The Sport Show of the Swiss Television met up with Dominik Meichtry and his girlfriend, US swimmer Jessica Hardy, at Zurich Airport before they went home to celebrate Christmas with Dominik’s family. You can watch the video to the story on the SF website. With that said, Merry Christmas to all of you and especially Dominik. Enjoy your time in good old Switzerland.
Month: December 2008
Dominik Meichtry wins silver medal
World Team Member and fellow-countryman, Dominik Meichtry, won the silver medal in the 200m Freestyle on the last day of the European Short Course Championships in Rijeka (CRO). He led the race in Word Record pace for 150m before the very end Daniil Izotov from Russia touched out Dominik for the gold.
Les raisons du divorce entre Chris Morgan et Genève
The word is finally out. Check out the two articles at the Tribune de Genève. “L’entraîneur Chris Morgan quitte Genève Natation, mais part pas tout seul” and the official newspaper edition “Les raisons du divorce entre Chris Morgan et Genève“.
Copa da Natal 2008
On Saturday Dec 6th and Sunday Dec 7th I participated at the Copa da Natal hosted by the Flippers Team Locarno at the Centro Sportivo di Tenero.
Short Course Championships Lausanne
Swiss Short Course National Championships were held from Friday November 28th trough Sunday November 30th at the Piscine Mon Repos in Lausanne.
Michael Phelps Named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
Michael Phelps became the first swimmer to be named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated. Full text of Sports Illustrated article.