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Nick Thierry

Ten Years On – In Memory Of Nick Thierry, Father Of World Swim Rankings

On this day, as each October 2 each year since his passing in 2012, we remember Nick Thierry. Today marks the tenth anniversary of his death. The Father of World Rankings and publisher of Swim Magazine, later SwimNews, has been much missed […]
Craig Lord 2022-10-02 11 minutes
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Karen Webb Moss Becomes First Woman To Chair British Swimming

Karen Webb Moss has become the first woman to Chair British Swimming, her brief to lead the regulator‘s Board “and its focus on organisational strategy and development, as well as...
Craig Lord 2022-09-30 4 minutes
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Hummel All The Buzz With A Protest Against Qatar & FIFA That Sports Stakeholders Should Sign Up To

Editorial – Bravo Hummel! Bravo Denmark! A model for being there, playing the game but not that game; for making a statement against human rights abuses that Qatar, World Cup...
Craig Lord 2022-09-30 5 minutes
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Athletes On The Front Line – Anastasia Davydova, Synchro Star & Secretary General Of Russia Olympic Committee Flees Putin & ROC’s War Cry – State Media  

Anastasia Davydova, the five-times Olympic champion in synchronised swimming and since her retirement after the London 2012 Olympic Games the secretary general of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), has fled...
Craig Lord 2022-09-27 2 minutes
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Sharron Davies Co-Authors Book (With Me) On The Battle Against Unfair Play In Women’s Sport

Sharron Davies, longtime advocate and campaigner for women in sport and justice in the face of the consequences of cheating and discrimination endured by female athletes, is the co-author of...
Craig Lord 2022-09-23 3 minutes
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Athletes Of Ukraine & Global Athlete Tell IOC Blanket Ban On Russia & Belarus Must Hold Firm: ‘Sportspeople Part Of Kremlin’s Foreign Policy’

The Athletes of Ukraine and Global Athlete have joined forces to call on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and its affiliates to hold firm on the blanket ban on Russia...
Craig Lord 2022-09-22 4 minutes
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Chad Le Clos 2.0 – South African Set To Resurface In The Lange Lane Back To “Best Shape Ever” By Paris 2024

Chad Le Clos pauses to contemplate the question from me that coach Dirk Lange had started their first conversation with when the South African ace called to speak about working...
Craig Lord 2022-09-21 15 minutes
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Dirk Lange On Smart Evolution Of International Pro-Swim Teams Tailored To The Individual As Chad Le Clos Flies To Frankfurt

Chad Le Clos’ impending move to coach Dirk Lange in Frankfurt offers not only hope of revival for the South African ace a decade after he produced one of the...
Craig Lord 2022-09-14 16 minutes
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Paolo Barelli LEN president at the opening of the Nyon offices - Photo courtesy of Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia

FINA Ethics Panel Suspends Italy Swim Boss Paolo Barelli Pending Outcome Of Inquiry Into Allegations of Financial Irregularities

Paolo Barelli, the former president of the European Swimming League (LEN), ex-vice-president and member of the FINA executive and current president of the Italian Swimming Federation, has been slapped with...
Craig Lord 2022-09-14 2 minutes
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David Popovici - by Matei Buta, courtesy of arena

David Popovici – 2 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days Of Pioneering In The Pool From The Swimmer Of 2022

David Popovici has surely earned a rest – two global, two European championships in two months, two weeks and two days, each one delivering confirmation that the Romanian teenager who...
Craig Lord 2022-09-05 4 minutes
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Zé Nando Baltar Leite - courtesy of Real Clube Fluvial Portuense

Adeus Zé Nando Baltar Leite – Portugal Mourns Swimmer-Turned-Coach Who Guided Others To Their Olympic Dream

José Fernando Baltar Leite, known to the swimming community, friends and family in Portugal as Zé Nando, passed away late last week after battling cancer. He is survived by his...
Craig Lord 2022-09-05 4 minutes
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Mike Burton - distance king of 1968-1972

Iron Mike Burton & The Historic Defence Of The Olympic 1500m Free Crown As Swimming Ended At Munich 1972 This Day 50 Years Ago

Born on the eve of Independence Day, July 3, 1947, Michael Burton, of Sacramento, California, would grow into one of the greats of distance freestyle: he won three Olympic gold...
Craig Lord 2022-09-04 No comments 7 minutes
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American gold, l-r: Deena Deardurff, Sandy Neilson, Melissa Belote and Cathy Carr - 4x100m medley, Munich 1972 - courtesy of YouTube still and Wikipedia

The Legend, The Lore, The Hidden Tragedy In American Olympic 4×100 Medley Gold This Day 50 Years Ago At Munich 1972

On this day 50 years ago in Munich, The United States 4x100m medley quartet of Melissa Belote, Cathy Carr, Deena Deardurff and Sandy Neilson dominated the Olympic final for gold in...
Craig Lord 2022-09-03 6 minutes
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Melissa Belote - from promising and determined youth to Olympic champion and later coach - screenshots courtesy of YouTube video of Melissa Belote's induction into the 2020 class at the Pac-12 Hall of Honor

When Melissa Belote Bagged Three Backstroke Golds At Munich 1972 – The 1st Won This Day 50 Years Ago

Melissa Louise Belote, of Washington, D.C., sat and watched four days of racing at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games before her turn came: after heats and semi-finals of the 100m...
Craig Lord 2022-09-02 9 minutes
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Chad Le Clos Makes New Start With Coach Dirk Lange In Frankfurt On Way To Paris 2024 Olympics

Chad Le Clos, London 2012 Olympic 200m butterfly champion, is to join coach Dirk Lange’s Frankfurt program to prepare for a fourth Olympics campaign at Paris 2024. Now 30, Le...
Craig Lord 2022-09-02 2 minutes
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One man's "Finest Gold" is another's lifelong struggle to come to terms with injustice delivered his own team officials - images, Brad Cooper, left, on the cover of his autobiography; and Rick DeMont being comforted by his mother in Munich, courtesy of Wikipedia

When Brad Cooper Got Gold & Rick DeMont Paid A Price For The Failures Of U.S. Officials

This day 50 years ago at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, 16-year-old Rick DeMont and 18-year-old Brad Cooper were split by 0.01sec as first and second home in the 400m...
Craig Lord 2022-09-01 12 minutes
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Golden World-Record Wins For Karen Moe & Gail Neall In Munich 50 Years Ago This Day

On his day 50 years ago at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, Mark Spitz claimed golds No4 and 5 of a record seven-titles campaign and the women’s crowns went to...
Craig Lord 2022-08-31 7 minutes
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When Gunnar Larsson Got Gold 4:31.981 To 4:31.983 Over Tim McKee In Munich 400 Medley That Stopped Swim Clock At 0.01 For Next 50 Years

It would be the first and last time that Olympic swimming gold would be won by such an infinitesimal margin – 4:31.981 and 4:31.983, Gunnar Larsson the victor, Tim McKee...
Craig Lord 2022-08-30 8 minutes

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