Category: Competition
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CC photo #306: A troll in the pool
So this is me (Rókur) making a fool of myself at a carnival-themed swim meet in Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands, back in 2009. Also the closest I’ve been to water-boarding myself, trying to swim backstroke with that mask on. Heðin L. Olsen took the photo. Happy Halloween!
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CC photo #305: Anthony Ervin after winning the Berlin 2012 men’s 100 free
USA’s Anthony Ervin after winning the men’s 100 freestyle at the FINA / Arena Swimming World Cup 2012 meet in Berlin, Germany. His time was 46.71, ahead of Australia’s Tommaso D’Orsogna in 46.99 and South Africa’s Darian Townsend in 47.02, see result list here.
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Norway picks 7 for the Chartres 2012 Europeans SC
Norways national head coach Petter Løvberg has selected the following 7 swimmers for the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Chartres, France, 22 – 25 November 2012. Aleksander Hetland, Bærumsvømmerne Lavrans Solli, Bergens Svømme Club Ingvild Snildal, Asker SK Cecilie Waage Johannessen, Bergens Svømme Club Monica Waage Johannessen, Bergens Svømme Club Veronica Bjørlykke, Aalesund SLK…
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Pál Joensen on Trans World Sport
Woohoo … It is ready, the IMG / Trans World Sport feature on Pál Joensen from last August, also featuring the Faroese prime minister, our federation president, his now former coach Jón Bjarnason, hardcore open water swimmer Cecilia Wigant Eysturdal, and the memory of Alexander Dale Oen ! :-)
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CC photo #304: Steffen Deibler ready for the Berlin 2012 men’s 50 fly
Germany’s Steffen Deibler ready for the men’s 50 butterfly at the FINA / Arena World Cup leg in Berlin, Germany. So I guess this is when he is shaven ? :-P (Deibler was second in 22.83 behind Matthew Targett (AUS) in 22.30, see result list here)
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Geoff ‘Skippy’ Huegill retires
Quote the Australian Swim Team on Facebook: Geoff ‘Skippy’ Huegill’s second coming as an elite swimmer has ended today with the former world record holder and multiple Olympic and Commonwealth Games medalist announcing his retirement from competitive swimming.
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CC photo #303: The Berliner Bäder-Betriebe: Europa-Sportpark (SSE)
The Berliner Bäder-Betriebe: Europa-Sportpark (SSE), venue of the annual FINA / Arena Swimming World Cup in Berlin, Germany.
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Former Olympic champion Manaudou to quit again
French swimmer Laure Manaudou, the Olympic 400m freestyle champion at the 2004 Athens Games, will retire for a second time after next month’s European Championships, the Le Courrier Picard newspaper reported. Via the Bangkok Post
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CC photo #302: World Cup poster outside the Europa Sports Park Berlin
Nice and big, the advertisement for the FINA / Arena Swimming World Cup 2012 in Berlin, Germany, outside the Berliner Bäder-Betriebe: Europa-Sportpark (SSE).