Category: Competition

Hannah Miley Scottish Swimming Awards 2013

Sep 16, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization

Gregor Kyle of the Scottish Daily Record speaks to swimmer Hannah Miley at the Scottish Swimming Awards 2013 at the Glasgow Science Centre
CC photo #624: Cielo and Santos ready for the BCN2013 men’s 50 fly final

Sep 16, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

Brazil’s CÃ©sar Cielo Filho and Nicholas Santos ready for the men’s 50 meter butterfly final at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Cielo won in 23.01, Santos was 4th in 23.21, see the result list here.
Danes on track with the Herning 2013 European Short Course Championships

Sep 16, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization

Read the full story on SwimmingWorld With less than three months to go until the 2013 European Short Course Championships held in Herning, Denmark, the meet organizers are working diligently to ensure that people will get “an experience they will always remember,” when the championships start on Dec. 12.
CC photo #622: First meet of the season 2013-2014

Sep 14, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Faroe Islands

The very first heat in the very first meet, three young girls readying themselves for the launch of the 2013-2014 swim season here in the Faroe Islands.
CC photo #621: Camille Lacourt enters the BCN2013 arena

Sep 13, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

French swimmer Camille Lacourt ready for the men’s 50 meter backstroke final at the FINA 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. He won and became world champion with a time of 24.42, see the result list here.
CC photo #620: Angela Maurer silver in the BCN2013 women’s 25K

Sep 12, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Open Water

Germany’s Angela Alexandra Maurer happy with her silver medal in the women’s 25 km open water swim at the FINA 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Also in picture, Italy’s gold medal winner Martina Grimaldi. See the result list here.
CC photo #619: Planet Water Village tokens

Sep 11, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Fun

The official currency of the BCN2013 Planet Water Village at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. These two were complimentary and enough to buy two sodas or beers or something. Still got them; with interest they might be worth a lot at Kazan 2015 !! :-P
Olympic Gold Medalist Cullen Jones On Ryan Lochte

Sep 10, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Equipment

Cullen Jones an Gold Medalist Olympic Swimmer discusses his new deal with Speedo, ‘What Would Ryan Lochte Do’, and the Make A Splash foundation.
Danes to keep momentum with big squads, Great Danes, Smart Track projects

Sep 10, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization

So I wrote this piece for SwimmingWorld, yesterday, and fortunately got good help there to clean it up language-wise. Danish Swimming seems to be in very good hands. At the 2013 Danish Aqua Clinic this weekend, the Danish National Team trio of sports director Mikkel von Seelen, head coach Nick Juba and national training center…