European
SCM Championships Dublin 2003
Due to the wishes of many of our everyday visitors, we decided to organize
a 'bridge' between Belgrade and Dublin with the idea to follow all events
in and round pool of the National Aquatic and Leasure Center in Dublin
during all 4 days of the Short Course Championships... Our special on-line
reporter in Ireland will be Mr. Sergio Filipovic, now Headcocah of SC Braga
(Portugal), with the freshest news not only from our National team, but
also all others... So, stay with us and we're sure, you'll really
enjoy... |
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December 14,
2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Final Report on the Euro
SCM Championship's achievements...
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The 7th European Short Course Swimming Championships took place in Dublin
really fulfilled the expects. This was the greatest official LEN event
been organized by the worthy Irish Swim Federation. |
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The 40 Federations competed in Dublin : Austria/AUT (6), Belarus/BLR (7),
Belgium/BEL (5), Bosnia& Herzogovina/BIH (2), Bulgaria/BUL (4), Croatia/CRO
(15), Cyprus/CYP (1), Czech Republic/CZE (16), Denmark/DEN (15), Estonia/EST
(9), Faroes/FAR (1), Finland/FIN (14), France/FRA (32), Germany/GER (37),
Great Britain/GBR (48), Greece/GRE (16), Hungary/HUN (13), Iceland/ISL
(10), Ireland/ IRL (12), Israel/ISR (6), Italy/ITA (22), Latvia/LAT (2),
Lithuania/LTU (6), Luxembourg/LUX (2), Macedonia/MKD (3), Moldavia/MDA
(3), Netherlands/NED (19), Norway/NOR (17), Poland/ POL (12), Portugal/POR
(11), Romania/ROM (6), Russia/RUS (26), Serbia&Montenegro/SCG
(5), Slovakia/SVK (3), Slovenia/SLO (14), Spain/ESP (14), Sweden/SWE
(26), Switzerland/SUI (15), Turkey/TUR (7), Ukraine/UKR (17). |
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The official results of the Championships:
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World Records: |
| 100 Fly Men:
CAVIC Milorad SCG 50.02 |
| 4X50 Free Women:
Netherlands NED 1:37.52 SCHREUDER Hinkelien, KOSTEN Annabel, GROOT Chantal,
VELDHUIS Marleen |
| 4x50 Medley Men
- Germany 1:34.46 RUPPRATH , WARNECKE , FRIEDRICH , DEHMLOW |
| 4x50 Free Men -
Olanda 1.25.55 VEENS, KENKHUIS, DAMEN, V.D. HOOGENBAND |
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Records of the Euro Champs: |
| 400 IM Men -
CSEH Laszlo HUN 4:04.10 |
| 1500 Free Men
- PRILUKOV Yuri (RUS) 14.31.82 |
| 200 Breast Men -
EDMOND Ian (GBR) 2.05.63 |
| 200 Free Men -
V.D. HOOGENBAND Pieter (NED) 1.41.89 |
| 200 Back Women
- BUSCHSCHULTE Antje (GER) 2.04.23 |
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Federation's Rankings: |
| 1. GER 7gold 6
silver 8 bronze |
| 2. GBR 7 6 1 |
| 3. NED 5 1 2 |
| 4. SLO 3 1 1 |
| 5. HUN 3 0 1 |
| 6. SWE 2 5 0 |
| 7. RUS 2 3 2 |
| 8. FRA 2 0 2 |
| 9. FIN 2 0 1 |
| 10. ITA 1 3 3 |
| 11. UKR 1 2 4 |
| 12. CZE 1 2 1 |
| 13.
SCG 1 1 0 |
| 14. SVK 1 1 0 |
| 15. AUT 1 0 3 |
| 16. ESP 1 0 1 |
| 17. BLR 0 1 3 |
| 18. SUI 0 1 1 |
| 19. CRO 0 1 0 |
| 19. IRL 0 1 0 |
| 19. ISL 0 1 0 |
| 22. DEN 0 0 2 |
| 22. POL 0 0 2 |
| 24 LTU 0 0 1 |
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December 13,
2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
New day with the National
SCG Records, after the Cavic's stormy night...
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Day
- 3 (Dec. 13th, 2003)
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Official Results
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Evening Session
| SCG
Competitor |
Discipline |
Entered
time |
Result |
SemiFinal
Ranking |
| Mladen Tepavcevic |
50 m Breast Men |
0:28.06 |
0:27.97 |
13th |
Beretic
and Djikanovic set New National SCG Records.... Morning
Qualifies...
