Category: Competition
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CC photo #186: Magnus and Eyðbjørn at the Faroese Champs 2012
Magnus Jákupsson and Eyðbjørn Joensen during warmup at the 2012 Faroese National (Short Course) Championships. Magnus (in the TYR cap) was only 2 hundredths of a second from qualifying for the 50 butterfly final in the Antwerp 2012 European Junior Championships semi-final this afternoon. Eyðbjørn is Pál’s kid brother, competing at the Nordic Youth Championships…
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Welcome to the London 2012 Olympic Games
The BBC has produced this animated title sequence for their London Olympic Games coverage. Via Neatorama
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Sun Yang talks thunder in Shanghai
Uh oh, read here on Reuters “I feel like a tough warrior, with shield in hand, I am about to go all out,” Sun thundered in a speech in front of the national swimming team last week. “I am ready, London. We are coming. Chinese men are coming!”
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Faroe a force to be reckoned with at Nordic Youths 2012
This weekend Denmark will host the 2012 Nordic Youth Championships, at Bellahøj Svømmestadion in Denmark. Sweden and Denmark are clear favorites to win most medals, but tiny Faroe Islands are also able to compete, with several swimmers vying for both gold, silver and bronze medals. (Eyðbjørn, Alvi and Markus on bikes in Copenhagen)
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CC photo #185: Dinner table at the Stockholm 2011 World Cup
Our table at the Clarion hotel during the Stockholm 2011 World Cup. Closest to the left is Magnus Jákupsson (FAR), semifinalist from the Beograd 2011 European Juniors, then Pál Joensen (FAR) and then Alexander Dale Oen (NOR). The people with the map is a Danish TV crew trying to find their way home. Smiling guy…
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Muse – Survival (official song of the London 2012 Olympics)
OK, it is a lot better with those accompanying images, than without.
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Time for the Antwerp 2012 European Juniors
These next five days Antwerp in Belgium will host the 39th European Junior Swimming Championships, featuring promising youngsters like Denmark’s Mie Ø. Nielsen and Italy’s Gabriele Detti. The startlists are ready here on www.europeanjuniors2012.be, unfortunately it seems that there will not be any live streaming from these championship, and no live timing as such, other…
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For many, Olympics will start and end in a mall
The giant Westfield mall will be an integral part of the London Games experience for many fans heading to events at Olympic Park. See Yahoo! Sports
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US Trials day 8: Torres 4th and out in 24.82
The 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials have come to a close, Jessica Hardy and Kara Lynn Joyce took the women’s 50 freestyle Olympic tickets in 24.50 and 24.73, while Andrew Gemmell and Connor Jaeger took the men’s 1500 freestyle seats in 14:52.19 and 14:52.51. USA Swimming named its London 2012 Olympic team roster shortly afterwards, Missy…