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Women - 400m Freestyle Qualifiers for Sunday Finals - FINA 2007 World Championships Results
1 MANAUDOU Laure FRA 0.94 4:05.29Q CR
2 PELLEGRINI Federica ITA 0.82 4:06.51Q
3 SHIBATA Ai JPN 0.86 4:07.17Q
4 ZIEGLER Kate USA 0.8 4:07.18Q
5 MACKENZIE Linda AUS 0.8 4:07.26Q
6 JEDRZEJCZAK Otylia POL 0.82 4:08.16Q
7 JACKSON Joanne GBR 0.79 4:08.17Q
8 HOFF Kathryn USA 0.79 4:08.38Q
FULL RESULTS
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M-E board considers options for swimming pool (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
ENDWELL -- The Maine-Endwell Board of Education now faces a decision on what to do with the high school swimming pool following voters' defeat of a $5.8-million proposal to upgrade the facility.
2007 World Championships Reportedly Not Doing Blood Tests for Doping
An article in The Sunday Telegraph, by Jim Wilson (Australia), reports that no blood testing will be done to detect banned substances during the Fina World Champs. Only urine samples...
Boy Finds Mom Unconscious in Swimming Pool (WOAI)
A late night swim turned tragic for a family on the Far Northwest Side on Tuesday.
Swimming Heat Sheets for World Champs On-line
Omega Timing has the posted heat sheets on-line for the 2007 men's and women's swimming events at the 2007 FINA World Championships, Melbourne. Up first, on 25 March:
Women's Heats of...
Men - 50m Butterfly Qualifiers for Sunday's Semi-finals - FINA 2007 World Championships Results
1 CROCKER Ian USA 23.30Q
2 SCHOEMAN Roland RSA 23.49Q
3 BREUS Sergiy UKR 23.61Q
4 FROLANDER Lars SWE 23.66Q
5 MILORAD Cavic SRB 23.71Q
6 SUBIRATS ALTES Albert VEN 23.73Q
7 SERDINOV Andriy UKR 23.92Q
7 ANDKJAER Jakob Schiott DEN 23.92Q
9 WELSH Matt AUS 23.95Q
10 RAJAKYLA Matti FIN 23.98Q
11 BOUSQUET Frederick FRA 24.00Q
12 ARNARSON Orn ISL 24.02Q
12 PINI Ryan PNG 24.02Q
12 TAKAYASU Ryo JPN 24.02Q
15 FERNS Lyndon RSA 24.05Q
16 MANKOC Peter SLO 24.06 swim-off
16 RUPPRATH Thomas GER 24.06 swim-off
16 GODEC Jernej SLO 24.06 swim-off
FULL RESULTS
Swim-Off #1 Results:
1 GODEC Jernej SLO 23.74 swim-off (again!)
1 MANKOC Peter SLO 23.74 swim-off (again!)
3 RUPPRATH Thomas GER 23.90
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SWIMMING: Does Ridgefield need two town pools? (Ridgefield Press)
The pool at Barlow Elementary School will cost $85,000 to run next year, and town officials have said it might make sense to close it in the near future.
Swimming pool safety starts with parents (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
A life jacket. A lifeguard. Neither can keep a small child from drowning in a pool without the presence of the most important part of the safety equation: The observant parent.
Swimming Pool Park to be renamed at Centennial celebration (Madera Tribune)
The public is invited on Tuesday, March 27, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. to Swimming Pool Park (corner of Fifth and Flume behind the Armory) where Madera will begin the celebration of its 100th birthday with ceremonies and the reading of a proclamation renaming the park "Centennial Park."
Men - 100m Breaststroke Qualifiers for Sunday's Semi-finals - FINA 2007 World Championships Results
1 KITAJIMA Kosuke JPN 59.96Q
2 DALE OEN Alexander NOR 1:00.34Q
3 HANSEN Brendan USA 1:00.59Q
4 TITENIS Giedrius LTU 1:00.92Q
5 LISOGOR Oleg UKR 1:00.99Q
6 GIBSON James GBR 1:01.03Q
7 DYMO Valeriy UKR 1:01.06Q
7 RICKARD Brenton AUS 1:01.06Q
9 DUBOSCQ Hugues FRA 1:01.08Q
10 VAN DER BURGH Cameron RSA 1:01.12Q
11 ALEXANDROV Mihail BUL 1:01.15Q
12 USHER Scott USA 1:01.36Q
13 COOK Christopher GBR 1:01.49Q
14 TERRIN Alessandro ITA 1:01.61Q
15 KOMORNIKOV Dmitry RUS 1:01.66Q
16 VAN AGGELE Robin NED 01:01.7 swim-off
16 SLUDNOV Roman RUS 01:01.7 swim-off
FULL RESULTS...
Cobb Limits New Swimming Pools (WXIA-TV Atlanta)
Plans for keeping cool by the pool this summer have sunk for some homeowners in Cobb County due to a crackdown on zoning laws. Valerie Hoff Reports
Men - 50m Butterfly Swim-off for Sunday's Semi-finals - FINA 2007 World Championships Results
1 GODEC Jernej SLO 23.74 swim-off (again!)
1 MANKOC Peter SLO 23.74 swim-off (again!)
3 RUPPRATH Thomas GER 23.90...
San Juan Pools Completes Second Therapy Swimming Pool for U.S. Disabled Veteran (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
LAKELAND, Fla., March 13, 2007 -- In a tangible show of support of our U.S. troops in Iraq, one company stepped up to the plate again with a therapy swimming pool. Steven Natow of Kissimmee, Florida is the second lucky veteran.
Olympian Tara Kirk's World Championship's Blog
Tara Kirk, Olympic silver-medal swimmer and holder of multiple American records, provides WCSN with exclusive insight from the FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. (WCSN)...
Men 400m Freestyle Qualifiers for Sunday Finals - FINA 2007 World Championships Results
1. VANDERKAAY Peter USA 3:45.82Q
2. PARK Tae Hwan KOR 3:46.24Q
3. PRILUKOV Yury RUS 3:46.57Q
4. MELLOULI Oussama TUN 3:46.82Q
5. STEVENS Craig AUS 3:46.96Q
6. COLBERTALDO Federico ITA 3:48.13Q
7. FESENKO Sergiy UKR...
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