Water polo pioneer Bridgette Gusterson and synchronized swimmer Anastasia Davydova will both be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame Class of 2017.
The ceremonies for those two, as well as 16 other inductees, will be held Aug. 25-27 in Fort Lauderdale, Fl.
Gusterson made her first Australian National Team appearance in 1992, and 212 international matches later, she scored a total of 400 goals. Some of her highlights include a hat-trick she scored to lead Australia to the World Cup gold medal over the Netherlands in 1995. She also captained the Australia water polo team to the gold medal at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, the first time women’s water polo appeared at an Olympic Games. In Sydney, she scored the winning goal in the host country’s semifinal win over Russia. In the gold medal game, she made the game-winning assist with just 1.3 seconds left to help Australia win the gold medal.
She was also the first Australian woman to receive a contract to play in Europe, when she played for t
Bridgette Gusterson, Anastasia Davydova to be inducted into International Swimming Hall of Fame
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Denmark’s Pernille Blume crushes Day 1 of Edinburgh International Swim Meet
The 2016 Olympic gold medalist Pernille Blume dominated the first day of the Edinburgh International Swim Meet.
The two-time Olympic medalist crushed the 50m freestyle in her post-Rio debut. The Danish swimmer touched at an impressive 24.68, securing the sixth fastest time of her own swimming career. Later in the day she swam even faster, touching with a winning time of 24.51, the fifth fastest time in the world this season.
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The 22-year-old swam her best time of 24.07 at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games this past summer, becoming the first Danish swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal since Karen Harup at the 1948 Olympic Games in London.
Blume was Denmark’s flag bearer at the closing ceremonies in Rio.
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France’s Laure Manaudou honored into ISHOF Class of 2017
On Monday, The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) announced that France’s Laure Manaudou will be one of the 17 others honored into the ISHOF as the Class of 2017.
Manaudou is the sixteenth member named to the class and will be recognized at the ceremonies on August 25-27 in Fort Lauderdale.
At just the age of 16, Manaudou won a French national title in the 50m backstroke. A year later she went on to win golds in the 400m, 800m, 1500m, 50m back and 100m back at the French Nationals and qualified for her first Olympic team. Manaudou won the gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics in the 400m freestyle, winning France’s first Olympic gold medal ever for women’s swimming. She also won a silver medal in the women’s 800m freestyle. Manaudou competed in the 2008 and the 2012 Olympic Games.
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Manaudou is a three-time Olympic medalist, three-time World Champion, 18-time European
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Russian duo wins women’s duet technical synchronized swimming at Worlds
The Russian duo of Alexandra Patskevich and Svetlana Kolesnichenko won the women’s duet technical synchronized swimming title on Sunday.
Their win gives Russia its third gold medal of the world swimming championships, which started this weekend in Budapest.
Patskevich and Kolesnichenko scored a 94.0775 to defeat runner-ups Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting of China by 0.974 points.
Ukraine’s Yelyzaveta Yakhno and Anna Voloshyna won the bronze medal.
This marks Kolesnichenko’s 14th overall gold medal at the world championships, equaling Anastasia Davydova’s tally. Only compatriots Svetlana Romashina (22) and Natalia Ishchenko (20) have won more.
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Meanwhile, in other events at the world championships, France’s Aurelie Muller won the 10K open water swimming title. The defending world champion had a disappointing performance at the Rio Olympics last summer, where she was disqualified and stripped of her silver
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Japan's synchronized swimming duet free prelim good for 3rd
Japan's Yukiko Inui and Risako Mitsui land in third place after their synchronized swimming duet free preliminary routine
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Japan's synchronized swimmers secure bronze medals in duet
Rikako Mitsui and Yukiko Inui took bronze medals in the synchronized swimming duet after completing their free routine
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Japan's synchronized swimming duet free prelim good for 3rd
Japan's Yukiko Inui and Risako Mitsui land in third place after their synchronized swimming duet free preliminary routine
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Japan's synchronized swimmers secure bronze medals in duet
Rikako Mitsui and Yukiko Inui took bronze medals in the synchronized swimming duet after completing their free routine
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Japan's synchronized swimming duet free prelim good for 3rd
Japan's Yukiko Inui and Risako Mitsui land in third place after their synchronized swimming duet free preliminary routine
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Japan's synchronized swimmers secure bronze medals in duet
Rikako Mitsui and Yukiko Inui took bronze medals in the synchronized swimming duet after completing their free routine
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China Swipes 7 Gold Out of 10 at FINA Artistic Swimming World Series
By SwimSwam on SwimSwam Courtesy: FINA
Team China distinguished itself this weekend in Beijing (CHN) as the capital hosted the second meet of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2018 from April 20-22.
The hosts swept seven gold medals out of ten over the three-day competition, while Uzbekistan took two titles and Slovakia one.
