Swimming
PROOF AFTER EIGHT YEARS Omega stole the Olympic gold from Milorad Cavic!
PROOF AFTER EIGHT YEARS Omega stole the Olympic gold from Milorad Cavic!
Famous Olympic final in 100 meters butterfly style from 2008. games in Beijing was fixed! The win went to Michael Phelps despite Milorad Cavic was faster and deserved the gold medal.
This claim was stated by Mark Spitz, the greatest swimmer of all times.
Spitz: Cavic beat Phelps in Beijing
LONDON - Mark Spitz, former world's best swimmer and winner of seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, has alleged that he has been sent an email saying Michael Phelps did not beat Milorad Cavic to the 100m butterly that secured him an eighth gold at Beijing Olympics 2008.
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Vyatchanin sets new state record, wins A norm for Olympics
MESA - New member of the Serbian swimming team Arkady Arkadyevich Vyatchanin of Russia set a new state record for 200-metre backstroke at the Arena Pro Swim Series in Mesa and thus met the A norm for the Rio Olympics.
Vyatchanin completed the race with the time of 1:56.95, which is currently the best timing in Europe for the year of 2015.
Vyatchanin beats state record, ensures A norm for Rio 2016
MESA - New member of the Serbian swimming team Arkady Arkadyevich Vyatchanin of Russia set a new state record for 100 metres backstroke at the Arena Pro Swim Series in Mesa (53.84) and thus met the A norm for the Rio Olympics.
Phelps wins 100m fly in racing return
Olympic swimming great Michael Phelps won the 100m butterfly at the Mesa Pro Series on April 16, his first competitive event since August.
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Shooting-Maksimovic wins "visa" for 2016 Rio Olympics
CHANGWON - London Olympic shooting vice-champion Ivana Maksimovic won a "visa" for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, after winning a silver medal at the 2015 ISSF World Cup in the Korean city of Changwon Saturday to meet the qualification standard.
Stjepanovic books his place at 2016 Olympic Games
EINDHOVEN - Serbian swimmer Velimir Stjepanovic achieved the "A" standard time for the Olympics in 400m freestyle at the 2015 Swim Cup in Eindhoven on Sunday .
In the final race, Stjepanovic finished second in a time of 3 minutes 48.85 seconds, which was enough to qualify for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Siladji breaks record to qualify for 2016 Summer Olympics
EINDHOVEN - Serbian swimmer Caba Siladji met the qualification standard for a swimming event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, after breaking the national record in the men's 100m breaststroke with a time of 59.79 seconds at the 2015 Swim Cup in Eindhoven Friday.
Stjepanovic wins bronze in 400m freestyle
DOHA - Serbia's best swimmer Velimir Stjepanovic won bronze in 400m freestyle at the World Swimming Championships on Friday.
In the final race, Stjepanovic scored the time of 3:38.17 minutes and won the first medal for the Serbian team at the world swimming championships.
In August, Stjepanovic won gold in 400m freestyle in the Olympic pool at the European championship.
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Stjepanovic wins silver, bronze medals in Hong Kong
HONG KONG - Double European champion Velimir Stjepanovic won a silver and a bronze medal at the FINA Swimming World Cup 2014 in Hong Kong, the Serbian Swimming Federation said in a release on Friday.
Stjepanovic earned second-place honors in the men's 200m freestyle event finishing in 1:45.44, and picked up the bronze in 200m butterfly with a time of 1:55.69.