Morning Heats
| SCG
Competitor |
Discipline |
Entered
time |
Result |
Qualify
Ranking |
| Igor Beretic |
100 m Back Men |
0:55.95 |
0:55.69 Rec |
32nd of 37 in total |
| Danijela Djikanovic |
50 m Back Women |
0:30.17 |
0:29.54 Rec |
24th of 42 in total |
| Vladan Markovic |
200 m Fly Men |
1:58.95 |
1:59.35 |
21st of 32 in total |
| Mladen Tepavcevic |
50 m Breast Men |
0:27.49 |
0:28.06 |
15th in total - Semifinal |
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December 12,
2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day to remember for the
Swimming of Serbia & Montenegro
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Day
- 2 (Dec. 12th, 2003)
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Official Results
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Cavic's World
Record in 100 Fly Men 0:50.02 !!!!
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Nakon jucerasnjih pet trka svih pet sa novim drzavnim rekordima, Mike Cavic
je propustio ucesce u danasnjim kvalifikacijama za 100 m kraul... I naravno
to se isplatilo... Prikupljena je snaga, motivacije nije nedostajalo, valjalo
je pobediti velikog Thomas Rupprath-a... I uspelo je, i ne samo to... sa
novim Svetskim, evropskim i rekordom evropskih sampionata u malim bazenima...
Cestitke
od svih njegovih obozavalaca iz Beograda !!! |
World Record for Cavic in 100 Fly (by Nick J. Thierry
transferred from SwimNews.com) |
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| Milorad Cavic (SCG) had the performance
of the meet on the second day of the 2003 European SC Championships. Cavic
won the 100 butterfly with a 50.02, improving the old record of 50.10 by
Thomas Rupprath (GER) from 2002, who was second an arm length behind finishing
in 50.43. Of note was Andriy Serdinov (UKR) in third with 50.88. |
| "I trained hard for results," Cavic
said. "I was hoping to drop a second from my semi-final time of 51.37 yesterday.
My main focus is on the Olympics where I'll be concentrating on the 50
free and 100 fly. "I swim a fantastic 50.88," Serdinov in third said,
"and then someone I have never seen sets a World record!" |
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Image
transferred from www.swimnews.com
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Morning Heats
| SCG
Competitor |
Discipline |
Entered
time |
Result |
Qualify
Ranking |
| Danijela Djikanovic |
50 m Fly Women |
0:28.95 |
0:28.65 Rec |
41st of 50 in total |
| Igor Beretic |
50 m Back Men |
0:26.20 |
0:25.88 Rec |
32nd of 39 in total |
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Mr. Filipovic's Comments
on the Dublin '03 Day-2 morning heats...
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Zaista sam obradovan dobrim plivanjem danasnjih predstavnika Srbije i Crne
Gore, jer mi je dobro poznato u kakvim skromnim uslovima rade i kako do
poslednjeg trenutka nisu sigurni hoce li zbog ocajnih finansijskih prilika
uzeti ucesca na ovako velikim takmicenjima... Posebno sam zadovoljan novim
drzavnim rekordima Danijele Djikanovic u disciplini 50 Delfin (28.85),
kao i Igora Beretica u disciplini 50 ledjno (25.88)... |
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| Milorad Cavic
je jutros odustao od kvalifikacija u trci 100 m kraul, zbog premorenosti
u jucerasnjem danu (isplivavsi 5 trka - sve sa vremenima novih SCG rekorda),
ali i zeljom da uvece u finalu 100 Delfin, pokusa da osvoji drugu medalju
za SCG... To je sasvim realno jer je Cavic u izvarednoj formi. Pogledajte
samo tri najbolja vremena ostvarena u polufinalu: RUPPRATH Thomas GER 23.78
CAVIC Milorad SCG 23.96 i SERDINOV Andrii UKR 24.32 Pozelimo
Cavicu sve najbolje !!! |
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December 11,
2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
And finally, the SCM
Champ has started...
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Day
- 1 (Dec. 11th, 2003)
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Official Results
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Milorad Cavic
first Silver for SCG !!!
Cavic also
set 2 New SCG Rec again, this time in Semi Finals, and New one in 50 Free
Final !!!!
Final
| SCG
Competitor |
Discipline |
Entered
time |
Result |
Final
Ranking |
| Milorad Cavic |
50 m Free Men |
0:21.95 |
0:21.49 Rec |
Silver Medal |
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Mr. Filipovic's Comments
on the Dublin '03 Day-1 evening events...
