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  • “Successful butterfly crossing of the English Channel by Sylvain Estadieu on the 22-23rd of September 2013”

    Butterfly across the English Channel from Sylvain Estadieu on Vimeo.

  • Health and Wellness Ambassador for BUPA, Olympic and Commonwealth medallist and 5 x World Champion swimmer Matt Welsh speaks to IPA CEO Andrew Conway at the IPA’s Gala Dinner as part of the IPA National Congress at Sanctuary Cove on the Gold Coast.

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  • Start Lists • Live Stream • Live Timing • Live Results

    What to expect

    Danes hope that Friday 13 December 2013 will be the great Danish night at the Herning 2013 European Short Course Championships, featuring Lotte Friis in the 800 freestyle, Rikke Møller Pedersen in the 200 breaststroke, Mie Ø. Nielsen in the 100 backstroke and Jeanette Ottesen Gray in the 100 freestyle and/or 50 butterfly. This doesn’t necessarily mean that we will see the best day of swimming tomorrow at the Danish Short Course Champs in Gladsaxe, despite of them swimming the same events as when in Herning, as the swimmers mentioned are so dominant that they should be able to just cruise to their qualification tomorrow. But then we have the battle between defending 400 IM champ Chris Christensen and day 1’s Danish 200 IM record setter Viktor B. Bromer, a possible tussle between Jeanette Ottesen Gray, Mie Ø. Nielsen and Pernille Blume in the 100 freestyle, and Andreas Schiellerup and Magnus Jákupsson recently only one tenth of a second from the Danish record in the 50 backstroke.

    DML2013-Magnus -Shilerup-Shannon-Juba-elaluera-200rygg-1

    (Schiellerup and Jákupsson with Rollason and Juba. Photo courtesy of Jákup Jacobsen)

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  • eamon-sullivan-mustacheThank heaven this was after his gymnastics routine ! :-P

    See movember.com

  • Read SwimmingWorld

    In a move that has been coming for quite some time, Michael Phelps has re-entered the testing pool at USADA and has been tested twice in the last quarter by the organization according to the latest release of stats today.

    Swimming World first got wind of the fact he was back in the testing pool earlier today when Phelps surprised everyone in attendance by taking a dip in the warmup pool at the Arena Grand Prix in Minneapolis this afternoon, and has been waiting for proof with the release of quarterly stats that were expected to drop.

    Post by Swimming World.
    Just minutes ago, USADA updated its website with the proof that Phelps more than made the November 6 mythical deadline to comeback and give the sport another go by actually having entered within the last quarter. Enough to induce a pair of tests.

  • Read press release on fina.org

    Katinka Hosszu (HUN) and Chad Le Clos (RSA) finished in style at the closing leg of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2013, held at Beijing’s iconic Water Cube from November 13-14, both obtaining their second World Cup crown. A total USD$ 2,218,000 in prize money has been distributed in this year’s edition.

    Hosszu garnered an impressive 55 medals (32 gold, 12 silver and 11 bronze) while Le Clos’ tally included 24 gold, 8 silver and 3 bronze for a total 35.

    Post by FINA.

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  • Our kids on “FLOT Team 3” working on their crawl kick. Getting there, slowly :-)

    Still kicking

  • viktor-bromerSummary

    Viktor B. Bromer set a new Danish record of 1:54.86 in the 200 meter individual medley, and these swimmers qualified for the Herning 2013 European SC Championships:

    • 400 free M – Mads Glæsner, Anton Ø. Ipsen, Frans Johannesen
    • 200 IM W – Julie A. Lauridsen, Sidse Kehlet, Julie Leth-Espensen
    • 200 back M – Magnus Jákupsson
    • 200 fly W – Katrine Holm Sørensen
    • 200 IM M – Viktor B. Bromer, Daniel Skaaning, Chris Christensen
    • 50 breast W – Rikke M. Pedersen, Louise B. Dalgaard, Kelly R. Rasmussen

    The Danish Swimming Federation confirms their qualification in this press release (in Danish).

    Of more gossipy stuff, I’ve been told that Anders Lie had to skip the Danish SC Champs (and thus the European SC Champs on home soil) because of scholarly obligations in the US. And Mie Ø. Nielsen had a scare earlier this week, when her shoulder suddenly popped painfully during strength training. She is okay though, it seems, seen nursing her shoulder with an ice bag at these champs, but still easily clearing the Danish time standard for Herning 2013 with a time of 58.59 in the women’s 100 back prelims.

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  • Start Lists • Live Stream • Live Timing • Live Results

    What to expect

    Hopefully a high-level first race between Mads Glæsner and Pál Joensen in the 400 freestyle, with Frans Johannesen and Anton Ørskov Ipsen also going under 3:51.14 to secure their spot on the Herning 2013 team. A cruise victory by Rikke Møller Pedersen in the 50 breaststroke, and a lot of happy faces when not so well-known names are called out as national team members.

    Pál and Mads pretty beat at Istanbul 2012

    Danish site svoem.dk mentions Mads Glæsner, Anders Lie and Rikke Møller Pedersen as favorites for finals and maybe medals, in their preview for a similar Day 1 of Herning 2013.

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