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Meeting International de la FFN
SAINT-RAPHAEL
Vendredi 27 Février 2009 – Dimanche 1er Mars 2009
Bassin : 50 m

Collecting these times is kinda haphazard process and really not that clear even to us. Maybe we should sometime write down the process of how we rate the results from various competitions and give them some face time here. But anyhoo, here we got with this competition.

FRIDAY results, SATURDAY results

Alain Bernard 48.83, Fabien Gilot 49.29, Boris Steimetz 49.31, Nabil Kebbab 49.45 and Gregory Mallet 49.49 in 100 free. Yulia Binach from Israel 1:08.93 and James Gibson (GBR) 1:00.93 in 100 breast. Diane Bui Duyet 59.73 in 100 fly.

Aurore Mongel swam 2:09.51 in 200 fly, Sophie De Ronchi 2:29.31 in 200 breast. In 200 free Coralie Balmy 1:58.15, men’s one saw sprinters showing respectable times as Alain Bernard won with 1:48.07, Clement Lefert close behind with 1:48.47 and Gregory Mallet third with 1:49.39.

• Zimbabwe The Herald – Search for swimming talent on
  the success story of Kirsty Coventry at the last two Olympic Games in Greece and China, a major talent identification programme, aimed at unearthing future Olympic swimming stars is underway in the country. Zimbabwe Olympic Committee board member Kathy Lobb is heading the programme with the assistance of the Zimbabwe Aquatic Union who have identified a number of provincial coaches for this scheme.
  (tags: swimming zimbabwe)
• Rebecca Soni Clocks New NCAA Record in 100 Breast
  Rebecca Soni, the 2008 Olympic Champion in the 200 breast, proved she is just as strong in the 100, setting a new NCAA record in the event tonight. Soni touched the wall in 58.10, well under the old record of 58.41, set by Stanford's Tara Kirk in 2003.
  (tags: swimming college usa pac10)
• Swimsuits built for speed
  After he swam the fastest races of his life in the Division II state championships Friday, Wyoming High School freshman Pat Dierker took off his suit, washed it out and gave it to another swimmer. That's because the suit, a blueseventy Nero model that sells for $250-$350, is too valuable for just one person to use.
  (tags: swimming highschool usa suitwars)
• Small Times – Nano-enhanced swimsuit dries quickly
  Sun Dry Technologies, a division of Solestrom International, has launched a line of nanotech-enhanced activewear fabric that repels wetness and dries within moments.
  (tags: science suitwars)
• Eurosport – Australia claim back 1904 gold medals
  Australia claim to have picked up another four Olympic swimming medals after international researchers discovered they were wrongly awarded to the United States more than a century ago.
  (tags: swimming australia olympics)
• Sky+HD screens Titanic in a London swimming pool
  Sky+HD has carried out what must be the most bonkers screening of Titanic, by showing the Oscar-winning weepie in a London swimming pool.
  (tags: what?)
• The Daily Telegraph – 201 people sick, linked to swimming pools
  Up to 19 swimming pools have been investigated after 200 people – half of them children under five – contracted a parasitic infection, New South Wales Health says.
  (tags: swimming health)
• ABC News – Underwater patrols to protect Harbour swimmers
  Underwater patrols and shark spotters are some of the measures being taken to protect competitors in this Sunday's Sydney Harbour Swim.
  (tags: australia openwaterswimming)
• Insweep – Chris Cook retires from swimming
  English Commonwealth champion Christopher Cook yesterday confirmed his retirement from swimming. Cook, 30-year-old from South Shields, attended two Olympics in 2004 and 2008.
  (tags: swimming uk)

Meeting International de la FFN
SAINT-RAPHAEL
Vendredi 27 Février 2009 – Dimanche 1er Mars 2009
Bassin : 50 m

Results

Big international competition, will update some results when one has time…

Rafa Muñoz, who trains in Marseille, has swam a new Spanish national record with 51.93 in 100 fly. Old one was 52.09 from Eindhoven Euro Champs 08.

