Record breaker Fiona Doyle victorious in Victoria

Irish swimmer Fiona Doyle had a weekend to remember as she broke three Irish senior records in Canada. The Limerick woman, who is based in Calgary, was competing at the Canadian Intervarsity Swimming Championships in Victoria. Doyle has now set her sights on Olympic qualification for Rio in 2016. She has said that I am really hoping to succeed for the Summer Olympics. I believe that is possible as I have already gone under the cut twice this year.

Doyle’s record-breaking feats began in the heats of the 100m breastroke when she recorded a time of 1:05.95 and qualified first into the final. In the final, Doyle went under World Championship and FINA

Olympic ‘A’ times to win the event for the third year running in a time of 1:07.76. Competing in the 200m breaststroke heats a time of 2:23.64 set a new Irish record, breaking the 23-year-old's own previous mark. She also won the long course final and set a further Irish records way coming home in a time of 2:27.63.

Olympic best women swimmers

When the discussion of Olympic credentials comes up, the names of Dara Torres, Jenny Thompson and Natalie Coughlin are frequently mentioned first. Over the course of their splendid careers, each of the aforementioned women have captured 12 Olympic medals. Yet, when individual titles are measured, Coventry and Egerszegi hold the advantage, and this is an achievement not lost Coventry.

With the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro only 15 months away, Coventry is working tirelessly under the guidance of David Marsh at SwimMac Carolina to land Olympic medal No. 8. Based on the way she has raced recently, in what has widely been deemed a comeback, there’s reason to believe Coventry will be a medal factor in at least a few events in Brazil.

Olympic gymnast to serve as Indy 500 grand marshal

A U.S. gold medal champion for gymnastics in the 2008 Summer Olympics games will be the current year's grand marshal for the Indianapolis 500.  Nastia Liukin, who was the individual all-around gold medalist for the Beijing Summer  Olympics will partake in a parade lap, show up on celebrity lane and be a piece of different 500 Festival occasions, including the Snake Pit Ball.

Liukin said that she can not hold up to be a part of the race. I have extremely affectionate recollections of contending and performing in Indianapolis, and I will really be back again in August for the P&G Gymnastics Championships. Liukin resigned from rivalry in 2012, however stays dynamic in the gymnastics scene. Her visit to Indianapolis in August will be to serve as a TV observer for the P&G Gymnastics Olympics Championships.

Emily Overholt to defer UBC commitment until after 2016 Summer Olympics Games

Canadian swimmer Emily Overholt has chosen to concede her acknowledgement to the University of British Columbia and their varsity swim group so as to concentrate on the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Overholt was acknowledged to study science at UBC and will be a colossal part to their effectively beat quality varsity squad. The UBC Thunderbirds won both the men's and ladies' CIS Championships this year, and Overholt's abilities will probably help them keep up their prosperity for a considerable year to come.

At the point when Overholt joins the group in the fall of 2016, she'll have a lot of incredible preparing accomplices, for example, Erika Seltrenreich-Hodgson in the IMs. UBC's womens group is going to lose immense numbers next season, so Overholt will be joining the squad at an extremely advantageous time. With respect to preparing, Overholt is as of now extremely acquainted with what goes ahead at UBC. She's as of now preparing at the superior focus in Vancouver which is matched up with the college. She has some of Canada's top mentors, for example, Tom Johnson and Steve Price available to her.

Overholt qualified this April to swim at both the 2015 Pan Am Games which will be held in Canada, and the 2015 World Championships. Overholt was one of the couple of swimmers who figured out how to plunge under the 'main 16′ standard that was established as the qualifying time for the Canadian universes squad. At the meet, she won the 200m free-form, 400m free-form, and set second in the 400m IM. She is presently preparing at the elite summer in readiness for the two universal meets this summer.

Olympic Medal Winners Barnes and Conlan Secure Places for Rio 2016

Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan will compete at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games after they qualified for the event with their wins at the World Series of Boxing in Maiquetia in Venezuela. Barnes who is Bronze winner at the last two Olympic Games, extended his unbeaten streak to 7 games with 49-45, 47-48, 49-45 win against Finol Rivas in the light – flyweight. Bantamweight Conlan who is also bronze winner at 2012 London Olympics got victory against Jose Diaz because he rose second in the competition. Uzbekistan’s Hasanboy Dusmatov was leading the light-flyweight table on Friday but Barnes knew he will be on the top again with win over Rivas.

Conlan’s qualification was difficult as it depended upon Puerto Rican underdog Hector Garcia’s win against Azerbaijan’s Magomed Gurbanov as well as he was to record his own victory. However Garcia had a comprehensive win where he knocked Gurbanov to floor in the fifth round. Irish coach Billy Walsh said they are absolutely happy because Paddy and Michael have performed well this season and have qualified for the Olympics.