Candian backstroker Riley Janes injured his back in this morning's heats for the men's 100 backstroke, as he collided with the underwater 'halibut' camera from the start. The camera runs on a rail fitted to the bottom of the pool.
Janes always starts deep to allow him to use his excellent dolphin kick, … Continue Reading→
Monthly Archives: August 2002
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Heidi Earp: is she ill?
When talking to the press after this morning's 100m breastroke heats, Heidi Earp let it slip that she hadn't swum as well as she had hoped to in the 200m final last night, as a result of an illness. When asked why she had swum she replied, "my coach made me!".
CG day 3: England take Australia to the wire
The third day of swimming competition had already had its fair share of controversy before we event got to the finals session with Matt Welsh’s perhaps harsh disqualification in the heats of the 200m backstroke. If the evening lacked such shocks then it more than made up for it with pure drama and some tremendous … Continue Reading→
Welsh dramatically DQ’ed in heats
World champion and hot favourite Matt Welsh has been sensationally disqualified from the heats of the 200m backstroke. He won his heat with ease but was taken out for moving at the start. Pullbuoy's source on poolside felt that Welsh had been harshly done by: "At take your marks, he came up a … Continue Reading→
England 4×200 relay line ups
Pullbuoy has learnt unofficially that the 4x200 relay team line ups for tonights finals will probably be:
women:
Pickering, Legg, Lee, Fargus
men:
Parry, Faulkner, Salter, Burnett
So, no place for world champion team member Janine Belton, who was also in the squad which set a world short course record in Norwich … Continue Reading→
women:
Pickering, Legg, Lee, Fargus
men:
Parry, Faulkner, Salter, Burnett
So, no place for world champion team member Janine Belton, who was also in the squad which set a world short course record in Norwich … Continue Reading→