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CC photo #183: Young officials at a SuSvim masters meet
Masters swimming is in its infancy here in the Faroe Islands, with the annual Faroese championships only two years old, and competitions scarce. We are also not really ‘there’ yet when it comes to making this part of competitive really serious, proven for instance by the fact that we typically switch roles and let the…
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CC photo #182: Escort boat at the Joansøkusvimjingin 2011
A traditional Faroese rowing boat, design from way back in the viking days, used as on of the escort boats at the open water race “Jóansøkusvimjingin” across the firth of Tvøroyri back in 2011. Our national sport is races in these rowing boats, arranged as a series of races at village festivals where they rack…
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CC photo #181: Men’s 50 butterfly medalists at Roma09
From left to right Rafael Muñoz (bronze in 22.88), Milorad Čavić (World champion in 22.67) and Matthew Targett from Australia (silver in 22.73). See result list here.
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CC photo #180: Hanna-Maria Seppälä at Rijeka 2008
Finland’s Hanna-Maria Seppälä, Barcelona 2003 world champion in the women’s 100 freestyle, here at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Championships, where she won gold in the 100 individual medley.
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CC photo #179: Two Norwegians and a Kiwi at Stockholm 2011
On lane 4 Glenn Snyders (New Zealand), lane 5 Aleksander Hetland (Norway) and on lane 6 Alexander Dale Oen (Norway) getting ready for the Stockholm 2011 FINA World Cup men’s 50 breaststroke final. Snyders won in 27.04, Dale Oen second in 27.06 and Hetland third in 27.13,s ee result list here.
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CC photo #178: Pál and Jón after the 2010 Europeans 1500 freestyle
Pál Joensen and coach Jón Bjarnason by the warm-up pool at the Budapest 2010 European Swimming Championships, after Pál won silver in the men’s 1500 freestyle. They left for Denmark and then Croatia this morning, to attend the final training camp before London 2012. Won’t come back until after the Olympics.
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CC photo #177: Sarah Sjöström about to step up onto the block
Yup, that is how you do it, Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. Event must be the women’s 50 butterfly semi-final, which she eventually won. Here is Sarah on Swedish breakfast TV (today?), assessing her chances of winning medals at the London Olympics. If you can understand Swedish, you’ll be okay…
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CC photo #176: Lavrans Solli at Debrecen 2012
Norway’s Lavrans Solli ready for the 50 backstroke heats at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. Simma Norge told us this morning on Facebook that Solli has been selected for the London Olympics, so that sort of saved my photo of the day :-)
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CC photo #175: James Goddard at Rijeka 2008
Great Britain’s James Goddard and behind him Spain’s Alan Cabello Forns, shortly after the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Championships’ mens 200 IM medal ceremony. Goddard won in 1:53.46, see result list here.
