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CC photo #410: Germany on deck at Istanbul 2012
A scene from the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25) in Istanbul, Turkey. Coach could very well be Frank Embacher, long-time coach of Paul Biedermann.
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CC photo #409: The Istanbul 2012 men’s 1500 freestyle medal podium
The men’s 1500 meter freestyle medal podium at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. Denmark’s Mads Glæsner world champion in 14:30.01, Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri silver in 14:31.13 and Faroe Islands’s Pál Joensen bronze in 14:36.93. See the result list here.
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CC photo #407: Coaches trying out lactate training
Part of this weekend’s “Træner 2” basic coaching course here in the Faroe Islands. Here 15 second max sprints back and forth (me skipping the last repeat because I suck miserably at speed and changes of direction). Then 4 x 1 min ‘lactate tolerance’, and then 3 x 3 min endurance. All this so that…
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CC photo #406: Another day, another course
This weekend a basic coaching course arranged by the Faroese Sports Federation with instructors from the Danish Sports Federation. This website slow because of busyness and all that.
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CC photo #405: Pál and Mads pretty beat at Istanbul 2012
Faroe Island’s Pál Joensen at the wall and Denmark’s Mads Glæsner over the lane rope at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. Mads the now men’s 1500 World Champion in 14:30.01, and Pál the bronze winner in 14:36.93. See the result list here.
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CC photo #404: His first medal
Our local swim club has this in principle great idea to give every swimmer a medal at the annual club meet, by letting them race three at a time and then hand out gold, silver and bronze. Only problem, that the kids realize almost immediately that bronze means last. Bjarki got a silver, and mentioned…
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CC photo #403: First swim meet for Bjarki
Our youngest at the club meet, yesterday 5 February 2013, before his swim. Don’t take my word for it, but I think it was only the goggles pressing his eyelids down that made him look so sad, since the race itself (and the walk to it) went fine.
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CC photo #402: Club Meet here in Toftir, Faroe Islands
Our local club FLOT arranged its annual club meet today (5 February 2013). We had our two sons competing and one of the daughters coaching :-)