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  1. In May, thanks to a stellar lineup, BEST featured in 19 separate paper, magazine, radio or TV features from Europe and Australia! Go BEST!
  2. From Euro swim champs, BEST visitors Sara Nordenstam wins 200 breast, with no underwater pullouts (!) and Sarah Poewe bronze! Great race.
  3. Watch for a new generation of start. Track start but with both arms back rather than typical grab position. Daniela Schreiber W100fr bronze.
  4. 8 of the medallists so far from the European Swimming championships have had camps with us at BEST. Contratulations to them all!
  5. Hats off to Laszlo Cseh at the Europeans winning the 200IM the hard way.. 5 mins after the 200 fly semis! J Goddard with a great silver.
  6. Congratulations to Tine Deckers and Sofie Goos who finished 2nd and 4th in the IM70.3 in Alcudia after a great camp at the BEST Centre!
  7. Fantastic Olympic Distance race in Colonia Sant Jordi this morning. Timo Bracht too strong for little George in the men. Sofie Goos wins w.
  8. Dutch National junior team had their first session today. Gennadi Touretski is on pooldeck with his elite Swiss team with Therese Alshammar.
  9. Uplace pro Tri team have arrived! Swam this morning plus Georg Potrebitsch in the water again today in perfect conditions in Mallorca.
  10. Best excuse not to train hard: 'But I suffer from Respiratory Fatigue Syndrome.' Sarah L. You know who you are! Brilliant excuse. Like it.
  11. Ella N had 8 croissants after the session this morning. 8! Crumbs.
  12. Reading Swimming World, in 1960s they did sets like 3000 swim 3000 pull then 800IM, and were swimming 80k a week as routine. Nice! says Pat.
  13. If you are sitting in London and want to call the Russians, you dial 007! How funny is that?
  14. @MarkFosterSwim Hey buddy, been a long time! If you are in Mallorca, come into the BEST Centre and you can go on our wall of fame!
  15. @Great_Swim Fantastic weather to get psyched for our first great swim this summer.
  16. BEST Centre had 10 lanes full of triathletes for the first session this morning. Tri teams now finding out why CSJ is the perfect place!
  17. French v GB trials: Both nations have about the same medal chances. Despite that, the inescapable conclusion is..? (We're still better!)
  18. French v GB trials: France would have won half the Freesytles and all the backstrokes, GB would have won everything else.
  19. French v GB trials: FRA would have won 9 events, GB 17; FRA 4 second places, GB 18. Not counting relays, total team 48, FRA 13 GB 35.