Author: rokur
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Sun Yang seeks redemption
Read via ShanghaiDaily Sun Yang received a gift for his 22nd birthday from Swimming World Magazine on December 1 – he was elected as the Male World Swimmer of Year 2013. Instead of celebrating, he apologized – for an eventful year that saw him breaking up with his coach, missing training and caught driving without…
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Children evacuated from swimming pool after prosthetic leg mistaken for paedophile
Read The Independent An entire class of children was evacuated from a swimming pool after a prosthetic leg was mistaken for a paedophile. Teachers from Kings Hill Primary School in Kent spotted the leg poking out from a cubicle whilst taking their class of year 4 children swimming at Larkfield Leisure Centre. They believed it…
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Couch interview coming up
As we had plenty of spare time around the Herning 2013 event itself (not), I went to Silkeborg and interviewed two very interesting persons for an hour or so. Sound and videos look okay, but I need to cut a bit, before posting.
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Herning 2013 Europeans Day 4 – Finals
Right, even more late with this recap, as we hurried to go out and dine with the team, and then slept and traveled and went back to our real jobs and so forth. But here it goes, in order to be complete. The result list here.
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Herning 2013 Europeans Day 4 – Prelims
The final batch of prelimary heats completed, tonight’s final session promises to be a great ending of these European Championships in Herning, cultimating with the women’s 4×50 medley in which the Danes are favorites. Result list here
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Herning 2013 Europeans Day 3 – Finals
As you might have guessed, Pál’s silver medal in the 1500 freestyle put a spanner in the works for me, yesterday evening, but here is a quick recap of that night’s finals. The complete result list is here. We are happy! :-) Image courtesy of Pia Ellegaard
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Herning 2013 Europeans Day 3 – Prelims
Nothing really spectacular in the morning heats, I guess the Danes will have to put their hopes on Mads Glæsner in the 1500 and Mie Ø. Nielsen this afternoon, if they are to close in on their goal of at least 11 gold medals at these home championships. Me myself am of course crossing fingers…
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Scary shot of breaststroker by photog friend Pia Ellegaard
So I’m getting good help from photographers Pia Ellegaard and Morten Holck here at the Herning 2013 European Short Course Championships, and Pia caught this moment yesterday of whom I think is Hungary’s David Verraszto in the men’s 200 IM final, placing fifth before taking gold in the 400 IM today. He is not rested,…
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Herning 2013 Europeans Day 2 – Finals
Mie Ø. Nielsen saved the day for Denmark, well and truly. Yuliya Efimova broke the women’s 200 meter breaststroke world record, Nielsen the women’s 100 backstroke European record, Russia an (obligatory?) world record in the mixed 4×50 medley, and Sarah Sjöström a championships record in the 50 fly.