Author: rokur
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CC photo #487: A winter’s worth of pins
A good first season for our youngest, resulting in these three pins (plus a fourth that he somehow managed to talk himself into … we’re still discussing that part). We use a Faroese version (basically ‘translation’) of the excellent Norwegian swim school, you can buy their (in my opion very best) learn-to-swim book ‘Slik lærer…
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Pay homage to Alex today by being extra positive
The Norwegian Swimming Federation has this message to us all here on Facebook, that I’ve tried to translate as best as possible below. Strong people, the Norwegians. Today it is one year since we got the sad and incomprehensible message from Flagstaff that Alexander Dale Oen was dead. We hope that everyone will remember him…
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Behind the scenes at the EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships
A glimpse of the work that sport scientist and analysts do behind the main scene. Also: Ice baths :-)
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Catching up with Ian Crocker
Texas Ex and three-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Crocker (2001-04) discusses his life after competitive swimming which includes marriage, music, old cars and the extended Texas swimming family.
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Freak training injury has Melanie Schlanger chasing new goals
Read The Sydney Morning Herald A freak training injury involving a truck tyre has left Australia’s leading women’s freestyle swimmer Mel Schlanger off her usual pace at the national titles in Adelaide. After finishing fourth in the 100m women’s final at last year’s London Olympics after having led the 4x100m relay team to a gold…
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Rising star Chelsea Gubecka was ‘a rocket’ from early age
Read Sydney Morning Herald Barry Kime knew he had something special when Chelsea Gubecka joined his Sunshine Coast swim squad just after her eighth birthday. Gubecka, who is now 14, is set to become the youngest member of the Australian swim team at this year’s world championships after, in her first senior national titles, she…
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Kenya Swimming Team Now Eyes Barcelona
The world swimming championships in Barcelona, Spain are the next focus for the Kenya national swimming team after their record-breaking exploits at the Cana zone 3 and 4 swimming championships. The team won 80 medals and took both the boys’ and girls’ team titles in Lusaka, Zambia. The team improved from 5th in 2012 to…