Category: Training
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Norwegian swimmers struck by strike
Returning from the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships, coach Finn Zachariassen and swimmer Sindri Þór Jakobsson came to closed doors at their Bergen base, all municipality swimming pools closed because of strike. This is of course a major crisis, with Jakobsson vying for an Olympic spot at the Dutch Open in Amsterdam in two weeks.…
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Behold, maybe the geekiest post ever about Pál Joensen
My brother the geologist putting Pál Joensen and coach Jón Bjarnason on a special assignment, to find a Kaibab Limestone while visiting Crand Canyon. I understand they succeeded, only to me it still looks like just a rock. Off our Faroese site.
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Denmark extends its contract with coach Wildeboer
The Danish Swimming Federation announced yesterday that they have made a new 4-year agreement with national coach Paulus Wildeboer, to be head coach of the National Training Center (NTC) in Bellahøj, Copenhagen up until and including the Rio 2016 Olympics. His former job as national head coach will on his request be split in two,…
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9News segment from the Danish Olympic squad in Leadville
Nice, a video here on 9News featuring Lotte Friis and coach Paulus Wildeboer, with glimpses of the rest of the squad at altitude in Leadville, Colorado, including Pál Joensen and the Tunesian Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli. Read more here on 9News
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CC photo #139: Pál and Jón at the Kalev Spa
Pál Joensen getting instructions from his coach Jón Bjarnason at the Kalev Spa in Tallinn, Estonia, back in January 2009. You’ve got to love that sign – “amateur swimming” – giggle :-)
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CC photo #138: Rein Haljand and Pál Joensen at the Kalev Spa
Pál Joensen being instructed by Rein Haljand, Professor of Kinesiology at Tallinn University in Estonia. This from when we visited them in Estonia, back in January 2009. Pool is the Kalev Spa in Tallinn.
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Olympic champ Mellouli to train with Pál and Danes at altitude
Pál Joensen and coach Jón Bjarnason left for Denmark today, to join the Danish Olympic squad, Spain’s Aschwin Wildeboer and Tunesia’s Oussama Mellouli, in an elaborate altitude training program developed by the Dutch head coach of Denmark, Paulus Wildeboer. (Mellouli and Joensen at the 2010 Mare Nostrum meet in Canet)
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Meet Allegheny head coach Erin Detwiler
This is a good idea, me thinks, putting a bit of focus on the coach.
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Watch Ryan Cochrane give his everything
Ryan Cochrane made his first Olympic appearance at the 2008 games in Beijing winning a bronze for 1500 m freestyle. And even though it was the first medal for a Canadian swimmer since the 2000 Summer Olympics, he wasn’t satisfied. Four years later, he’s determined to make every stroke count. Watch Ryan as he trains…