Juniorsko PH
27.02.2009.-01.03.2009
Bazenu ŠC Poljud, Split
25 m

Methinks this happen to be national competition, notsosure, but anyhoo, here we go.

New junior records in 400 free as Ivan Krišto (1992) clocks 3:53.00 and in 200 IM as Dujam Sablić (1992) wins in 2:01.68.

More info

Österreichischen Hallen-Staatsmeisterschaften im Schwimmen
26.2.-1.3.2009
Wiener Stadthallenbad
50 m

ÖHSTM: Tag 2: Rekord- und WM-Limitwelle in Wien

Second day in Wiener Stadthallenbad was quite a rich with records from seasoned veterans. Jukic-family and Dominik Koll were some of the swimmers who re-wrote record books.

In men’s 50 free Martin Spitzer missed Daniel Schmollinger’s eight year old national mark with just three hundreths of a second clocking 23.13. In 400 free David Brandl lost the race and same time lost also his own national record as Dominik Koll triumphed. Koll clocked 3:48.15 for the win and new record, Brandl second with 3:49.73. Dinko Jukic had a quite year in 2008 and now 2009 seems even brighter. Dinko moved his 100 fly national record to new heights with 52.03, quite a drop from 53.32 from last summer. Bernhard Wolf also swam respectable 53.90.

Mirna Jukic equaled her own record in 100 breast with 1:07.06, hitting the end just as in Beijing. Nina Dittrich broke her own national record in 200 bk with a huge margin. She had managed 2:17.02 just last summer and now went 2:14.55 for the win.. Team from ASV Linz swam new record in 4×200 free relay with 8:30.78, shaving almost eights second from the old one.

DAY 2

w 50 fr
1. Birgit KOSCHISCHEK (Eisenstädter Schwimmunion) | 00:25,98
2. Fabienne NADARAJAH (SVS Schwechat) | 00:26,41
3. Verena KLOCKER (SC IKB Stadtoasen Innsbruck) | 00:26,58
m 50 fr
1. Martin SPITZER (USC Graz) | 00:23,13
2. Dinko JUKIC (SC Austria Wien) | 00:23,54
3. Markus ROGAN (SVS Schwechat) | 00:23,73

w 100 br
1. Mirna JUKIC (SC Austrian Wien) | 1:07.06
2. Sandra SWIERCZEWSKA (Allgemeiner TV Graz) | 1:14,23
3. Nicole PICHLER (Allgemeiner TV Graz) | 1:14,23

m 100 br
1. Hunor MATE (Wolfsberger SV) | 1:01,56
2. Maxim PODOPRIGORA (Eisenstädter Schwimmunion) | 1:03,89
3. Thomas NARNHOFER (ATUS Graz) | 1:04,00

w 200 bk
1. Nina DITTRICH (ASV Linz) | 2:14,55
2. Nicole GROSS (Union Mc Donalds ADM Linz) | 02:20,52
3. Dane MULDER (Wassersportverein St. Johann i. Tirol) | 02:29,25

m 200 bk
1. Christian ZLUGA (SV Wörthersee) | 2:04,64
2. Oliver SIMKOVIC (ASV Wien) | 2:07,03
3. Sebastian PECHLOF (Welser Turnverein 1862) | 2:10,84

w 400 fr
1. Jördis STEINEGGER (ASV Linz) | 04:14,49
2. Anais SZEKENDI (Schwimmteam Delphin) | 04:25,95
3. Stefanie STÜRZL (Schwimmteam Delphin) | 04:26,31

m 400 fr
1. Dominik KOLL (SK VOEST Schwimmen) | 03:48,15
2. David BRANDL (1. Perger Schwimmverein UNIQA) | 03:49,73
3. Florian JANISTYN (SG ATV Allround Wr. Neustadt) | 03:52,15

w 100 fly
1. Birgit KOSCHISCHEK (Eisenstädter Schwimmunion) | 00:59,65
2. Eva CHAVES-DIAZ (USC Graz) | 1:03,55
3. Lisa ZAISER (SV Volksbank Spittal/Drau) | 1:04,80

m 100 fly
1. Dinko JUKIC (SC Austria Wien) | 00:52,03
2. Bernhard WOLF (Schwimm-Union-Wien) | 00:53,90
3. Dominik DÜR (Schwimmverein Vöcklabruck) | 00:55,13

w 4×200 free
1. ASV Linz | 08:30,78
2. SVS Südstadt | 09:00,20
3. Eisenstädter Schwimmunion | 09:13,33

m 4×200 free
1. ATUS Graz | 07:53,61
2. Schwimm-Union Wien | 07:58,19
3. Eisenstädter Schwimmunion | 08:00,00