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Nakon popodnevnog dela prvog dana sampionata, iskocile su prave vrednosti.
Pre svih Milorad Cavic sa novim SCG rekordom u 50 kraul, ali i zaostatkom
od samo 7/100 delova sekunde iz cuvenog Fostera (GBR) donoseci prvu medalju
za Srbiju i Crnu Goru. Od ostalih, svakako to je obaranje svetskog rekorda
u stafeti 4x50 mesovito (GER -Ruprath, Warnecke, Freidrich, Dehmlow) u
vremenu 1:34.46, zatim novi rekordi Evropskih prvenstava: Sarah
Poewe (GER) 50 prsno (30.40), Jani Sievinen (FIN) 200 mesovito (1:55.40)
i Blaz Medvesek (SLO) 200 ledjno (1:52.60)… |
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| Posebno me je
impresionirao Ruski plivac Prulikov otplivao je veceras sjajnu trku na
400 m kraul i posle relativno slabijeg prolaza 1.51sek drugih 200m otplivao
je 1.49 sek i osvojio zlato... Sto se Portugalske reprezentacije tice
u stafeti 4 x 50 mesovito u kojoj je oboren novi svetski rekord (GER),
osvojivsi 11. mesto oboren je novi drzavni rekord Portugala u vremenu
1.39.00 cemu je i moj plivac Daniel Pereira dao veliki doprinos otplivavsi
deonicu 50 ledjno za 26.33. |
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Semi Finals
| SCG
Competitor |
Discipline |
Entered
time |
Result |
SimiFinal
Ranking |
| Milorad Cavic |
50 m Free Men |
0:21.95 |
0:21.80 Rec |
5th for Final |
| Milorad Cavic |
100 m Fly Men |
0:52.03 |
0:51.37 Rec |
2nd for Final |
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Mr. Filipovic's Comments
on the Dublin '03 Day-1 morning...
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11, 2003) Prvi dan Evropskog prvenstva dan kalifikacija, prosao je
relativno bez preteranih iznenadjenja. Mogu samo konstatovati da
je ove godine to izuzetno jako takmicenje i pored izostanka nekoliko plivackih
zvezda. Otplivani rezultati nasih plivaca su relativno dobri uz dva polufinala
Milorada Cavica na 50 kraula i 100 delfin u vremenu novog nacionalnog rekorda.
Cestitke zasluzuje za rekord D.Djikanovic, ali od Tepavcevica i Markovica
se ocekivalo vise. Nazalost jedna od sigurno najnezgodnijih cinjenica
je transport sportista. Recimo prevoz od hotela gde je smestena portugalska
reprezentacija pa do bazena je relativno dug i traje najmanje 20
min. I kada se uzme u obzir da je danasnje budjenje plivaca bilo u 5.30,
dorucak u 6.00 a rasplivavanje u 7.15 moj najbolji takmicar Daniel Pereira
i nije mogao bolje, uostalom kao i vecina SCG plivaca . Ne
treba zaboraviti da je simulacija takmicenja veoma bitna, a od nasih plivaca
samo prakticno Cavic u SAD trenira od 5.30. Danasnja polufinala i finala
ce biti sasvim sigurno uzbudljiva, posebno u 50 Free, sledecu informaciju
imacete neposredno nakon toga... |
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| Today
we saw some surprises in the prelims. One of the upset came when Katy Sexton
(GBR), the reigning world champion in the 200m backstroke, failed to make
it into the semifinals here in the 100 meters. Sexton finished fourth in
her heat and even though her time of 1:00.98 was 14th, the new LEN rules
only allow 2 swimmers per Federation to advance beyond the first round.
A new rule permits a country to enter as many as four swimmers per event,
with
the two fastest moving on into semifinals and finals. Sexton was the third
fastest Britain today behind Commonwealth champion Sarah Price (59.56)
and Melanie Marshall (1:00.00). Mark Foster, short course WR-holder
in the 50 free, managed only to qualify 16th, taking the final spot for
the semifinals. James Gibson qualified easily in the 100m breast
(58.49). From others, Irish swimmer Andrew Bree, who swims collegiately
for Tennessee (USA), qualified in both the 200 IM and 100 breast, while
Emma Robinson made it into the semifinals in the 50 breast. |
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Cavic and
Djikanovic with New SCG Records.... Morning
Qualifies...
