Category: Competition
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Rio 2016 Chef de Mission Kitty Chiller explains the AOC alcohol policy
Kitty Chiller, Chef de Mission of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team, holds a press conference to discuss the Australian Olympic Committee’s policy on alcohol and behaviour at the Olympic Games.
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Daniel Gyurta’s expectations for the Herning 2013 European SC Championships
Read the interview here on herning2013.com Daniel Gyurta is a swimmer who does not only show great results, he also value great sportsmanship. In 2012 Gyurta won the 200 m breaststroke at the Olympics, but earlier that year Gyurta’s competitor and friend, Alexander Dale Oen, passed away at a training camp in Arizona. After his…
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Backstage with Olympic 100m Breaststroke Queen, Ruta Meilutyte
Footage taken from a recent photoshoot with Olympic & World 100m Breaststroke Champion, Ruta Meilutyte. Ruta talks openly about swimming and her relationship with the water.
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29 Danish swimmers selected for the Herning 2013 European Short Course Championships
After the final night of finals at the Danish Short Course Championships 2013, Danish Swimming’s Sports Director Mikkel von Seelen announced the squad for Herning 2013, including all 28 that qualified for individual events, plus Danish record setting breaststroke Mathias Andersen who has been selected to strengthen the (medley) relays. See svoem.org (The Danish Herning…
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Rikke Møller Pedersen named Danish Swimmer of the Year 2013
Today on the last day of Danish Short Course Championships 2013, the Danish Coaches Association announced that its members had chosen Rikke Møller Pedersen as Danish Swimmer of the Year 2013, based on her results in the period 1 September 2013 until 31 August 2013. Highlights of the year were her World Championship title in…
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CC photo #685: Faroese Masters Champs 2013 Group Photo
A group photo of the swimmers participating in the fourth Faroese Open Masters Meet, Saturday 16 November 2013. Not so many, no, but as put in public announcements, undoubtedly the best :-)
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Danish national coach Nick Juba selects three more Great Danes
See svoem.dk Danish national coach Nick Juba has today selected Frans , Chris Christensen and Niklas Hedegaard for the Great Danes project, in addition to the 10 already pointed out to be specially cared for and challenged  in order to lift the male side of Danish swimming. They are thus 13, meaning Juba isn’t particularily superstitious…
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Danish Short Course Champs 2013 – Day 4
Summary A seemingly good night with 4 more swimmers qualifying for Herning 2013 and lots of already qualified swimmers qualifying for additional events. Jeanette Ottesen clocked 23.98 in the 50 freestyle and 56.65 in the 100 fly, and ‘our guy’ Magnus Jákupsson won the 100 backstroke in impressive 51.75. These four swimmers were added to…