Month: April 2013
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Rebecca Adlington hails new British Swimming head coach Bill Furniss as ‘natural born leader’
Read MailOnline Rebecca Adlington has described Bill Furniss as a ‘natural born leader’ as the man who guided her to four Olympic medals enjoys his first weeks as British head coach. ‘He has the knowledge, he is so experienced. Having been head coach at the 1996 Olympics he knows that role so well. ‘He commands…
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Chad Le Clos – World Transplant Games 2013 Ambassador
World Transplant Games 2013 Ambassador, Chad le Clos, shares a message with WTG2013 participants and looks forward to meeting them in Durban.
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South African National Championships interrupted by burst pipe
Read Swimming World Magazine and SwimNews, a pipe burst interrupted the South African National Championships in Port Elizabeth yesterday, making the water murky and green and forcing them to first cancel the second day of competition, before today changing the format to timed finals. One casualty of this is Cameron van der Burgh, who now…
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CC photo #473: Steadicam at Rijeka 2008
Just a photo from the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. The event apparently the men’s 100 breaststroke semifinal, the guy in front Hugues Duboscq from France.
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Lotte Friis has (re)found happiness in Nice
After a disappointing London 2012 Olympics, Lotte Friis almost retired her swimming career. But instead she chose to move to Nice in France to start anew. Here is part 1 of Danish sports media On-Sport‘s visit in Nice. Most of the talk is in Danish, except when coach Fabrice Pellerin describes her in English.
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Wonderful footage from the 2013 Grand Prix at Mesa
See the playlist on YouTube, courtesy of USA Swimming. Now I understand why some say that swimming should be an outdoor sport :-) I’m following Danish Olympian Anders Lie Nielsen in particular – He was trying to qualify for the Barcelona 2013 World Championships, but apparently missed out, clocking 1:49.67 in the 200 free where…
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CC photo #472: Britta Steffen on top of the Roma 09 podium
As seen from the athletes stand, Germany’s Britta Steffen 2009 World Champion in the women’s 50 freestyle, with a new world record of 23.73 at the FINA 2009 World Championships in Rome, Italy. See the result list here.
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Help Glen Christiansen recover from his near-fatal accident
See the Friends of Glen fundraiser on GiveForward In February Glen had an unfortunate accident and got severly injured. He has had a remarkable recovery since then, and is making progress every day. But the road to full recovery is long, and due to the fractures in his head, he will have to give the…
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Increased financial support for Danish Swimming towards Rio 2016
The Danish Swimming Federation is set to receive a little over DKK 7 million (USD 1.22 million) this year from Danish government-funded elite organization Team Danmark, which is a raise of about DKK 200.000 (USD 35.000), in appreciation of their good results since 2009. Team Danmark CEO Michael Andersen: – The swimmers have produced really…