World Short Course Championships

2012 World Championships Medals Recap; Lochte Makes History

Ryan Lochte earned 8 medals at the World Championships to win the FINA Trophy for best male swimmer of the meet. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Zhao, Pedersen and Kaneda break championship records while Lochte collects his 16th world short course championship Gold

Men’s 100 freestyle Earlier in the meet Vladimir Morozov broke the championships record in the 100 freestyle in the lead…

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Americans Swap Two Out For Women’s 400 Free Relay

Megan Romano scratched the 200 back to focus on a finals swim in the 400 free relay (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Ryan Lochte’s Got New Shoes

Ryan Lochte’s “teddy bear” shoes. (Photo Credit: Christine Magnuson)

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World short course championships; Day 4 Preliminaries

Women’s 50 backstroke The women’s 50 backstroke saw the World Championships record holder Jing Zhao of China qualify first in…

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Hosszu out of the 400 freestyle final

Swim Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures

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Hannah Miley Breaks European Record on Day 1 of Short Course Worlds

Ryan Lochte also became the meet’s first medalist with a controlled but quick 200 freestyle. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Olympic Champion Meilutyte sets championships record; Day one preliminaries

The 11th FINA Short Course World Championships began in Istanbul, Turkey earlier today. There will be 958 athletes from 162…

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Istanbul Organizers Reveal Special Perfume for the Championships

Fans will have a chance to take more than memories from Istanbul. Well, “Istanbul Memories” at least. (Photo Courtesy: wscinstabul2012.com)

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McNulty Says No

With British Swimming looking for a new National Team Head Coach, David McNulty, who will lead the Brits at the…

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After Receiving a Refund for Their Travels Expenses the South Africans are Off to World Championships

Upon qualifying for the World Short Course Championships South African swimmers were told they would have to pay close to…

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Laura Sogar is Hitting her Senior Stride

Coming off two national championships, Laura is headed to Turkey to be part of the US team at SC World Championships. (Swim Pic Credit © Tim Binning, TheSwimPictures.com)

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Cameron van der Burgh and Roland Schoeman to Miss World Championships

As reported on the Eye Witness News website Olympic Champion and World Record Holder in the 100 breaststroke Cameron van der Burgh of…

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Brits Send 19, Including Jamieson and Halsall, to Short Course Worlds

Lougborough’s Fran Halsall, under the direction of a new coach, is one of the stars of a deep British Worlds team. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Western Kentucky’s Bruce Marchionda to Serve on US World’s Coaching Staff

Claire Donahue (picture above) revealed today that her coach has been named to the US Staff for Istanbul. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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