Author: rokur
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Danish squad for Herning 2013 to be decided at SC Champs this week
From this Thursday 14 November until Sunday 17 November, Gladsaxe will host the Danish Short Course Championships 2013, that will decide the Danish squads for the Herning 2013 European Short Course Championships, and the 2013 Nordic Championships / Nordic Junior Championships in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. (NTC head coach Shannon Rollason and national coach Nick Juba…
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Pernille Blume interviews Danish NTC head coach Shannon Rollason
Danish Olympian Pernille Blume interviewed Danish National Training Center head coach Shannon Rollason yesterday, about the ‘drop taper’ that they are doing now before the Danish Short Course Champs / Herning 2013 Trials that start on Thursday. Via SwimNews.dk Post by Pernille Blume.
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Lotte Friis on new motivation and expectations for the Herning 2013 European SC Championships
Read the interview (in English) here on herning2013.com Lotte Friis’ (DEN) worst nightmare became reality at the Olympics in 2012 – what she expected to be her greatest success ever became her biggest disappointment. The year after the Olympics was rough but this year Lotte swam a fantastic 800m and 1500m free at the World…
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British Swimming announces performance squads
See swimming.org British Swimming has announced the Podium and Podium Potential squads of athletes who will receive direct support from UK Sport through the World Class Performance Programme for 2014. Sixty-two athletes across Podium (22) and Podium Potential (40) will receive targeted financial assistance through receipt of an Athlete Personal Award (APA) in addition to…
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Olympic swimmer Sun Yang’s jail stint no piece of pie for fellow inmates
Read South China Morning Post After serving his week-long punishment for driving without a licence, Chinese Olympic swimmer Sun Yang managed to dodge a media scrum of almost 50 reporters when he was released from detention on Monday morning, Chinese media reported. Sun snuck out a side door of the Hangzhou detention centre at around…
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Behold Eamon Sullivan’s amazing Rhytmic Gymnastics routine
Via SwimmingWorld Swimmers are never known to be graceful creatures on land, but Sullivan did his best to put down that stereotype in this rhythmic gymnastics routine featuring a hoop. Sullivan’s one-minute performance might not get him an Olympic medal, but it does impress with some daring flips. And we can’t neglect to mention the…
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Beijing Swimming World Cup 2013 LIVE stream on FinaTV
The next round of FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 meets start on November 13 in Beijing, China, with live streaming on FinaTV. The competition times for the Beijing leg are as follows: Wednesday, 13 November: Start Time: 11:15 to 13:45 GMT Main TX Day 1 session 1 (PGM start 11:30 GMT) Thursday, 14 November Start…