Category: Competition
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Cseh watches his loss to Phelps at the 2008 Olympics for energy
When Laszlo Cseh finds himself tired from travel or training, he cues a video of the 200-meter-butterfly final at the 2008 Olympics. Read The New York Times. “Sometimes when I go to training in the morning and I get tired or I want to sleep more and I feel I need some boost, I watch…
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Dear Jón, you can have that tattoo now !
Very internal joke, so much that he doesn’t even know about it! Got this picture from Jón before the 2011 Duel in the Pool finals this evening, and my first thought was “Jón, don’t get that tattoo!”. Reflecting on the miserable performance of the Europeans, yesterday evening. He told me that it was jet lag…
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Pál 7:36.24 and champ of the Duel in the Pool 800 free
Pál Joensen won the men’s 800 freestyle at the 2011 Duel in the Pool a minute ago, in a new Faroese and Nordic record of 7:36.24. Convincing victory too, as USA’s Michael Klueh was No. 2 in 7:39.90, and Denmark’s Mads Glæsner No. 3 in 7:42.27. Pál’s former Faroese record was from back in the…
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LIVE stream from Salnikov Cup on russwimming.ru
Beat that USA, the Salnikov Cup has right now been streamed live and open to all here on russwimming.ru, featuring top swimmers like Alexander Dale Oen, Cameron van der Burgh, Paul Biedermann and Britta Steffen. And will be streamed again here tomorrow at 17:00 local time, that is 13:00 GMT/UTC. See result from today’s events…
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Duel in the Pool 2011: USA 1-2-3 in the 400 free
Ouch, after this first day, USA leads 93.5 to 28.5Â -Â That’s it, I’m going to bed! :”-)
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USA sets 4×100 medley world record in 1st race of Duel in the Pool
Ouch, the Duel in the Pool started with a bang, with USA setting a world record in the women’s 4×100 relay, 3:45.56 to Europe’s 3:51.04. American swimmers were Natalie Coughlin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer and Missy Franklin, old record was USA 3:47.97 at the Manchester 2009 Duel in the Pool. Coughlin even set an American…
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Outro of Szczecin 2011
Nice video looking back on Szczecin 2011 and promoting the 2013 Tall Ships’ Races, of which Race Two will be from Riga (Latvia) to Szczecin (Poland). Outro of EC in short course swimming, Szczecin 2011 from Cineo on Vimeo.
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Chris DeSantis on the Faroese visit in his home pool
Tomorrow’s Duel in the Pool will be held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, home of the Yellow Jacket swimming and diving program, where The Swim Brief‘s Chris DeSantis is Assistant Coach. He writes here about now meeting our guys Pál Joensen and coach Jón Bjarnason, discussing among other things how many athletes one coach…
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Wu Peng eyeing “final olympics”
Earlier this month, Chinese swimmer Wu Peng declared that next year’s London Olympics will be his last time competing. 24-year-old Wu’s first Olympics were the 2004 Athens Games, where he made the finals, and now he’s intensifying his training schedule to prepare for London 2012, eager to go out strong with a medal victory. Via…