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Phelps cuts it too fine for coach's comfort
BEIJING AFP — Michael Phelps's close-run victory in the 100m butterfly made for great drama at the Water Cube on Saturday, but coach Bob Bowman could have done with a little less excitement. "On the turn, I thought, 'Man, you are a little far back,'" Bowman said, adding that...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bowman, butterfly
Research articles 2008-08-15
Phelps catches breath for final push to history
BEIJING, AFP — Michael Phelps came up for air Thursday morning, swimming just the semi-finals of the men's 200m individual medley as he positioned himself for the next step on his road to Olympic history. "I just wanted to win my heat," said Phelps, who did so in 1min...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Beijing, butterfly, team
Research articles 2008-08-13
Scoreboard
Calendar Professional BASEBALL Kansas City at Oakland, 2:35 p.m. Youth BASEBALL NBC Hap Dumont World Series, 17-under and 18-under, at Lake Shawnee Baseball Complex Golf World ranking 1. Tiger Woods__USA__19.12 ...
Tags: Baseball, Beach, Butterfly, CNBC, League, Marathon, NBC Universal Inc., Olympic, Paul, Russia, Soccer, U.S., women
Research articles 2008-07-30
Scoreboard
Calendar Professional BASEBALL Kansas City at Oakland, 2:35 p.m. Youth BASEBALL NBC Hap Dumont World Series, 17-under and 18-under, at Lake Shawnee Baseball Complex Golf World ranking 1. Tiger Woods__USA__19.12 ...
Tags: Baseball, Beach, Butterfly, CNBC, League, Marathon, NBC Universal Inc., Olympic, Paul, Russia, Soccer, U.S., women
Research articles 2008-07-30
WATERSHED OPPORTUNITY
Justin Day stepped on the starting blocks of the Air Force Academy pool, let his arms dangle and took a deep breath as he gazed into the dark blue in front of him. "Take your mark!" someone shouted. Day bent his knees, poised and...
Tags: Air Force, butterfly, CAREER, INTERNET
Research articles 2008-06-26
Smit snags three gold medals at Janet Evans swim invitational
LOS ANGELES AFP — Pan American gold medallist Julia Smit won three gold medals Saturday at the Janet Evans Invitational swimming meeting. Smit won the 200m freestyle, 400m individual medley and 200m backstroke to take home all but one of the individual women's golds on offer on the night....
Tags: Agence France-Presse, butterfly, medal
Research articles 2008-06-07
Australia's D'Arcy axed from Olympic pool after brawl
SYDNEY AFP — Swimmer Nick D'Arcy was dropped from the Australian Olympic team on Friday for bringing the sport into disrepute after a bar brawl that left a fellow swimmer with a broken jaw and nose. The 20-year-old will appear in court on April 21 on charges of assault...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, butterfly, team
Research articles 2008-04-17
Tancock eases through 100m medley heats at swimming champs
MANCHESTER AFP — Britain's Liam Tancock and in-form Ryan Lochte eased through the 100m Individual Medley heats at the World short-course Championships in Manchester on Saturday. Tancock, who won the hosts' first title in the 100m backstroke, qualified from the heats with the second fastest time behind American Lochte,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, Britain, butterfly, Manchester, women
Research articles 2008-04-12
Aussie Olympic swimmer regrets bar incident
SYDNEY AFP — Australian swimmer Nick D'Arcy on Wednesday said he regretted being involved in an early morning bar incident which could cost him his place on the Olympic team. D'Arcy, 20, risks being banned from competing in Beijing after he was charged with assault over the Sunday morning...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, butterfly, media, Olympic, team
Research articles 2008-04-01
Australian Olympic swimmer charged with assault
SYDNEY AFP — Australian Olympic swimmer Nick D'Arcy was Monday charged with assault following an investigation into a fight at a Sydney nightspot, reports said. Former Commonwealth swimming champion Simon Cowley suffered a broken jaw and broken nose in the incident in the early hours of Sunday. Without...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, athlete, butterfly, Olympic, Sydney, team
Research articles 2008-03-31
Nakamura leads Japan swimming Open
TOKYO AFP — Olympic bronze medallist Reiko Nakamura continued her record-breaking form at the Japan Open short course swimming championships Sunday by setting a new national best in the 100-metre backstroke. The 25-year-old, who broke the 200-metre world record on Saturday, clocked in at 58:08 seconds for the 100-metres,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, butterfly
Research articles 2008-02-24
Nakamura and Nakanishi issue Olympic swimming warning
TOKYO AFP — Athens Olympic bronze medallists Reiko Nakamura and Yuko Nakanishi issued an Olympic warning by setting new world records at the Japan Open short course swimming championships on Saturday. Nakamura clocked two minutes 3.24 seconds to win the women's 200-metre backstroke, beating the previous mark of 2:03.62...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, butterfly, Olympic, women
Research articles 2008-02-23
Smithsonian all aflutter over new exhibit
Best known for dinosaur bones and a giant stuffed elephant, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., opens a new permanent exhibit on Friday: a butterfly pavilion. "Butterflies + Plants: Partners in Evolution" lets visitors get up close and personal with 400 of the fluttery creatures and...
