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Preview Danish SC Champs Day 4 – Sunday 17 Nov 2013

Nov 17, 2013

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What to expect

With only one night left of the program, I guess stress will begin to set in for those who have been just close to the Herning 2013 time limits yet. Jeanette Ottesen and Rikke MÃ¸ller Pedersen will cruise to victory and Herning 2013 selection in the 100 fly and 100 breast, and Ottesen probably also in the 50 freestyle, while we will see a better fight for instance in the men’s and women’s 200 freestyle. Faroese guy Magnus JÃ¡kupsson will try to qualify in the 100 backstroke and 50 butterfly, back-to-back.

(Magnus JÃ¡kupsson at DSSC 2013, photo courtesy of JÃ¡kup Jacobsen)

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Danish Short Course Champs 2013 – Day 3

Nov 17, 2013

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Summary

And exciting night of racing, producing two Danish individual records and one Danish (club) relay record. Mie Ã˜. Nielsen broke her own 26.96 Danish record in the 50 back with a blistering 26.84, and Mathias Andersen the 50 breaststroke record with a time of 27.54 beating Kristian Outinen’s 27.55 Danish record from 2008. Mads GlÃ¦sner and PÃ¡l Joensen battled marvelously in the 1500 freestyle, and two more swimmers made the Danish Herning 2013 team:
- 400 free W – Line JÃ¸rgensen Bruun
- 100 free M – Magnus Westermann
(DSSC2013 Men’s 1500 podium. Image courtesy of JÃ¡kup Jacobsen)

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Preview Danish SC Champs Day 3 – Saturday 16 November 2013

Nov 15, 2013

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What to expect

A hopefully formidable fight right from the start, when Mads GlÃ¦sner and PÃ¡l Joensen meet in the menâ€™s 1500 freestyle. Chartres 2013 European SC silver medalist Viktor B. Bromer maybe threatening Simon SjÃ¶dinâ€™s 200 fly Nordic record of 1:52.90. Lotte Friis similarly able to make another Nordic mark in the 400 freestyle, if she cares to swim real fast. Mie Ã˜. Nielsen winning easily in the 50 backstroke, but a lot of good fights in the remaining events.

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CC photo #684: Frans and PÃ¡l at the Berlin 2012 World Cup

Nov 15, 2013

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in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Faroe Islands

Frans Johannesen and PÃ¡l Joensen, in the back of Team Denmark at the FINA 2012 Swimming World Cup leg in Berlin, Germany. A complicated relationship, this Faroese and/or Danish nationality.
Danish Short Course Champs 2013 – Day 2

Nov 15, 2013

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Summary

Magnus JÃ¡kupsson and Andreas Schiellerup both won the men’s 50 backstroke final in a new Danish record of 24.21 seconds, the now former record Schiellerup’s 24.35 from the Szczecin 2011 European SC Championships.

(Schiellerup and JÃ¡kupsson joint winners in the 50 back, photo courtesy of JÃ¡kup Jacobsen)

8 swimmers were added to the 14 from yesterday that are now qualified for the Herning 2013 European SC Championships, see svoem.dk:
- 800 free W – Lotte Friis
- 100 breast M – Niklas Hedegaard
- 100 free W – Jeanette Ottesen Gray, Pernille Blume, Julie Levisen
- 100 fly M – Daniel Steen Andersen
- 100 back W – Mie Ã˜. Nielsen
- 50 back M – Andreas Schiellerup
Here is video from the men’s 50 backstroke final

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Sylvain Estadieu: Butterfly across the English Channel

Nov 15, 2013

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in Open Water

“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.
Champion swimmer Matt Welsh and Andrew Conway at the IPA National Congress 2013

Nov 15, 2013

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in History

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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Preview Danish SC Champs Day 2 – Friday 15 November 2013

Nov 15, 2013

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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 MÃ¸ller Pedersen in the 200 breaststroke, Mie Ã˜. Nielsen in the 100 backstroke and Jeanette Ottesen Gray in the 100 freestyle and/or 50 butterfly. This doesnâ€™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 1â€™s Danish 200 IM record setter Viktor B. Bromer, a possible tussle between Jeanette Ottesen Gray, Mie Ã˜. Nielsen and Pernille Blume in the 100 freestyle, and Andreas Schiellerup and Magnus JÃ¡kupsson recently only one tenth of a second from the Danish record in the 50 backstroke.

(Schiellerup and JÃ¡kupsson with Rollason and Juba. Photo courtesy of JÃ¡kup Jacobsen)

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Eamon Sullivan growing a mustache for Movember

Nov 14, 2013

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in Fun, Health, Organization

Thank heaven this was after his gymnastics routine ! :-P

See movember.com

Support my Movember effort by donating or joining the cause so we can help raise awareness for men's health http://t.co/kc5F1DGNRb #Movember

— Eamon Sullivan (@Eamon_Sullivan) November 14, 2013

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