Category: Competition
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Preview Danish SC Champs Day 3 – Saturday 16 November 2013
Start Lists • Live Stream • Live Timing • Live Results What to expect A hopefully formidable fight right from the start, when Mads Glæsner and Pál Joensen meet in the men’s 1500 freestyle. Chartres 2013 European SC silver medalist Viktor B. Bromer maybe threatening Simon Sjödin’s 200 fly Nordic record of 1:52.90. Lotte Friis…
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CC photo #684: Frans and Pál at the Berlin 2012 World Cup
Frans Johannesen and Pál Joensen, in the back of Team Denmark at the FINA 2012 Swimming World Cup leg in Berlin, Germany. A complicated relationship, this Faroese and/or Danish nationality.
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Danish Short Course Champs 2013 – Day 2
Summary Magnus Jákupsson and Andreas Schiellerup both won the men’s 50 backstroke final in a new Danish record of 24.21 seconds, the now former record Schiellerup’s 24.35 from the Szczecin 2011 European SC Championships. (Schiellerup and Jákupsson joint winners in the 50 back, photo courtesy of Jákup Jacobsen) 8 swimmers were added to the 14…
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Preview Danish SC Champs Day 2 – Friday 15 November 2013
Start Lists • Live Stream • Live Timing • Live Results What to expect Danes hope that Friday 13 December 2013 will be the great Danish night at the Herning 2013 European Short Course Championships, featuring Lotte Friis in the 800 freestyle, Rikke Møller Pedersen in the 200 breaststroke, Mie Ø. Nielsen in the 100…
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Breaking: Michael Phelps back in the USADA testing pool (!)
Read SwimmingWorld In a move that has been coming for quite some time, Michael Phelps has re-entered the testing pool at USADA and has been tested twice in the last quarter by the organization according to the latest release of stats today. Swimming World first got wind of the fact he was back in the testing…
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Katinka Hosszu and Chad Le Clos crowned World Cup winners 2013
Read press release on fina.org Katinka Hosszu (HUN) and Chad Le Clos (RSA) finished in style at the closing leg of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2013, held at Beijing’s iconic Water Cube from November 13-14, both obtaining their second World Cup crown. A total USD$ 2,218,000 in prize money has been distributed in this…
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Danish Short Course Champs 2013 – Day 1
Summary Viktor B. Bromer set a new Danish record of 1:54.86 in the 200 meter individual medley, and these swimmers qualified for the Herning 2013 European SC Championships: 400 free M – Mads Glæsner, Anton Ø. Ipsen, Frans Johannesen 200 IM W – Julie A. Lauridsen, Sidse Kehlet, Julie Leth-Espensen 200 back M – Magnus…
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Preview Danish SC Champs Day 1 – Thursday 14 Nov 2013
Start Lists • Live Stream • Live Timing • Live Results What to expect Hopefully a high-level first race between Mads Glæsner and Pál Joensen in the 400 freestyle, with Frans Johannesen and Anton Ørskov Ipsen also going under 3:51.14 to secure their spot on the Herning 2013 team. A cruise victory by Rikke Møller…
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CC photo #682: Óli Mortensen being interviewed by Faroese TV
Faroese young gun Óli Mortensen being interviewed by Kringvarp Føroya, the national broadcasting company of the Faroe Islands. This at the swim meet in Tórshavn 2-3 November 2013, which was the last chance to qualify for the Nordic Juniors Championships, Nordic Championships and European Short Course Championships 2013.