Category: Competition

Nordic Junior and Pre-Senior Swimming Championships 2013 underway

Dec 6, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Faroe Islands

The Nordic Junior and Pre-Senior Swimming Championships 2013 are now underway, here in TÃ³rshavn, Faroe Islands. See the results from this morning’s preliminary heats. The final session starts formally at 16:00 local time, and will hopefully be live streamed on kvf.fo, with live results on LiveTiming. I’m continuously uploading photos here on Flickr, that can…
CC photo #699: Women’s 100 fly podium at BCN2013

Dec 6, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

Sweden’s Sarah SjÃ¶strÃ¶m on top of the medal podium after winning gold in the women’s 100 meter butterfly at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Australia’s Alicia Coutts silver and USA’s Dana Vollmer bronze. Also, awesome steadicam tandem team in action. See the result list here.
Michael Phelps keeps mum on million-dollar Rio question

Dec 5, 2013

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rokur

in Competition

Read for instance Sydney Morning Herald Swimming legend Michael Phelps, winner of most medals in Olympic history, would not be drawn on Wednesday on whether he may come out of retirement for the 2016 Rio Games. Dubbing the issue the “million-dollar question,” the 28-year-old, winner of 18 gold, two silver and two bronze medals, was…
CC photo #698: Women’s 200 IM flag ceremony at BCN 2013

Dec 4, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

So this must have been the women’s 200 meter indvidual medley, at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Katinka Hosszu from Hungary gold, Alicia Coutts from Australia silver and Mireia Belmonte from Spain bronze. See the result list here.
Water level rising as planned in the Box in Herning

Dec 4, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization, Swimming Pools

Wednesday 4 December 2013 at 18:00, 25-year-old Chris Christensen had the honor to begin the filling of the 2013 European Short Course Championships pools, on behalf of the Danish national swimming team and federation. This event will be his 8th European Championships, and the first everÂ in which the Danes have home advantage. – “This is…
The Euro 2013 hype is brewing in Herning

Dec 4, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization

Herning 2013 banners on the main street and buses Post by EM i svÃ¸mning 2013. Post by EM i svÃ¸mning 2013.
The Herning 2013 European pool part of a ‘green wave’

Dec 4, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization, Swimming Pools

See svoem.dk (in Danish) ‘The European Short Course Championships are in every way a historic event in Denmark. The pools for the Championships are temporary and recycled from the London 2012 Olympics and the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona. After the European Championships, parts of the pools will once again be recycled – this time…
Nordic Junior / Pre-senior Championships Entry Lists Online

Dec 4, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Faroe Islands

The entry lists for the Nordic Junior & Pre-senior Championships are now online, see LiveTiming.se. Competition starts Friday morning, first team arrives tomorrow, and the weather forecast is (unchangingly) miserable.
Zambia National Swimming Coach Proud of his Swimmers

Dec 4, 2013

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rokur

in Competition

See MUVI TV Zambia National Swimming Coach Ian Stephenson says he is proud of his swimmers despite the countryâ€™s poor showing at the just ended All Africa Junior Swimming Championships. (Warning, the telephone conversation is really loud)