Tag: Sarah Sjostrom
HEARD AT HALFTIME: WADA-U.S. tensions thaw; Japan easing athlete entry for Games; Wrestling Worlds...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Anti-Doping ● The highly-publicized conflict between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the...
HIGHLIGHTS: Roglic defends Vuelta a Espana title (barely), Dressel wins five events and King...
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● Archery ● The final event of the U.S. Archery Team Qualifier Series was held in Newberry,...
THE TICKER: World Athletics offers 20 for Athletes of the Year; three ARs for...
The latest news, notes and quotes from the worldwide Five-Ring Circus:
● Athletics ● World Athletics announced its nominees for its Athletes of the Year...
HIGHLIGHTS: Record win for Jepchirchir in World Half Marathon; King streak reaches 18 straight...
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LANE ONE: As the Int’l Swimming League starts a second season, it aims to...
(★ Friends: Your 69 generous contributions paid our semi-annual server and support costs, and starts to help with December’s bill. If you would like...
LANE ONE: The top stories of 2019, from no. 5 to no. 1, a...
Let there be no doubt, this was a wild year in Olympic sport, and as with so many areas today, full of contention, argument...
HIGHLIGHTS: Corning wins second Snowboard Big Air World Cup title in Atlanta
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
On the last major weekend of Olympic sports action around the world for 2019, American Chris Corning...
SWIMMING: Two world records and eight new Americans marks in ISL finale in Las...
Despite the television announcers saying over and over again that “the times don’t matter,” the headlines from the International Swimming League final in Las...
HIGHLIGHTS: Shiffrin wins 41st career Slalom in Levi, names reindeer for Ingemar Stenmark
Headline results of noteworthy competitions around the world:
● ALPINE SKIING ● The annual Slalom competitions in Levi, Finland, ended with a fourth reindeer for...
TSX REPORT: Which marathon was better? 1:59:40 or 2:14:04? Plus a historic Worlds for...
= TSX REPORT ~ 14 October 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: Two marathon milestones in two days, but which was better? 1:59:40 or 2:14:04? Kipchoge or Kosgei?
The...
SWIMMING: Kamminga and Campbell win second World Cup clusters; Dressel MVP in ISL II
The second phase of the 2019 FINA World Cup finished on Sunday in Berlin (GER), with new winners in the cluster rankings in Arno...
SWIMMING Preview: Hosszu and Morozov closing in on Cluster 2 bonuses; ISL II bows...
The fifth leg of the FINA Swimming World Cup comes this weekend in Berlin (GER) and is the final meet of the two-event second...
TSX REPORT: Was holding the IAAF Worlds in Doha a good idea? The competition...
= TSX REPORT ~ 7 October 2019 =
| 1. | LANE ONE: Was the IAAF World Championships a success or failure in Doha?
The IAAF World Championships in Doha,...
SWIMMING: ISL I finishes with Energy Standard on top as Ledecky scares 400 m...
The first International Swimming League meet is in the books and another small crowd at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis saw more lighting effects,...
SWIMMING: Int’l Swimming League debuts in Indianapolis with strong performances, but did anybody see...
The debut of the much-heralded International Swimming League, a seven-event series of quadrangular meets among club teams in five countries, took place on Saturday...
AQUATICS: U.S. finishes World Champs with two world records and three more golds, but...
One of the oldest lines in show business is “it’s not how you start, it's how you finish” and the U.S. women put on...
SWIMMING: Five golds in six events for U.S. on Saturday, including three for Dressel...
There are days when it becomes absolutely clear that the United States is the world’s undisputed power in swimming and Saturday’s evening session at...
SWIMMING: World records for Caeleb Dressel and Regan Smith; Manuel stuns Campbell in 100...
At the 2003 World Championships, an 18-year-old Michael Phelps announced that he was someone who had to be watched at the Athens Olympics the...
SWIMMING: Hungary’s Milak erases Phelps’s world record, while Pellegrini defeats Father Time in FINA...
There was a time warp at the FINA World Championships in Gwangju (KOR) on Wednesday, with the calendar spinning back to 2009 when Michael...
SWIMMING: MacNeil stuns Sjostrom in 100 m Fly final and Dressel takes 50 m...
If Katie Ledecky’s loss in the 400 m Freestyle was an upset, the idea of seeing Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom beaten in the final of...
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