Morning Heats
| SCG
Competitor |
Discipline |
Entered
time |
Result |
Qualify
Ranking |
| Milorad Cavic |
50 m Free Men |
0:21.95 |
0:21.95 Rec |
4th for Semifinal |
| Milorad Cavic |
100 m Fly Men |
0:53.30 |
0:52.03 Rec |
3rd for Semifinal |
| Danijela Djikanovic |
100 m Back Women |
1:04.19 |
1:03.53 Rec |
34th in total |
| Vladan Markovic |
100 m Fly Men |
0:54.65 |
0:54.92 |
33rd in total |
| Mladen Tepavcevic |
100 m Breast Men |
1:00.33 |
1:01.49 |
30th in total |
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December 10,
2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
29 out of 34 title holders...
Dublin
is expecting great European Short Course Championships...
LEN Press Release No. 6
Main Champ's Web Site logo |
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Dublin (pps) The 7th European Short Course Swimming Championships to take
place in Dublin this week-end (December 11-14) promise to be a great sporting
Event. 29 out of the 34 reigning European Champions from Riesa (Germany)
of last year will try to defend their titles. From the 2002 European Long
Course Championships in Berlin, 22 will compete in the individual events.
Including the 4x50m freestyle and the 4x50m medley relays, the Ligue Europeenne
de Natation (LEN) will award a total of 38 gold medals for men and women
in Dublin. |
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Eight of the European World Champions from Barcelona (Spain) in 2003 have
entered for Dublin: Germany’s three-time World Champion Hannah Stockbauer
(400/800/1500m freestyle), who has just been elected the “World Female
Swimmer of the Year” by the American magazine “Swimming World”; Hanna-Maria
Seppala/FIN (100m freestyle), Alena Popchanka/BLR (200m freestyle), Antje
Buschschulte/GER (100m backstroke), Katy Sexton/GBR (200m backstroke),
Otylia Jedrzejczak/POL (200m butterfly), James Gibson/GBR (50m breaststroke)
and Thomas Rupprath/GER (50m backstroke). |
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The 2000 Olympic Champions, Pieter van den Hoogenband/NED (100/200m freestyle)
and Massimiliano Rosolino/ITA (200m individual medley) will start the Olympic
season in Dublin and will once again be among the favourites for the 2004
Olympic Games in Athens (Greece). The official entries for the 2003 European
Short Course Swimming Championships in Dublin closed with a record - number
of exactly 499 athletes, 224 women and 275 men from 40 nations
(Azerbaijan withdraw at short notice). The entries amount to 1,357 in individual
competitions and 52 in relays. According to the final entries, Great Britain
is participating with the largest team (48 athletes), followed by Germany
(37), France (32), Russia and Sweden (26). |
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The
40 Federations entered for Dublin (in brackets the number of athletes):
Austria/AUT (6), Belarus/BLR (7),
Belgium/BEL (5), Bosnia& Herzogovina/BIH (2), Bulgaria/BUL (4), Croatia/CRO
(15), Cyprus/CYP (1), Czech Republic/CZE (16), Denmark/DEN (15), Estonia/EST
(9), Faroes/FAR (1), Finland/FIN (14), France/FRA (32), Germany/GER (37),
Great Britain/GBR (48), Greece/GRE (16), Hungary/HUN (13), Iceland/ISL
(10), Ireland/ IRL (12), Israel/ISR (6), Italy/ITA (22), Latvia/LAT (2),
Lithuania/LTU (6), Luxembourg/LUX (2), Macedonia/MKD (3), Moldavia/MDA
(3), Netherlands/NED (19), Norway/NOR (17), Poland/ POL (12), Portugal/POR
(11), Romania/ROM (6), Russia/RUS (26), Serbia&Montenegro/SCG
(5), Slovakia/SVK (3), Slovenia/SLO (14), Spain/ESP (14), Sweden/SWE
(26), Switzerland/SUI (15), Turkey/TUR (7), Ukraine/UKR (17). |
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December 09,
2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Psycho Lists of Ireland
Swimming...
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| Swim Ireland has pressed the 4 psycho
lists of the entered participants times which can be interesting for all
those who didn't have luck to be in Dublin 2003 Euro Champ... Welcome in,
analyze your favorites until the definitely official start list should
be available... |
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December 04,
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| The Program of the Championships...
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December 03,
2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The first
LEN press release after the entry's locked...
