Author: rokur
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Faroese Champs 2013 Coming Up
Thursday May 9th to Saturday 11th, the 2013 Faroese Swimming Championships will be held in Tórshavn, still short course as we have no 50 meter pool yet. The main attraction is of course Pál Joensen, who is closing in on his 100th national medal, though not expected to take gold in all the events that…
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CC photo #492: Haljand-test in Tórshavn 4 May 2013
An interesting angle that Bartal chose here, Haljand on the start block filming Faroese swimmer Astrið Foldarskarð’s finish while Holger hauls the sideways filming cart and Birita Debes gets ready for her swim. That fly swatter thing outside is one of the four new light towers of our national football stadium that can be seen…
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Harrison’s drought-breaking swim surprises coach Cotterell
Read The Age Denis Cotterell has warned against too much expectation being placed on Jordan Harrison, with the veteran coach who guided Grand Hackett to dual 1500-metre freestyle Olympic gold medals saying he was as surprised as anyone with his protege’s impressive swim at the national titles on Friday night. Harrison, 17, turned back the…
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Outrage at no-go lanes for women
Read Illawarra Mercury Vivienne Moxham-Hall would love to compete in the 2013 South Coast Winter Swimming Championship, but her hopes have been frozen due to a rule that excludes women. Women are not allowed to take part in the competition because six of the eight clubs in the South Coast Winter Swimming Association have voted…
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CC photo #491: Haljand-test in Tórshavn 4 May 2013
Our very own ‘pocket rocket’ Kristina Elin Thomsen from Suðuroyar Svimjifelag taking off from a start block in Tórshavn, yesterday. Professor Rein Haljand filming the start with a tripod camera while son Holger hauls the overwater/underwater camera cart. And in blue, coach Jón Bjarnason getting his own version too with an iPhone :-)
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Swimming with Dartmouth’s Nejc Zupan ’14
“Dartmouth swimmer Nejc Zupan ’14 qualified for three events—the 200 IM, the 100 breastroke and the 200 breastroke—at the 2013 NCAA Championship from March 28-30 in Indianapolis, Ind. After capturing three Ivy League titles and setting three Ivy League records, he was named Swimmer of the Meet at the 2013 Ivy League Championship in early…
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Terrifying washed-up sea creature turns out to be a Killer Whale
See Nothing To Do With Arbroath A large animal carcass that washed up on a Bay of Plenty beach left some locals wondering if they’d come across the remains of a prehistoric animal. The carcass was discovered by a group of quad bikers on a beach about 5km east of Pukehina Beach, New Zealand. The…
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Jordan Harrison’s 1500m Freestyle Final in 80 seconds
2013 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships – Adelaide
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Aussie Olympians told to cooperate with probes or miss Games
Read for instance Asia One Australian Olympians must cooperate fully with their national anti-doping agency over the use of banned substances or face exclusion from the Games, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said on Saturday. In the midst of a doping probe into rugby league and Australian rules teams that has rocked two of the…