Category: Competition
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Live Stream from the Mare Nostrum Barcelona 2012 finals this weekend (!)
YES, the organizers of the Mare Nostrum 2012 meet in Barcelona this weekend announce here that there will be a live webcast from the finals here starting today at 16:00 local time (14:00 UTC) and tomorrow from 16:15 (14:14 UTC), courtesy of Esport 3. That’s in about two hours :-) Results can be found here.
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3rd Swimming Championships of the Small States of Europe this weekend
This weekend Andorra hosts the 3rd Swimming Championship of the Small States of Europe, featuring 13 swimmers from Luxembourg, 15 from Gibraltar, 6 from Malta, 4 from Cyprus, 2 from Montenegro, 23 from Iceland, 13 from San Marino and 33 from the host country Andorra, plus additional participant in the simultaneous 5th Andorra Open.
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Virgin’s free London Underground WiFi up and running
Not to be outdone by BT, Virgin takes to the London Underground, supplying at least 80 stations with free WiFi in time for the Olympics, switching to pay-as-you-go model in about 120 stations by the end of the year. Read more here on Engadget and here on Slashgear.
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Sweden selects 5 more swimmers for their Olympic squad
Yesterday the Swedish Swimming Federation announced 5 more names on the Swedish London 2012 roster, Stefan Nystrand and Stina Gardell for individual swims and Michelle Coleman, Ida Marko-Varga and Gabriella Fagundez for the women’s 4×100 freestyle relay.
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Wow, the London 2012 victory ceremony uniforms are, ehm, ‘special’
They are not impressed on Jezebel, calling the medal presenters’ uniforms ‘overly fussy’ and ‘something to wear if aliens ever land on earth’. Supposed to “represent London and its architecture with a modern twist.” You decide. Image courtesy of LOCOG
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CC photo #154: Alex remembered at Debrecen 2012
Only a month since he passed away, feels like an instant and an eternity.
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Omega ‘Start Me Up’ Olympic Campaign featuring Natalie Coughlin
Worried about your campaign not being cool enough? Just add water! Via the17thman
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Swimmers shy away from Speedo Fastskin3, choose LZR or other brands instead
According to CBS News (and hearsay in Debrecen), the Dutch squad has given up on new Speedo’s Fastskin3 racing system, opting for the 2010 LZR Racer Elite or other brands instead, national coach Titus Mennen going as far as calling the new suit “horrible”. USA’s Jessica Hardy also opts for LZR, saying that with the…