Tag: women swimmer
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Montenegro, Serbia, Hungary strengthen lead
Lausanne, Jan 15, 2014: With the European preliminaries well underway for the men’s and women’s FINA Water Polo World League, 2014 promises to be another exciting year for water polo. The third round of the men’s preliminaries was held on January 14, with the teams of Hungary, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro each claiming a win.…
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Australia Leads Gold medal tally on day 3
DUBAI – UAE, August 28, 2013: The Australian team had another great night in the pool on Day 3 of the 4th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships taking two gold and one bronze to lead the gold medal tally with six, ahead of USA with five and Russia with four. The US remains in the…
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Brazil’s Okimoto, Cunha finish 1-2 in women’s 10km
Barcelona – Spain, July 24, 2013: Poliana Okimoto Cintra (BRA) and Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) signaled Brazil’s intentions to be the faces of women’s open water swimming in the lead up to the next Olympic Games. Okimoto Cintra (1:58.19.2) touched just three tenths of a second ahead of her teammate (1:58.19.5) in the women’s 10km…
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Team Ukraine makes world podium debut
Barcelona – Spain, July 23, 2013: Ukraine celebrated their first trip to the podium at a World Championship (in synchronised swimming) with a bronze-medal winning performance in the team technical routine. The podium was exclusively European with Russia and Spain finishing 1-2. This evening at Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi, the Russians showed what they do…