Author: rokur

A traditional Faroese rowing boat, design from way back in the viking days, used as on of the escort boats at the open water race “Jóansøkusvimjingin” across the firth of Tvøroyri back in 2011. Our national sport is races in these rowing boats, arranged as a series of races at village festivals where they rack up points, with the big final being on our national day in the capitol of Tórshavn.

At the U.S. Olympic Trials yesterday evening, Marine Pirate Scott Weltz and Clark Burckle upset favorites Eric Shanteau and Brendan Hansen by taking the men’s 200 breaststroke Olympic tickets in 2:09.01 and 2:09.97. Cammile Adams and Kathleen Hersey took women’s 200 butterfly tickets in 2:06.52 and 2:07.72, and in the men’s 100 freestyle Nathan Adrians and Cullen Jones in 48.10 and 48.46. See all results from day 5 here.

Ryan Lochte’s mother, Ileana ‘Ike’ Lochte, tells NBC 6’s Jackie Nespral how she hopes that he will design swimsuits for Speedo after her son’s swimming career is done. “He really loves designing, he loves drawing, he loves just being out there,” she says, adding that he is an abstract artist.”

Endurance swimmer Penny Palfrey pushed through the calm waters of the Florida Straits overnight and through the Saturday dawn, enduring jellyfish stings but otherwise encountering perfect conditions as she neared the halfway mark in her attempt to become the first woman to swim unassisted from Cuba to Florida. Read more here on the Washington Post and see for instance CNN.

According to Sarah Sjöström here on AXA Sports Club, she’s been struggling with an infection this past week, resulting in her now getting antibiotics and canceling her participation at the Swedish National Championships this week. But they expect her to recover fast, and are searching for a competition next week to get those race muscles fired up. ‘Have not been sick in over a year, so it is a bit tough to be that now. Just have to make the best out of the situation.’

49-year-old British-Australian mother of three and grandmother Penny Palfrey Friday dove into the waters of the Florida Straits, to try to break her own world record by swimming 103 miles from Cuba to the United States without a shark cage. Read for instance CNN, the Washington Post and MSNBC

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At the U.S. Olympic Trials yesterday evening, Phelps won the men’s 200 butterfly in 1:53.65, ahead of also qualifying Tyler Clary in 1:55.12. In the women’s 200 freestyle, Allison Schmitt posted an American record of 1:54.40, with Missy Franklin also qualifying in 1:56.79. And in the women’s 200 IM, Caitlin Leverenz and Ariana Kukors qualified for the Olympics in 2:10.22 and 2:11.30. See all results from day 4 here.

From left to right Rafael Muñoz (bronze in 22.88), Milorad Čavić (World champion in 22.67) and Matthew Targett from Australia (silver in 22.73). See result list here.

According to Buzzfeed, they have a poll asking “Is it great?” with the answer “Yes” at the moment narrowly surpassing “OH GOD, PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!”. In other news, Ian Thorpe is to feature in a “mood video” to set the scene at the aquatic centre, to go with this song. Brilliant.