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.
Our kids on “FLOT Team 3” working on their crawl kick. Getting there, slowly :-)
SummaryViktor 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:
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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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.
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.
Faroese young gun Óli Mortensen being interviewed by Kringvarp Føroya, the national broadcasting company of the Faroe Islands. This at the swim meet in Tórshavn 2-3 November 2013, which was the last chance to qualify for the Nordic Juniors Championships, Nordic Championships and European Short Course Championships 2013.
Jokester he is, that Cameron van der Burgh :-)
From this Thursday 14 November until Sunday 17 November, Gladsaxe will host the Danish Short Course Championships 2013, that will decide the Danish squads for the Herning 2013 European Short Course Championships, and the 2013 Nordic Championships / Nordic Junior Championships in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
(NTC head coach Shannon Rollason and national coach Nick Juba evaluating the Danish Long Course Champs men’s 200 backstroke with swimmers Andreas Schiellerup and Magnus Jákupsson. Rollason’s gesture says is all. Photo courtesy of Jákup Jacobsen)
The Danes have relaxed their selection criteria, but also limited the qualification period to only these Championships, which should account for 4 very exciting days in Gladsaxe. A total of 579 swimmers are registered for the meet, of which Danish Swimming’s high performance manager Mikkel von Seelen expects about 35 to qualify for Herning 2013, plus an unspecified number for the Nordic Champs.
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All 4 final sessions will be live streamed here on dr.dk, with live results here on livetiming.dk. The competition program is quite similar to the one at Herning 2013, but without semifinals, addition of the 800 for men and 1500 for women, and with a bit of reordering of events within each individual finals session, I guess to better accommodate swimmers who do multiple events.
Danish Olympian Pernille Blume interviewed Danish National Training Center head coach Shannon Rollason yesterday, about the ‘drop taper’ that they are doing now before the Danish Short Course Champs / Herning 2013 Trials that start on Thursday.
Via SwimNews.dk
Read the interview (in English) here on herning2013.com
Lotte Friis’ (DEN) worst nightmare became reality at the Olympics in 2012 – what she expected to be her greatest success ever became her biggest disappointment. The year after the Olympics was rough but this year Lotte swam a fantastic 800m and 1500m free at the World Championships in Barcelona – showing herself, and everybody else, that she is still a swimmer to count on!
It is not a secret that you had a hard time finding the motivation to continue your swimming career since, what you called your worst nightmare became reality at the Olympics in 2012. But what have you actually done in order to move on?
– I moved to Nice. Living in another country, new surroundings, a new culture, a new coach, new friends and other people to train with – all this made me happier, got me new motivation, made me want to swim again in order to show the world that I was still a swimmer to count on.
Since you moved to Nice in 2012 your results have been improving and latest you swam an outstanding swim in the 800 free and a thrilling 1500 free against American Katie Ledecky at the World Championships in Barcelona. In August you headed to NORTH Baltimore, USA to train under the well-known Bob Bowman. Why did you decide to move from Nice and why was NORTH Baltimore the right choice for you?
– I was told that in Nice the training this autumn would not be as intensive as I wanted, due to the fact that Europeans in Herning is not a priority to the Nice-swimmers and a lot of new swimmers was to be included at the Elite team in the Club. Since I wanted to be 100% ready for Herning, Nick and I decided that I had to swim somewhere else for the rest of 2013. At World Cup in august, I talked to some of the swimmers from Baltimore. I met Bob Bowman and I had a long talk with him and then it was decided that I should go to Baltimore to train in NBAC.
Image courtesy of Peter Harry, CC BY-SA 2.0
