Category: Competition
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Herning 2013 en route to a new record of participation for European SC with 42 nations
Read Politiken (in Danish) After a late registration from Azerbaijan, the number of registered participating countries for the LEN 2013 European Short Course Championships is now 42, which if all show up will mean that Herning 2013 will break the record of 41, held by the Istanbul 2009 Europeans. Albania, Andorra, Armenia, FYR Macedonia, Gibraltar,…
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Melani Costa | Just the way You are
“Dedicated to the greatest swimmer Melani Costa. Cos we love the way you are”
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CC photo #666: The Istanbul 2012 men’s 1500 free podium
Medal winners in the men’s 1500 meter freestyle at the FINA 2012 World Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right Italy’s silver winner Gregorio Paltrinieri, Denmark’s gold medal winner Mads Glæsner and Faroe Island’s silver winning Pál Joensen. The podium places were later shuffled because of Glæsner’s doping sentence, so that Paltrinieri became…
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Aalborg 4:00.21 and a new Danish record in the 4×100 medley
Tonight at the West-Danish Regional Short Course Championships in Aarhus, Aalborg’s elite team led by Mie Østergaard Nielsen demolished the Danish (club) record in the women’s 4×100 medley, with a time of 4:00.21 replacing Swim Team Odense’s Danish record of 4:03.06 from the Danish Short Course Championships in 2009, then featuring Rikke Møller Pedersen in…
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CC photo #665: The Debrecen 2012 Warm-Up Pool
Just a photo from the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. This the 25m warm-up / swim-off pool used during the championships, the 50m competition pool behind that glass wall.
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Mie Ø. Nielsen 1:55.04 and new Danish record in the 200 freestyle
At the West-Danish Short Course Championships tonight, Aalborg prodigy Mie Østergaard Nielsen clocked 1:55.04 and a new Danish record in the women’s 200 meter freestyle, demolishing Lotte Friis’ record of 1:55.64 from the Danish Team Championships back in the supersuited days of 2009. Her third Danish record in a few weeks, see the result list…
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CC photo #664: Filming the men’s 400 free at Debrecen 2012
Just a photo from the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. In the pool the men’s 400 meter freestyle preliminary heat 4 of 5 with Kis Gergo (HUN) leading and Sebastien Rouault (FRA) in second. Kis Gergo ended up winning silver in the final, behind Germany’s Paul Biedermann.
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South Africa’s Head Coach, Graham Hill talks life, pool and Chad le Clos
“Graham Hill is put in the hot seat as he talks life as a coach. This includes high & low moments, motivating the troops and Chad le Clos.”