Category: Competition
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Australia axe coach of troubled relay team
Read Bangkok Post Australia have axed the coach of their scandal-hit 4x100m freestyle relay team for the world championships as part of a wide-ranging shake-up after last year’s Olympics flop, officials said Friday. John Fowlie, who oversaw a medal-less showing by the world champions in London, moves aside for Brant Best, coach of relay anchor…
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CC photo #495: Pál and Jón back on deck in Tórshavn
Pál Joensen and SuSvim coach Jón Bjarnason discussing whatever during warmup the first morning at the 2013 Faroese Championships. The old team rides again.
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Building the Faroe Champs platform
Just a quick test with GoPro Hero 2 and the time lapse tool in Picasa.
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CC photo #494: Faroe Champs 2011 – Pál ready on lane 5
Pál Joensen had for some reason no entry time in the men’s 200 meter butterfly at the 2011 Faroese (Short Course) Championships, and was therefore on lane 5 and at the very bottom of the entry list, despite of having won the event the past 5 years. Still he won his 6th title also, and…
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Faroese Champs 2013 Coming Up
Thursday May 9th to Saturday 11th, the 2013 Faroese Swimming Championships will be held in Tórshavn, still short course as we have no 50 meter pool yet. The main attraction is of course Pál Joensen, who is closing in on his 100th national medal, though not expected to take gold in all the events that…
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CC photo #492: Haljand-test in Tórshavn 4 May 2013
An interesting angle that Bartal chose here, Haljand on the start block filming Faroese swimmer Astrið Foldarskarð’s finish while Holger hauls the sideways filming cart and Birita Debes gets ready for her swim. That fly swatter thing outside is one of the four new light towers of our national football stadium that can be seen…
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Harrison’s drought-breaking swim surprises coach Cotterell
Read The Age Denis Cotterell has warned against too much expectation being placed on Jordan Harrison, with the veteran coach who guided Grand Hackett to dual 1500-metre freestyle Olympic gold medals saying he was as surprised as anyone with his protege’s impressive swim at the national titles on Friday night. Harrison, 17, turned back the…
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Swimming with Dartmouth’s Nejc Zupan ’14
“Dartmouth swimmer Nejc Zupan ’14 qualified for three events—the 200 IM, the 100 breastroke and the 200 breastroke—at the 2013 NCAA Championship from March 28-30 in Indianapolis, Ind. After capturing three Ivy League titles and setting three Ivy League records, he was named Swimmer of the Meet at the 2013 Ivy League Championship in early…