Saturday, January 10, 2009

euro 2008

Monday 15 December 2008 React (0)

Leveaux helps France scoop a record 20 medals

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Led by Amaury Leveaux (pictured), world record holder four times over in the 50m and 100m freestyle, 50m butterfly and 4x50m medley, France's team swiped 20 medals in total including seven golds, just behind Russia who racked up eight golds.

Saturday 13 December 2008 React (0)

Leveaux breaks his own world record in 100m freestyle

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Amaury Leveaux has broken his own world record of 45.12 seconds from just the previous day in the 100m freestyle at the European championships in Rijeka, Croatia, setting a new record of 44.94 seconds.

Saturday 13 December 2008 React (0)

Leveaux breaks yet another world record in Croatia

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Who will stop Amaury Leveaux? The new record holder in 50m freestyle shortcourse has set another world record in the 100m race at the European championships in Rijeka, Croatia, beating Alain Bernard's previous record by 0.57 sec.

Thursday 11 December 2008 React (0)

France's Leveaux breaks 50m shortcourse freestyle record

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After beating the European record, Frenchman Amaury Leveaux, the Beijing Games' silver medalist, set a new world record in the 50m shortcourse freestyle, clocking 20.48 sec in the semi-finals of the European championships at Rijeka, Croatia.

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