Category: Competition
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CC photo #21: Pál gets a kiss on the quay of Drelnes after Belgrade 2008
This is one of my favorite photos ( / swimming moments), despite of it being taken with a crappy DCR-HC96E camcorder meant for filming more than photography. A quay full of people in honor of the arrival of the island of Suðuroy’s triple 2008 European junior champion, Pál Joensen, and that little guy knows how…
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Watch the WA States LIVE on Ustream, featuring Sullivan, Alshammar and others
Australia’s Swimming WA is live streaming its 2011-2012 SWA Open and Age LC Championships finals every night from January 17th to 21st 2012 starting at 5:45pm local time, featuring for instance Blair Evans, Eamon Sullivan, Matt Abood, Geoff Huegill and Sweden’s Therese Alshammar. Other news disclose that Geoff Huegill has had his training disrupted by…
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CC photo #19: Lucky girl gets to lead Der Paul et al past the Rijeka 2008 audience
That Croatian girl seems pretty happy with her job, leading Mads Glæsner, Paul Biedermann and Massimiliano Rosolino (in that order) past photographers and audience after the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course men’s 400 freestyle medal ceremony. And yes, I must stress that she did wear clothes :-P
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CC photo #18: The forest of flags at Shanghai 2011
An angled view of the flags outside the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai. Always difficult to get good photos of flags, but a stiff breeze sure helped. Just strange (for me) when the wind temperature is well above 30°C (86°F).
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Michael Phelps won the Austin Grand Prix 200 IM too
In a time of 1:58.52, ahead of Ryan Lochte in 2:00.30 and Conor J. Dwyer in 2:01.59. Phelps in the Speedo Fastskin3 racing system (but with big awful beard), Lochte in his old trusty banana hammocks :-) Here’s an interview with Phelps after the race And here is Ryan Lochte: “An 8th event? – I’m…
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Janet Evans Austin Grand Prix 800 freestyle interview
Janet Evans managed a 8:49.05 and 4th in the 800 freestyle today at the Austin Grand Prix, under the Olympic trials cut, behind Sarah M. Henry in 8:40.37, Maureen McLaine in 8:46.50 and Ashley V. Adams in 8:48.73. She says she needs to work on her base, seems a bit, ehm, determined but not so…
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Missy Franklin Austin Grand Prix Post Race interviews
On how she struggles with the 50, and on how her training in altitude makes her feel like a super-hero when coming down to the flatlands. Courtesy of Gold Medal Mel.
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Swimming-Japan unveils new Kitajima for London Olympics
Called the Kosuke Kitajima Mark II, it … Naah, kidding, his name is Akihiro Yamaguchi, and he’s 17 year old. World junior champion from Lima 2011 in the 200 breaststroke, predicted to make a big splash at this year’s London Olympics, with even bolder targets himself, saying “I plan to win gold”. Even Kitajima’s mentor…
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CC photo #16: Pál’s 1500 silver medal from Budapest 2010
This is what we’re fighting for. This and national pride in general :-)