Tags: butterfly, exhibit, Smithsonian Institution
Research articles 2008-02-14
Phelps wins twice, finishes with five titles at US swim meet
LONG BEACH, California AFP — US swim star Michael Phelps won titles in the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard backstroke but settled for second in the 100-yard breaststroke Monday at the Southern California Grand Prix meet. Phelps finished with five titles in his first major competition of a year that...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, butterfly
Research articles 2008-01-21
Jedrzejczak and Cseh set short-course world records
DEBRECEN, Hungary AFP — Poland's Otylia Jedrzejczak set a new short-course world record in the women's 200m butterfly at the European Championships here on Thursday in a time of 2min 03.53sec. It beat the previous best by China's Yu Yang who clocked 2:04.04 in January 2004 in Berlin. ...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, butterfly, Hungary
Research articles 2007-12-13
Swimming: Mayor rules after super showing
CITY of Newcastle's Andrew Mayor is Britain's top butterfly swimmer as the crucial Olympic season gets into full swing. Representing Great Britain at the Eindhoven International Meet, Mayor was not only up against a strong European field but also Todd Cooper, the No 1 British swimmer in the 100m...
Tags: Britain, butterfly, Cooper
Research articles 2007-12-12
Butterfly gets granny's name, at a price
MIAMI AFP — A winning bid of almost 40,800 dollars bought the right to name a newly discovered rare owl butterly species after a grandmother of five who died 35 years ago, the University of Florida announced on Tuesday. The species will now be commonly known as the "Minerva...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, butterfly, Butterfly, E-business/E-commerce, INTERNET, Mexico, species
Research articles 2007-11-21
Rare butterfly species named after Indonesian first lady
JAKARTA AFP — Indonesia's First Lady Kristiani Herawati received a rare honour Tuesday when she was presented with a specimen of a rare Papuan butterfly species named after her. The mainly brown and black butterfly was just one of a number of new species discovered in a virtual "lost...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, butterfly, species
Research articles 2007-11-13
Protecting our natural heritage
Set the video. Every Wednesday on BBC One at 9pm, there's a series that looks at the fabulous flora and fauna which exists within our own green and pleasant land. Urban Britain, BBC One, October 24 Matt Baker finds out how rare wildlife is doing in Morpeth. The white-clawed...
Tags: Britain, British Broadcasting Corp., butterfly, MARKETING
Research articles 2007-10-23
Assured Automation Announces New ST Resilient Seated Butterfly Valve Series
Wafer and Lug Style Butterfly Valves Features Direct Mount Actuators CLARK, N.J. -- Assured Automation announces its new line of Resilient Seated Butterfly Valves. The ST valves offer high Cv flow coefficients, ISO top mounting, one-piece body with self-centering disc and a large selection of direct mount actuators and...
Tags: automation, butterfly, disc, ISO, Quality, wafer
Research articles 2007-07-25
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