Month: August 2014
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 8
Paltrinieri cracks ER, Cseh wins 12th career title Two great individual efforts highlighted the third day of swimming action at the 32nd European Championships in Berlin. Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri crashed the European record in the 1500m free, while veteran Laszlo Cseh earned his 12th gold medal at the Europeans while winning his 5th straight crown…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 7
Very Great Britain: 7 medals in one day! The British swimmers enjoyed a perfect day in Berlin: they earned seven medals including three gold at the European Championships and their mixed medley relay even set a new World Record. The Germans and the Russians clinched one gold and a silver apiece in the diving pool.…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 6
Seven Championships Records bettered in swimming’s opening day The swimming competition has got under way at the European Championships in Berlin. The first day saw seven Championship Records falling and Velimir Stjepanovic (SRB) clinching the first swimming gold medal in the men’s 400m free, then Katinka Hosszu (HUN) defended her title in the 400m IM.…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 5
Golden day for Reymond, Grimaldi, Romashina and Ukraine The final day of the open water and synchronised swimming events brought some fantastic performances of different types. While Axel Reymond (FRA) and Martina Grimaldi (ITA) were crowned the respective king and queen of endurance, Svetlana Romashina thrilled the spectators again with her magical routine in the…
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BLN2014 Travel Journal Day 5: Velodrome
So Saturday I visited the competition venue for the first time, and then attended the team leader’s meeting as representative of the Faroe Islands.
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Dark side of dolphins: Mammal ‘aggressively’ tried to push swimmer underwater
With their friendly faces and playful natures, it may seem that wild dolphins are always friendly. But a bottlenose dolphin has been reported to have deliberately pushed a man underwater while he was swimming in the sea off County Cork, in the Republic of Ireland. The animal is said to have ‘lashed out’ at the…
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Lewis Pugh starts his swim of the world’s Seven Seas
Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh has completed the first of seven swims in the Seven Seas to highlight the need for protected areas in oceans around the world. The Devon-based swimmer will be the first to undertake a long-distance swim in each of the classical Seven Seas: the Mediterranean, Adriatic, Aegean, Black Sea, Red Sea, Arabian…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 4
The Dutch made it three, the Russians earned the first two The Dutch swimmers proved they were the ruling nation of the open water events at this year’s European Championships in Berlin by winning the team competition. The Russians also started to collect their gold medals in synchro: they got the respective titles in duet…
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BLN2014 Travel Journal Day 4: Walkabout
So I went to town, needing a thing or two for my camera. Jumped off the tram at Alexander Platz and walked to Potsdamer Platz via the Reichstag, and then back partly along the traces of the former Wall to the hotel at Landsberger Allé. It was a long walk.