Category: Competition
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CC photo #540: Men’s 200 free podium at Istanbul 2012
The men’s 200 meter freestyle medal podium at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right Germany’s Paul Biedermann (silver), USA’s Ryan Lochte (gold) and USA’s Conor Dwyer (bronze). Also, Ryan Lochte in normal shoes. See the result list here.
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Swim Meet to Honor former Founder
See wjbf.com The Springlakes swim team has hosted a relay meet in Augusta for the past 25 years. The meet annually draws the best competition from around the region. This year’s meet will be extra special. The club has renamed the event after its founder, Pete Igel. Igel passed away last year at the age…
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CC photo #539: Moldova at Istanbul 2012
Just a photo from the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. I guess coach and swimmer from Moldova having a chat during warmup on the 3rd day of the championships.
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Pan Am Aquatics Centre, a closer look
See Daily Commercial News Construction progress on the new Pan Am Aquatics Centre is approximately halfway complete as it is slated to finish up in July 2014. Located at the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus, the facility will be home to swimming events during the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games in Toronto.
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Els Amics de les Arts – The City Between Blue and Blue
Official Song of the 15th FINA World Championships – English version
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CC photo #537: Clothes, boats and kayaks
A scene from the open water swim across Skálafjørður in the Faroe Islands, Sunday 16 June, 2013. Some swimmers using one of the traditional (race) rowing boats as a drying rack, while in the boathouse of Kappróðrarfelagið NSÃ. In the background kayaks and a sign saying (the 10-man rowing boat) “Eysturoyingur No. 1”. Old meets…
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Danish former pro cyclist: Mads Glæsner got off easy
A very interesting discussion here on Danish TV2, retired Danish swimmer Jakob Andkjær, Danish former professional road racing cyclist Niki Østergaard and Danish footballer Thomas Rasmussen and others discussing the two current doping cases in Danish swimming, plus doping and doping prevention in general. It is unfortunately in Danish only, but Niki Sørensen says when…
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CC photo #536: Týr frontman Heri Joensen completes the 2013 swim across Skálafjørður
Heri Joensen, lead vocal and guitarist of Týr completing the “Skálafjarðarsvimjingin 2013” open water swim across the firth Skálafjørður in the Faroe Islands, Sunday 16 June, 2013, in sync with his girlfriend. I suspect they gave him the No. 13 cap on purpose :-) Here is one of their songs, built upon one of our…
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Joost Reijns and Sebastiaan Verschuren moving forward
Joost Reijns and Sebastiaan Verschuren are on their way to the Olympic Games of Rio de Janeiro 2016. Joost Reijns missed London 2012 because of his health after an incredible 2011 short course season where he became a European finalist. He had to start from scratch after intensive chemotherapy, and he is willing to do…