Who said nice guys can’t be winners? Eleven major medals in a career spanning 10 years says otherwise if you are Steve Parry, who called time on his swimming exploits shortly before this years World Championship trials, only seven months after his biggest achievement, Olympic bronze.
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pullbuoy swimmers of the year 2004
Better late than never, as they say; 2004 may be only a memory, but there is still the need to select pullbuoy's British swimmers of the year for last year. It was a year of mixed fortunes from Britain's swimmers, with the highs of the Olympic trials not translating into an avalanche of medals … Continue Reading→
davies snatches superb bronze
David Davies elevated himself to the highest echelons of 1500m swimming as he took a sensational Olympic bronze medal in the fastest race ever seen. The young Welshman set a new European Record and destroyed his own British record by almost 12 seconds, coming home in 14:45.95.
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british records fall in athens
David Davies led the way as three British records were set in the heats on the penultimate day of competition in the Olympic pool. Davies’ 14:57.03 in the 1500m was the fastest ever heat swim and was swiftly followed by medley relay records for both the men’s and women’s squads
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medal agony for goddard
James Goddard won and lost an Olympic bronze medal inside a topsy-turvy thirty minute period at the Olympic Aquatic Centre last night. Goddard was promoted after race winner Aaron Peirsol was disqualified forbefore the American was reinstated on a technicality.
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