Olympic champion Cameron Van der Burgh admits to cheating
August 8th, 2012 - 9:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The recently crowned 100m breast stroke Olympic champion Cameron Van der Burgh has just admitted that he cheated in winning the gold. The celebrated South African gold ... Read more...
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Gyurta wins 200m breaststroke gold, sets world record
August 2nd, 2012 - 2:28 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Hungary's double world champion Daniel Gyurta won the 200 metres breaststroke gold Wednesday, setting a new world record.Gyurta clocked 2 minutes, 7.28 seconds, two tenths ... Read more...
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Olympics: South Africa’s Van Der Burgh sets world record in 100m breaststroke
July 30th, 2012 - 4:28 am ICT by IANS
London, July 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh took the Olympic 100 metres breaststroke gold in a world record time Sunday.Van der Burgh, 24, got a fast ... Read more...
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South African swimmer finds a bat
October 6th, 2010 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Gues what ace South African swimmer Cameron van der Burgh found in his room in the Commonwealth Games Village? A bat! And he put up a photo ... Read more...
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Roll of honour at the World Swimming Championships
August 3rd, 2009 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Aug 3 (DPA) The following is the list of all the medal winners from World Swimming Championships that concluded here late Sunday.
MEN50m freestyleGold: Cesar Cielo Filho (Brazil) 21.08 secSilver: Frederick ... Read more...
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Plethora of records at World Swimming Championships
August 3rd, 2009 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Aug 3 (DPA) An astounding 43 world records were set at the World Swimming Championships that concluded at the Foro Italico here late Sunday.
July 26 (6 world records):Sarah ... Read more...
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World records set at the swimming world championships
July 31st, 2009 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, July 31 (DPA) A list of the world records set at the Foro Italico in Rome by the end of Thursday's events. The competition ends Sunday.
Sunday July 26 (Six world ... Read more...
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World records set at the swimming world championships
July 30th, 2009 - 7:06 am ICT by IANS
Rome, July 30 (DPA) A list of the world records set at the Foro Italico in Rome by the end of Wednesday's events. The competition ends Sunday.
Sunday July 26 (6 world ... Read more...
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High-tech swim suits lead to amazing records in World Championships
July 28th, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, July 28 (DPA) Swimmers feel that the new performance-enhancing high-technology suits being used by most competitors played a big part in the flood of world records that were being broken ... Read more...
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Records continue to tumble at world championships
July 28th, 2009 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
Rome, July 27 (DPA) The final session in the swimming competition at the world championships in Rome Monday saw more records being broken, following the setting of three new world earlier ... Read more...
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Brazilian swimmer breaks world record in 50-meter breaststroke
May 10th, 2009 - 6:39 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, May 10 (EFE) Brazilian swimmer Felipe Franca has set a new world record in the 50-meter breaststroke clocking 26.89 seconds at a match here.
He Friday beat the previous record ... Read more...
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