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Nordic Junior and Pre-Senior Swimming Championships 2013 underway

Dec 6, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Faroe Islands

The Nordic Junior and Pre-Senior Swimming Championships 2013 are now underway, here in TÃ³rshavn, Faroe Islands. See the results from this morning’s preliminary heats. The final session starts formally at 16:00 local time, and will hopefully be live streamed on kvf.fo, with live results on LiveTiming.

I’m continuously uploading photos here on Flickr, that can be used free of charge for non-commercial purposes, as long as you remember to add something like: “Photo courtesy of Morshus, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0“. We are working on uploading videos too, from this morning’s preliminary heats.
CC photo #699: Women’s 100 fly podium at BCN2013

Dec 6, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

Sweden’s Sarah SjÃ¶strÃ¶m on top of the medal podium after winning gold in the women’s 100 meter butterfly at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Australia’s Alicia Coutts silver and USA’s Dana Vollmer bronze. Also, awesome steadicam tandem team in action. See the result list here.
RIP Nelson Mandela

Dec 5, 2013

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rokur

in History

â€œI learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.â€ – Nelson Mandela

Image courtesy of South Africa The Good News, CC BY 2.0
Michael Phelps keeps mum on million-dollar Rio question

Dec 5, 2013

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rokur

in Competition

Read for instance Sydney Morning Herald

Swimming legend Michael Phelps, winner of most medals in Olympic history, would not be drawn on Wednesday on whether he may come out of retirement for the 2016 Rio Games.

Dubbing the issue the “million-dollar question,” the 28-year-old, winner of 18 gold, two silver and two bronze medals, was visiting Brazil to shoot a commercial with football legend Pele but dodged making any commitment on a possible return to the Olympic arena.

“I don’t know what’s gonna happen in three years. I don’t even know what is gonna happen tomorrow,” said Phelps when pressed on a possible return to top competition.

It’s “the million-dollar question,” he laughed.
Michael Phelps Legend Series by Master Spas

Dec 5, 2013

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rokur

in Technology

Introducing the all new 2014 Michael Phelps Legend Series by Master Spas.

http://youtu.be/B31vU6DHq9g
Shoulberg: “I know I’m old. But I’m efficient and old”

Dec 5, 2013

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rokur

in Organization, Training

Read SwimmingWorld, backstory that Germantown Academy has apparently fully or partly retired legendary head coach Dick Shoulberg:

Shoulberg finally talked tonight after having ignored media inquiries regarding his leave of absence from the deck. However, there is little doubt that Shoulberg would desire to return to the deck as soon as possible.

“I know I’m old. But I’m efficient and old,” Shoulberg said. “My girls’ team last year broke the [national] record” in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
CC photo #698: Women’s 200 IM flag ceremony at BCN 2013

Dec 4, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

So this must have been the women’s 200 meter indvidual medley, at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Katinka Hosszu from Hungary gold, Alicia Coutts from Australia silver and Mireia Belmonte from Spain bronze. See the result list here.
The secrets of swimming

Dec 4, 2013

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rokur

in Open Water

“The simple and astonishing secrets of how to swim in the ocean!”
Water level rising as planned in the Box in Herning

Dec 4, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization, Swimming Pools

Wednesday 4 December 2013 at 18:00, 25-year-old Chris Christensen had the honor to begin the filling of the 2013 European Short Course Championships pools, on behalf of the Danish national swimming team and federation. This event will be his 8th European Championships, and the first everÂ in which the Danes have home advantage.

– “This is just wild. Next week my family and friends will be sitting here,” says Christensen.

(Photo courtesy of Lars MÃ¸ller / The Danish Swimming Federation)

It takes 24 hours to fill the competition pool – and a little less to fill the a bit smaller warm-up pool. A total of 2.4 million liters of water, that then needs to be heated from 8 degrees Celsius to the 26 that work best for swimmers.