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CC photo #201: Men 50 back medalists at Rijeka 2008
The Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Championships men’s 50 backstroke medal winners. From left to right Lubos Krizko (Slovakia, bronze in 23.47), Stanislav Donets (Russia, gold in 23.22) and Aschwin Wildeboer Faber (Spain, silver in 23.28). See result list here
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CC photo #200: A tame duck outside the Faroe Champs 2012
No, not a lame duck but a tame duck outside the main doors of the swimming pool in Tórshavn during the Faroese (Short Course) Championships 2012. Someone fed it bread, maybe even cake, but when we went inside a gull dove down and stole it all.
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CC photo #199: Prime Minister Kaj Leo Johannesen examines Pál’s Budapest 2010 silver medal
The Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands examining the 1500 meter freestyle silver medal that Pál Joensen won in Budapest, at a private reception in Tinganes. Kaj Leo Johannesen is a local sports celebrity himself, part of the national soccer team that won over Austria back in 1990 (the year when Pál was born, coincidentally…
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CC photo #198: Faroese youngsters ready for the 1500
I think they are Óli Mortensen (Havnar Svimjifelag) on lane 3, Eyðbjørn Joensen (Suðuroyar Svimjifelag) on lane 4 and then Alvi Hjelm (Ægir) on lane 5. All born in 1994, here at a meet in KlaksvÃk in February 2012, where Óli Mortensen in this race won himself the Faroese Swimming Association ‘gold pin’ for swimming…
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CC photo #197: Our president greeting Magnus at FM 2012
Jon Hestoy, president of the Faroese Swimming Association, congratulating young Magnus Jákupsson (1994) at the 2012 Faroese (Short Course) Swimming Championships. The occasion that Magnus had won our highest-ranked ‘starred golden pin’ for his Faroese record of 55.94 in the 100 IM. Magnus has been a busy man these past 12 days, setting 7 Faroese…
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CC photo #196: Viva Mare Nostrum
This is my youngest meeting the hot Mediterranean Ocean for the first time, back in 2010. We might go for another (cooler) dip in the North Atlantic Ocean this afternoon (or evening, doesn’t really matter when the sea is at a constant 8.0-8.5°C / 46.4-47.3°F, and sunset not until at about 22:56).
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CC photo #195: Pál being interviewed by Swedish media at Budapest 2010
Pál Joensen being interviewed by the Swedish national broadcasting company SVT at the Budapest 2010 European Swimming Championships.
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CC photo #194: Martina Granström on the Debrecen 2012 medal podium
Sweden’s Martina Granström on the medal podium at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. Here from when she won bronze in the 200 butterfly on day 7, she also won a silver medal in the 100 butterfly on day 5.