Category: Competition
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Opening of the 2013 Russian Swimming Cup Final in Kazan
A video from April 16 posted today, from when the official opening ceremony of the Russian Swimming Cup took place at the Aquatics Palace in Kazan.
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CC photo #501: Eyðbjørn, Óli & Alvi on top of the KlaksvÃk podium
A lot of people like this photo on Flickr, which is reason enough for me to make it CC. Our three Faroese young guns Óli Mortensen (Havnar Svimjifelag), Eyðbjørn Joensen (Suðuroyar Svimjifelag) and Alvi Hjelm (Ægir) on top of the medal podium at a meet in KlaksvÃk in February 2012.
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CC photo #500: SuSvim most winning team at Faroe Champs 2013
Group photo of Suðuroyar Svimjifelag at the 2013 Faroese (Short Course) Championships, the team that won most medals in total. Also, CC photo #500 :-)
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CC photo #499: That feeling
3rd and youngest on the team, peeking over at one of our local legends as their turn to race is closing in fast. He did well, Rólant, they were fastest but disqualified because of something that he had nothing to do with. And they got their revenge the day after.
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British journalist Rod Gilmour interviewed at the 2013 Faroe Champs
British journalist and author Rod Gilmour visited the Faroe Islands and the 2013 Faroese Short Course Swimming Championships this week, to do research for a book he is working on about Pál Joensen. Here is him being interviewed by Leivur Frederiksen at our national TV broadcasting company, during the second night of the Faroe Champs.
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CC photo #498: My seat at the Faroe Champs 2013
In my experience, the main rules of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy are eerily relevant to commenting swimming live on TV: Don’t panic, and carry a towel ;-) (Yes, I ended up in the pool. There is footage somewhere)
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CC photo #497: Swim Pool in Tórshavn ready for FM/JM 2013
Just a shot from outside of here on the 3rd and final night of the 2013 Faroese (Short Course) Swimming Championships. Flags are the most frustrating thing to shoot.