Category: Competition
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Friis and Ottesen 10th and 12th Greatest Danish Sports Names
See ekstrabladet.dk, 25.000 readers have spoken, and their votes together with an expert panel decided that Formula 1 racing driver Kevin Magnussen is by far the greatest (active) Danish sports name, as of now. Lotte Friis was 10th and Jeanette Ottesen 12th.
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Swimming New Zealand have medals in their sights
Read stuff.co.nz As expected, Lauren Boyle will head the Kiwi charge for medals in Glasgow. The three-times bronze medallist at last year’s world champs in Barcelona will contest the women’s 200 metres, 400m and 800m freestyle events and lead the 4x200m freestyle relay team. Glenn Snyders should be in the medal hunt in the 100m…
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Rikke Møller Pedersen gives up sweets in pursuit of world record
At the Danish Open / European Trials in March, Rikke Møller Pedersen was only 0.83 sec from the 200 meter breaststroke world record, that she set at the Barcelona 2014 World Championships. She wasn’t fully rested at the trials, but is that now at the Swim Cup Eindhoven 2014, with a declared mission to take…
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Ottesen and Friis among 20 nominees for Denmark’s Greatest Sports Name title
Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet is arranging a vote for Denmark’s Greatest Sports Name as of now, starting with 36 two days ago that have now been narrowed down to 20. Two of the 20 are swimmers Jeanette Ottesen and Lotte Friis, whom we all can for vote for now until Sunday morning. The public vote…
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Katinka Hosszu: “I always learn something new, even after 20 years of swimming!”
Read fina.org Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu is attending the SportAccord Convention in Belek, Turkey this week. The current 200m and 400m IM World champion is on-hand both in and out the pool as she is to take part in a practice session with kids from the local swimming clubs today and the first-ever “Youth Club” discussion…
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Record swim sends NZ women’s team to Commonwealth Games
See video on TVNZ A record-breaking swim at the New Zealand Open Championships has seen the women’s 200-metre relay team qualify for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Emma Robinson, 19, knocked three and a half seconds off her personal best to propel her team past the notoriously tough qualification standards. Robinson’s fast finish will be…
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Live Coverage of the British Gas Swimming Championships 2014
Tollcross, Glasgow. 10-15 April 2014, see swimming.org Event Landing Page • News • Schedule • Qualifiers Live streaming video by Ustream
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Go Time For Swim Cup Eindhoven 2014
The 10th Swim Cup Eindhoven is about to start, 10th to 13th April 2014, with a spectacular field of participants including local swimmers vying to qualify for the Berlin 2014 European Championships, and swimmers from Sweden, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Greece, Hungary, Brazil, Russia, Denmark, Faroe Islands, … Event Landing Page • Start list • Live…