Category: Competition
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CC photo #353: Aleksander Hetland after winning the Istanbul 2012 men’s 50 breaststroke
Norway’s Aleksander Hetland ecstatic after winning the men’s 50 meter breaststroke at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25) in Istanbul, Turkey. According to him the very last swim of his career, “As I took that last stroke I was actually thinking – this is your last stroke, make it count”. Read Speed Endurance and…
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Pál Joensen and the Istanbul 2012 theme song
The day before his 1500 bronze medal. We are proud of you, Pal :-)
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CC photo #351: The Istanbul 2012 World Champs Podium View
The view from the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) medal podium in Istanbul, Turkey. Oh my, 160 flags or something like that, all regular size but looking tiny from here.
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Istanbul 2012 Day 4: Lochte breaks the 100 IM WR
On the fourth day of the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, Ryan Lochte (USA) broke the 100 IM world record, clocking 50.71 in the semi where Peter Mankoc’s record from Istanbul 2009 was 50.76. Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) set a new championships record in the women’s 100 breaststroke, clocking 1:03.52 where Rebecca…
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Istanbul 2012 Day 3: Lochte breaks the 200 IM WR
On the third day of the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, Ryan Lochte (USA) smashed his own 200 IM world record, clocking 1:49.63 where his record from the 2010 World Champs was 1:50.08. Dani Gyurta (HUN) set a new championship record in the men’s 200 breaststroke, clocking 2:01.35 where Naoya Tomita’s…
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Ryan Lochte gave this kid his gold medal
Not one to be outdone by Matt Grevers, Ryan Lochte ran over and gave this kid his gold medal, that he won when smashing the 200 IM world record, yesterday. A lot of smiles ensued, I heard today a bit of crying also, when the kid lost the medal through the bleachers, because of other…
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CC photo #350: Danish World Champions
The Istanbul 2012 Women’s 4×100 Meter Medley World Champions, from left to right Pernille Blume, Jeanette Ottesen, Rikke Møller Pedersen and Mie Ø. Nielsen. See result list here.
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CC photo #349: Santos 22.40 and CR at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs
South Africa’s Chad Le Clos greets Brazil’s Nicolas Santos after the men’s 50 meter butterfly preliminaries at the FINA 2012 World Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. Santos clocked 22.40 and a new Championships Record, see result list here.