• USATODAY.com – Dara Torres is back for first meet since Beijing
  The 41-year old Torres is one of 10 members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic swim team who has signed on to compete March 5-7 at the 2009 Austin Grand Prix, at the University of Texas.
  (tags: swimming usa)
• CollegeSwimming.com::George Washington Cuts DIVING
  The worsening economy is beginning to reveal itself in collegiate athletics. Days after Vermont and Northern Iowa announced the elimination of some sports, George Washington University announces it will discontinue its men's and women's diving programs effective immediately, GW Director of Athletics Jack Kvancz has announced.
  (tags: college usa diving)
• The Independent Collegian – Olympic diet
  It finally happened. I have officially lost my mind. Why else would I volunteer to eat 12,000 calories in a single day? The only real reasons I have are my own personal amusement and to have an interesting feature story for the sports section. While writing an entry on my IC blog, “All Sports Considered,” about Michael Phelps, I researched the diet Phelps claimed to eat while training for the Olympics. The diet totals 12,000 calories over three meals. I initially joked about how I could easily handle the diet, then began to seriously consider doing it, and now I am mere hours away from gorging myself like never before.
  (tags: swimming michaelphelps)
• Thorpe, Branson go bush – Northern Territory News
  A territory indigenous land council was yesterday locked in secret talks with one of the world's richest men and one of Australia's fastest swimmers.

  The Northern Territory News understands that British billionaire Richard Branson and Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe were in meetings yesterday with the Tangentyere Council – the body responsible for Alice Springs' town camps.

  (tags: australia famouspeoplemakemesick)
• Insweep – Yao Zhengjie new China's swim coach
  Yao Zhengjie was named China's national swimming coach. He replaces Zhang Yadong who will serve as the vice-president of a sports academy in Zhejiang province.
  (tags: swimming china)
• Diving in — Hartland girl excels on boys swim team (with video)
  A little encouragement can sometimes make a big splash. It did for Hartland junior Connely Ellett. Ellett is a three-sport athlete for the Eagles and she is competing as a diver on the boys swim team this winter.
  (tags: highschool usa diving)
• aquablather by Kenny
  masters swimming blog
  (tags: swimming blogosphere masters)

Österreichischen Hallen-Staatsmeisterschaften im Schwimmen
26.2.-1.3.2009
Wiener Stadthallenbad
50 m

ÖHSTM: Steinegger, D.Jukic & Dür schaffen WM-Limit

w 400 IM
1. Jördis STEINEGGER (ASV Linz) | 04:46,16
2. Uschi HALBREINER (Wolfsberger SV) | 05:00,13
3. Lisa ZAISER (SV Volksbank Spittal/Drau) | 05:02,13

m 400 IM
1. Dinko JUKIC (SC Austria Wien) | 04:17,94
2. Dominik DÜR (Schimmverein Vöcklabruck) | 04:19,59
3. Jakub MALY (SVS-Schwechat) | 04:28,93

w 800 fr
1. Nina DITTRICH (ASV Linz) | 08:45,05
2. Jördis STEINEGGER (ASV Linz) | 08:57,67
3. Stefanie STÜRZL (Schwimmteam Delphin) | 09:08,47

m 1500 fr
1. David BRANDL (1.Perger Schwimmverein UNIQA) | 15:18,85
2. Florian JANISTYN (SG ATV-Allround Wr. Neustadt) | 15:35,81
3. Matthias SCHWEINZER (ATUS Graz) | 16:20,34

50 bk in 24.53.