There was some coverage of the Swiss Championships in Oerlikon on the Swiss television’s sport shows. On March 20th during the Sport Aktuell “Schwimmen: Rekordflut auch an Tag zwei” as well as on March 22nd during the Sport Panorama “Schwimmen: Schweizermeisterschaften in Zürich“.
Swimming
Swiss Championships 2009
Swiss Long Course National Championships were held from Thursday March 19th trough Sunday March 22nd at the indoor pool in Oerlikon. I decided to participate in only two individual sprint events at this year’s National Championships. And of course I took a lot of pride in competing with my team mates in the 4x100m freestyle relay.
The AAU Sullivan Award 2009
You can now vote for either Dara Torres or the 4x100m free U.S. relay team of Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones and Jason Lezak for the AAU Sullivan Award. Presented annually since 1930, the AAU Sullivan Award honors the outstanding amateur athlete based on leadership, character, sportsmanship and the ideals of amateurism in the United States.
6ème Meeting Lémanique
Le 6ème Meeting Lémanique a eu lieu le samedi 7 mars et dimanche 8 mars à la piscine de la Maladaire à Montreux. Ceci était la dernière compétition avant les Championnats Suisses en grand bassin à Oerlikon. J’ai participé à trois épreuves le dimanche de la compétition.
Championnat Romand d’hiver (petit bassin)
Le Championnat Romand d’hiver en petit bassin a eu lieu le samedi 28 février et dimanche 1er mars à la piscine de Tivoli à Lancy. Avec les Championnats Suisses en vue, un grand nombre des équipes Romandes ont soit décidé de sauter la compétition ou de participer au Hi-Point Meeting à Oerlikon où se dérouleront les Championnats Suisses.
IMU 2009
The 18th edition of the International Swim Meet in Uster is going to take place this Saturday, January 31 and Sunday, February 1 at the Buchholz indoor pool. I will be attending the event not as an athlete this time but with my video camera for Floswimming to cover the meet. Check out the meet’s landing page for news and results and visit the coverage page for all the races and more.
Riding to Save Lives
Scott Goldblatt, former US Olympic Swimmer, is participating in the Team in Training project to help advance LLS’s mission. Visit the project site to keep tabs on his progress and if you can, please make a donation to support his mission to wipe out blood cancer.
Sport Aktuell featuring Dominik Meichtry
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.
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.