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European Short Course Championships in Dublin 41 nations – Germany with
van Almsick Dublin (pps) Great Britain have entered the largest team ever
at this Event for the 7th European Short Course Swimming Championships,
to take place on December 11-14, 2003, in Dublin. The British team will
open the Olympic season with 55 athletes, among them the World Champions
Katy Sexton (200m backstroke) and James Gibson (50m breaststroke), thus
exploiting the opportunity offered by LEN with a special regulation for
Dublin to enter up to four swimmers in the heats. Germany, too, are sending
one of their largest team ever, with 37 athletes headed by the five-time
2002 European Champion Franziska van Almsick (25), who has a total of 22
European titles on short and long course on her credit. Dublin is an important
station for van Almsick on her road to fulfil her last great dream in sports
– the Olympic gold medal in her World record event, the 200m freestyle.
Franziska van Almsick won the 200m free at the German National Short Course
Championships last week clocking 1min56.38sec, but lost the 100m free to
her Berlin club-mate Britta Steffen (53.87sec) in 54.22 seconds. In addition
to Almsick, Germany also rely on the three World Champions, Hannah Stockbauer
(400/800/1500m freestyle), Antje Buschschulte (100m backstroke) and Thomas
Rupprath (50m backstroke). With altogether 143 medals, including 49 gold,
Germany is the most successful nation in the past six editions of the European
Short Course Swimming Championships. |
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41 Federations have entered the Championships in Dublin, a new record-entry
by nations. Italy will come with the 200m individual medley Olympic Champion,
Massimiliano Rosolino, 2001 World Champion Alessio Boggiatto (400m individual
medley) and title holder Lorenzo Vismara (100m freestyle). Sweden have
entered Olympic champion Lars Frolander (100m butterfly), World Short Course
Champions Therese Alshammar (50/100m freestyle), Emma Igelstrom (50/100m
breaststroke) and Anna-Karin Kammerling (50m butterfly), as well as title
holder Stefan Nystrand (50m freestyle). The Swiss team boast top freestyler
Karel Novy, the Czech Republic their European silver medallists, Ilona
Hlavackova (50/100m backstroke) and Kvetoslav Svoboda (200m freestyle). |
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The 41 federations entered for Dublin: Austria (AUT), Azerbaijan (AZE),
Belarus (BLR), Belgium (BEL), Bulgaria (BUL), Bosnia&Herzogovina (BIH),
Croatia (CRO), Cyprus (CYP), Czech Republic (CZE), Denmark (DEN), Estonia
(EST), Faroes (FAR), Finland (FIN), France (FRA), Germany (GER), Great
Britain (GBR), Greece (GRE), Hungary (HUN), Iceland (ISL), Ireland (IRL),
Israel (ISR), Italy (ITA), Latvia (LAT), Lithuania (LTU), Luxembourg (LUX),
Macedonia (MKD), Moldavia (MDA), Netherlands (NED), Norway (NOR), Poland
(POL), Portugal (POR), Romania (ROM), Russia (RUS), Slovenia (SLO), Slovakia
(SVK), Spain (ESP), Serbia&Montenegro (SCG),
Sweden (SWE), Switzerland (SUI), Turkey (TUR), Ukraine (UKR). |
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December 01,
2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
The
National Selection of Serbia & Montenegro...
Igor
Beretic
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SC 'Vojvodina'
Novi Sad
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Mladen
Tepavcevic
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SC Belgrade,
Belgrade
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Milorad
Cavic
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SC Partizan,
Belgrade
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Vladan
Markovic
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SC 'Zl.Delfin',
Belgrade
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Danijela
Djikanovic
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SC Jardan, Herceg Novi
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Click right for the European SCM Championships
2003 LEN Regulation (.pdf) |
 According
to the definitely decision of the Expert Board of Swimming Federation of
Serbia & Montenegro, also Serbian Swimming Association, Belgrade
(November 30, 2003) our National Team for the Dublin 2003, European Championships
(Short Course), will be consisted of the next athletes: Igor Beretic (50
and 100 Back), Mladen Tepavcevic (50 and 100 Breast), Milorad Cavic (50,
100 Free and 50 Fly), Vladan Markovic (100 and 200 Fly) and Danijela Djikanovic
(50, 100 Back and 50 Fly) |
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Wishing only the successes to our best swimmers, we hope we'll have luck
to see them all in some of the Ireland's swim semi & finals... |
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| Sincerely... Igor Rasula & Swim
Star 2000 |
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Want some
additional news call Mr. Avramovic via:rasula@beotel.yu
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Copyright by "SWIM STAR 2000" SC Agency, Belgrade * Updated on December
14, 2003
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