Category: Competition

FinaTV and zwemsport.tv live stream from Eindhoven 2013 World Cup

Aug 7, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization, Technology

FINA announces that the events of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 â€“ Eindhoven (NED) on August 7-8 will be streamed live and free of charge here on FINAtv. Streaming of morning heats will also be availableÂ here on zwemsport.tv’s YouTube channel.Â Start lists and results can be seen here on omegatiming.com. The competition times for the…
Swimming is a worthy investment, says Van der Burgh

Aug 6, 2013

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rokur

in Competition

Read Sport Live Swimming world champion Cameron van der Burgh believes South Africaâ€™s performances at the Fina World Championships in Barcelona last week was enough to prove themselves worthy of corporate sponsorship. â€œWe do perform and bring it to the table, like we brought ammunition after the Olympics,â€ Van der Burgh at OR Tambo International…
GB head coach Bill Furniss questions Sheffield’s ‘too fast’ pool

Aug 6, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization, WTF

Read BBC British Swimming’s head coach has called for the ending of selection trials at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge after claiming the pool is “too fast”. Bill Furniss said he wanted qualifying events for the Olympics and other competitions switched to other venues. His comments came after the Great Britain team won just one medal at…
CC photo #583: A brave photographer at BCN2013

Aug 6, 2013

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rokur

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

Check out the photographer in the back of the bunch, trying to get all the officials in the picture by standing on the ledge, a 3-4 meter drop behind him. And if he should fall, it would be down on the fancy screen floor. In a crowded stadium, which my kids would think would be…
CC photo #582: Team FAR at BCN2013

Aug 5, 2013

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rokur

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

The very last photo we took in Palau Sant Jordi at the 15th FINA World Championships. From left to right Birita Debes (backstroke), RÃ³kur Ã JÃ¡kupsstovu (team leader), PÃ¡l Joensen (distance crawl), Bartal Hestoy (medley), Poula Ã˜ssursdÃ³ttir Mohr (butterfly) and Kristian Martin Joensen (coach). Photographer is Jon Hestoy, president of Faroe Island’s Swimming Association.
CC photo #581: Free fruit at BCN2013

Aug 4, 2013

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rokur

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

Clever thinking Charlie! After running out to buy bananas and then lugging them about, there turned out to be free fruit on offer for the athletes here at the stadium, all week. Awesome! Tonight after the final final, I’m sure that the demand will drop drastically. At least for that kind of refreshments.
Two wonderful views at BCN2013

Aug 4, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization

Taken with my GoPro this morning. Barcelona scenery or medal podium, hmmm … :-)
Full House

Aug 4, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Faroe Islands

With Bartal Hestoy setting a new Faroese record in the 400 IM this morning, we have now all three universality swimmers setting Faroese records, and PÃ¡l Joensen qualifying for two finals. That is a full house! :-) Mission accomplished, the party has begun. If PÃ¡l should win a medal, it will be a ball.
Home Gharavi helping out Yuliya Efimova at BCN2013

Aug 4, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Science, Training

Here is an interview with Dr. Dr. Homayun Gharavi, team physician and sports conditioning expert and a good pal of Faroese swimming, whom I happened to meet now at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. He has been helping out Russia’s Yuliya Efimova this week, who we all know became world champion in…