimova would like to take part in the Russian swimming Championships. This was reported by the athlete’s agent Olga Eliseeva. Efimova is currently in the United States. “Yulia would like to fly to the Russian championship. But now it is difficult to plan anything, everything is constantly changing. We […]