Year: 2012
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Dale Oen joins Norwegian altitude camp despite of problematic shoulder
Norway’s world champion Alexander Dale Oen has been suffering from a pinched nerve and some cartilage damage to his shoulder, forcing him to stay away from hard training, and from competing at the British Trials and Debrecen 2012 Europeans. He is out of pain now when not stressing the shoulder, but suffers when doing any…
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Japan Swim: Kitajima posts 58.90 in the 100 breaststroke
At the Japan Swim today, Kosuke Kitajima posted a scorching 58.90 in the men’s 100 breaststroke, breaking his own ‘supersuited’ Japanese and Asian record of 58.91 from the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Ryo Tateishi also qualified for the Olympics in this event, with a time of 59.60. Yuka Kato set a Japanese record in the women’s…
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The Danes drop Debrecen, Sette Colli now last resort for Olympic qualification
According to Danish newspaper Politiken, the Danish Swimming Federation has decided to drop their participation at the European Long Course Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, choosing instead the Sette Colli Trofeo in June as the last resort for Kathrine Holm Sørensen and Mathias Gydesen to qualify for the Olympic team. It is the first time in history…
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CC photo #95: At work at the 2009 Faroese Championships
Me and Jón Brian Hvidfeldt, professional reporter and good friend, commentating the 2009 Faroese (Short Course) Championships. Still the main event here in the Faroes because, well, we don’t have any long course pools yet. I think the monitor shows our big star Pál Joensen and young gun Magnus Jákupsson, so that’s a lucky shot…
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‘Big Al’ and Fletcher wrestle crocodile to save 23-year-old stewardess
Stewardess Tara Hawkes, 23, had been swimming with guests from the luxury cruise ship True North in a fresh water pool at Talbot Bay, about 200km north of Broome and was standing in waist deep water when at 2m crocodile attacked, latched onto her leg and tried to drag her back in. That’s when passenger…
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Japan Swim: Kosuke Hagino sets Asian, Japanese record
At the Japan Swim today, Kosuke Hagino set a new national and Asian record in the men’s 400 IM, with a 4:10.26 clipping Yuya Horihata in 4:10.52, the Japanese Olympic cut being 4:14.72. In the women’s 400 IM, Miyu Ohtsuka and Miho Takahashi qualified in 4:36.64 and 4:37.71, and in the men’s 100 breast semifinal,…
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Mathias Gydesen might get another chance
Danish newspaper Politiken has this article on Mathias Gydesen’s situation now after missing out on an Olympic qualification with only 1 hundredth of a second, when he at the Indianapolis Grand Prix last weekend broke the Danish and Nordic record in the men’s 100 backstroke with a time of 54.41, the FINA A cut being…
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Stephanie Rice and Eamon Sullivan back together again?
Gossip alert, out of Woman’s Day … Eamon Sullivan hasn’t been lucky in love since ending his two-year relationship with golden girl Stephanie Rice on the eve of the Beijing Olympics. But things may be looking up for the handsome swimmer, who was spotted flirting up a storm with his former girlfriend just a week…