World silver medallists the twin sisters Jiang Wenwen and Tingting were the best in both the duet technical and free collecting respectively 90.5171 and 92.8000 points for their impressive routines.
Young Chinese mixed duet composed of Shi Haoyu/Zhang Yiyao bagged the gold in the mixed events (76.9274 for the technical and and 77.8667 for the free). Team China also claimed victory in the Team Free (92.2333) / Technical (89.0903) and Combination (93.2667).
Uzbekistan showed great form this weekend in Beijing as the team won the Highlight event and soloist Toshkhujaeva Khonzodakhon clinched gold in the Solo Free with 81.9333 points. She proved too strong for the Solo Technical winner
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Yukiko Inui Shines in Tokyo with 7 Gold Medals
By SwimSwam on SwimSwam Courtesy: FINA
Yukiko Inui showed top form this weekend at the third leg of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2018 (from April 27-30) as the Japanese star collected seven gold medals.
Olympic silver medallist Inui was the best in both the solo technical and free routines and collected 90.3361 and 92.6670 points respectively. Evangelia Platanioti of Greece and Linda Cerutti of Italy then shared the silver and bronze medals at stake. Platanioti secured the second position in the technical routine with 87.3993. while she was third in the solo free with 89.7667.
Inui added both duet technical and free event to her Tokyo tally together with teammate Kanami Nakamaki. The pair scored 91.0427 (technical) and 92.4333 (free). Linda Cerruti/Costanza Ferro secured the second position in both duet events, while Spain’s Paula Ramirez/Sara Saldana Lopez took bronze in the duet technical and the Greek girls Evangelia Papazoglou/Evangelia Platanioti were the last one on the duet free podium.
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Alexander Popov Loses ROC Presidential Vote to Stanislav Pozdnyakov
By Reid Carlson on SwimSwam Legendary Russian sprinter and 9-time Olympic medalist Alexander Popov came up short when the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) voted to elect a new president Tuesday.
Popov, who was nominated for the ROC presidency earlier this month by the Shooting Union of Russia to succeed outgoing ROC president Alexander Zhukov, lost the vote to the only other candidate in the race, four-time Olympic fencing champion Stanislav Pozdnyakov.
Zhukov, who did not seek re-election, will now serve as Honorary President of the ROC.
A press release from the Russian Olympic Committe says that of the 272 voting ROC delegates, 214 voted for Pozdnyakov, 56 voted for Popov, one’s vote was considered invalid, while the final voting member was absent.
Though Popov’s bid for ROC President was unsuccessful, Vladimir Salnikov, the former world record holder in the 400m, 800m, and 1500m freestyles and first man under 15-minutes in the 1500, was re-elected to the Executive Board of the ROC. Salnikov also serves as t
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Inui, Simoneau Star in Solo Events at Artistic Swimming Series in Greensboro
By SwimSwam on SwimSwam Courtesy: FINA The sixth leg of the FINA Artistic Swimming World Series 2019 came to an end on Sunday evening (May 26) in Greenboro, USA, as Japan’s Olympic star Yukiko Inui and Canada’s discipline sensation Jacqueline Simoneau displayed constant and excellent results in the solo technical and solo free events. Veteran Yukiko Inui clinched the victory in both the events with 91.8795 points for her technical routine and 93.7583 points for her free performance. Last leg’s solo winner Jacqueline Simoneau (in Beijing) settled for silver this time in the U.S. with 88.2067 and 90.5083 points respectively. Colombia’s Monica Arango Estrada (79.0542, solo tech) and Argentina’s Camila Maria Arregui (76.3000, solo free) completed the two podiums. Team Japan won the two team events gold medals on offer. They secured 92.0689 and 92.2833 points for their technical and free performances, while USA and Colombia claimed silver and bronze in both events. Japan did not stop there and added an extra gold
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USA Synchro Renamed To USA Artistic Swimming, Launches We Move As One Campaign
By SwimSwam on SwimSwam Courtesy: USA Artistic Swimming COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – In a little more than a year, the organization formerly known as USA Synchronized Swimming or USA Synchro for short has transformed itself. Under the leadership of their board of directors they have hired a new Chief Executive Officer, arguably the best coaching staff in the world, revitalized events, directly partnered with the USA Artistic Swimming Foundation, solidified an athlete first athlete policy and made sure the members always come first. All of this has built up to the greatest change the organization has ever made. After 41 years, the organization has voted to approve the official name change from USA Synchronized Swimming to USA Artistic Swimming. As many know the change comes approximately two and a half years after the international federation for Artistic Swimming, FINA, made the change. While that played an important role in the decision, USA Artistic Swimming CEO Adam Andrasko said this change was also a chanc
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U.S. artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez saved from drowning by coach
It was determined Alvarez fainted as she did at last summer's Olympic qualifiers in Barcelona.
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