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CC photo #294: Berlin ready for the FINA 2012 World Cup
The Berliner Bäder-Betriebe: Europa-Sportpark (SSE) ready for the FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2012 in Berlin, Germany. It will be live streamed and everything, see for instance swimmersdaily.com/live
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CC photo #293: That feeling (2)
Two of my four kids enjoying the hot Mediterranean waters of Mallorca, back in 2010.
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CC photo #292: Fran Crippen remembered at the 2010 World Cup leg in Stockholm
Two weeks after his tragic and far too early death, American swimmer Fran Crippen was remembered at the FINA 2010 World Cup event in Stockholm, Sweden.
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CC photo #291: Izotov after winning the Rijeka 2008 men’s 200 free
Russia’s Daniil Izotov after winning the men’s 200 meter freestyle at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. Silver winner Dominik Meichtry from Switzerland checking out the scoreboard, see result list here.
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CC photo #289: Eriksdalsbadet during the 2010 World Cup leg in Stockholm
The Swedish national stadium Eriksdalsbadet during the FINA 2010 World Cup leg in Stockholm. View here is from right above where the athletes sit, there is a long course pool on the other side of the far wall, used for warmup and recovery during sessions.
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CC photo #288: Flags at the FINA 2011 World Cup leg in Stockholm, Sweden
The diving well nicely decorated in Eriksdalsbadet, Stockholm, Sweden. Swimmer Pál Joensen and coach Jón Bjarnason standing in the foreground, Birita Debes in the pool, all Faroese. Unfortunately we couldn’t go this year, because of the dual meet against Iceland, but we’ll be in Berlin next weekend.
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CC photo #287: Men’s 100 fly final scoreboard at Roma 2009
That moment at the FINA 2009 World Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy, Michael Phelps relieved after having brushed aside boasting Milorad Čavić, with a new World record of 49.82 (Čavić right behind him in 49.95, some of us a bit disappointed as we rooted for him :-P).
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CC photo #285: Čavić being greeted on the Debrecen 2012 podium
Serbia’s Milorad ÄŒavić being congratulated after winning gold in the men’s 100 meter butterfly at the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, see result list here. Officially retired today.
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CC photo #284: The big boys sprint at Istanbul 2009
OK, not totally sure here, but I think the guy with the ‘meat hook’ stroke on lane 4 from us is Frédérick Bousquet, here winning the men’s 50 freestyle prelims at the LEN 2009 European Short Course Championships in Istanbul, Turkey in 21.18, on his way to winning the event in 20.53 that same evening.