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CC photo #274: Philippe Lucas at Rijeka 2008
The ‘nomadic’ French coach Philippe Lucas at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships, a year after his split with long-time protegé Laure Manaudou. If I remember correctly, here at Rijeka 2008 coaching Romania’s Camelia Potec. As of September 2008, he is now again coaching Italy’s Federica Pellegrini, along with Amaury Leveaux and others…
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CC photo #273: Belmonte after her 400 IM WR at Rijeka 2008
Spain’s Mireia Belmonte GarcÃa on the lane ropes after clocking a new world record of 4:25.06 in the women’s 400 IM final at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships. Also seen on the photo are Hungary’s Evelyn Verraszto in blue cap and Italy’s Alessia Filippi facing this way, and I guess Great Britain’s…
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CC photo #272: Leveaux after his 50 free WR at Rijeka 2008
French swimmer Amaury Leveaux after his 20.48 world record in the men’s 50 meter freestyle at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships semifinal, see result list here. He set a lot of records at that meet.
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CC photo #271: Stanislav Donets after his Rijeka 2008 world record
Russia’s Stanislav after clocking his 49.32 world record in the men’s 100 meter backstroke at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course swimming championships, see result list here. It has been improved quite a lot since then, first Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP) 49.20 at the Spanish Short Course Championships a week later, then Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) 49.17…
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CC photo #270: Dani Gyurta after his Istanbul 2009 world record
He seems happy, Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta after clocking his still-standing 2:00.67 world record in the men’s 200 meter breaststroke at the Istanbul 2009 European Short Course swimming championships. See result list here.
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CC photo #269: A star studded Rijeka 2008 group photo
Not really sure what is happening here, maybe the LEN prize money winners plus a few others, at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships.
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CC photo #268: The Tropical Islands resort near Berlin
The resort my wife visited earlier this month, on a field trip with 9th grade students and fellow teacher and parents. A huge, former airship hangar transformed into Tropical Islands, complete with fake horizon and everything. By pure coincidence, another Faroese party visited at the same time, bringing the total tally of Faroese visitors up…
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CC photo #267: Jeanette Ottesen on the Istanbul 2009 podium
LEN TSC Chairman Søren Korbo handing Jeanette Ottesen (DEN) some kind of trophy at the Istanbul 2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships, for winning bronze in the women’s 100 butterfly (time 56.02).
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CC photo #266: The Berlin 1936 Olympic Stadium Entrance
The Olympiapark Berlin main entrance seen from within, aka the ‘Marathon Gate‘, containing the names of the 1936 Olympic champions.