Category: Competition
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CC photo #119: Warm-up at Køge Open 2007
Just a photo from the 2007 Køge Open meet in Denmark, sort of the ‘B-meet’ of the Danish Short Course Championships, held at the same time for those swimmers who didn’t qualify for the championships, plus a few foreigners like us the Faroese and some Swedes. Camera my old trusty Nokia N93, why was it…
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Troféu Maria Lenk: Ottesen smashes the 50 butterfly world textile record
At the Maria Lenk Trophy in Rio yesterday, Jeanette Ottesen demolished the Danish record in the women’s 50 butterfly, with a 25.29 beating her own record of 25.69 from the 2010 Europeans in Budapest. It is a 3rd best time in the world ever, and the fastest ever in textile, Therese Alshammar owning the now…
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Nick Brunelli chasing Olympic dream for the third time
Nick Brunelli has spent the last eight years pursuing his Olympic dream, missing out by just one spot at both the 2004 and 2008 US Olympic trials. Read WCNC.
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2 NEWS talks with Janet Evans and Ricky Berens
With less than 100 days until the 2012 London Olympic games, 2 News Today spoke with two members of the U.S. swim team, Janet Evans and Ricky Berens. Via wdtn 2 NEWS talks with olympic swimmers: wdtn.com
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Canadians aim to Own the Podium
In this The Morning Swim Show, Jeff Commings and Tiffany Elias highlight six swimmers who could be on the podium in London, and national coach Pierre Lafontaine discusses Own the Podium, a government program designed to help athletes be the best they can be as they prepare for Olympic glory. “If there is any sure…
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London Olympics won’t allow sharing of photos, video or sound via social networks
Sort of mentioned here before, the London 2012 conditions for ticket holders are pretty extensive, including ban on entering the venues with food, beverages, animals, large photographic equipment, flags of countries not participating in the Olympics (there goes Merkið), musical instruments, objects bearing trademarks, large quantities of coins, lighters, refrigerators etc. Photo site PetaPixel has…
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CC photo #118: Young officials hard at work at FOMM 2011
It looked very intense, the officials’ technical meeting at the (still mostly for fun) Faroese Masters Championships 2011, where we sort of switch roles with swimmers taking over as officials, and many of the officials jumping into the pool. But if you look closely, you will realize that they are all bent over a pizza…
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Troféu Maria Lenk: Cielo rattles 50 free world textile record
At the Maria Lenk Trophy yesterday evening, Brazil’s Cesar Ceilo almost posted a world textile best in the men’s 50 freestyle, scorching the pool in 21.38 seconds, where Fréderick Bousquet’s world textile record is 21.36 from the 2010 Europeans. Bruno Fratus managed a second best in the world this year in the prelims, clocking 21.70,…
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Lebanese-American Katya Bachrouche aims for Olympic glory in London
Lebanon has not won an Olympic medal since 1980. But Lebanese-American swimmer Katya Bachrouche hopes to change that at this year’s London Games in July, where, as a dual citizen, she plans to compete for her ancestral homeland. Read Middle East Voices via the17thman.