Swedens Sarah Sjöström mighty happy with winning the women’s 100 meter butterfly final at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Also in picture, Denmark’s 4th placed Jeanette Ottesen Gray. See the result list here.
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Danish triathlete European champion Camilla Pedersen still in critical condition
Read for instance BerlingskeThe Danish European triathlon champion Camilla Pedersen is still in induced coma at Odense University Hospital after a bad bike crash during training Wednesday.
Doctors had hoped that the triathlete may be awakened from her coma over the weekend. That is now completely dropped. Camilla Pedersen’s condition has not changed and therefore she remains in induced coma.
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Tokyo to host the 2020 Olympics
You’ve all heard the news by now I’m sure.
Here is the sales pitch
http://youtu.be/UPXA4Or0vLI
And here is Jacques Rogge announcing it
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A League of Their Own: Pat Cash and Eamon Sullivan serve up humour
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”It’s like a grown-up sportsperson’s fantasy show in many ways,” Cash says. ”There’s comedians and sports stars on, and some crazy activities. It was like, ‘Wow, this is something I’d really like to do.’ And I’ve never laughed so much in my life. It was 10 shows of just laughing my head off.”
As for the ribbon twirling? Cash is one of the team captains on the series, which stars comedian Tommy Little as host and fellow sportsman Eamon Sullivan. That means taking part in a few quirky sporting challenges, including artistic gymnastics.
”Yeah, there’s some very embarrassing moments,” he says with a laugh. ”[That was] a lot harder than I expected.”
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CC photo #615: Yuliya Efimova silver in the BCN2013 women’s 100 breast
Russia’s Yuliya Efimova on the medal podium at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. It was a good meet for her, with this silver in the women’s 100 meter breaststroke, plus gold in the 50 and 200. See the result list here.
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CC photo #614: Yannick Agnel on top of the BCN2013 medal podium
French swimmer Yannick Agnel with fist in the air on the medal podium after winning the men’s 200 meter freestyle at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Also in picture, USA’s silver winner Conor Dwyer and Russia’s bronze winner Danila Izotov. See the result list here.
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8 Insane Things You Can Do Underwater
Courtesy of Buzzfeed
“Underwater has never been this cool”
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Whole World calling on injured triathlete Camilla Pedersen
Read Jyllands-Posten (in Danish)“It’s been a storm without equal. It has gone around the world, and my phone has been red hot since Tuesday, says Michael Krüger, national coach of the Danish Triathlon Federation, now at third day waiting for news about the Danish European champion Camilla Pedersen, who crashed her bike Tuesday night.
Camilla Pedersen suffered serious injuries in the back of the head, including a fractured skull and internal bleeding, even though she wore a helmet. She was put in artificial coma at Odense University Hospital, where she both Tuesday and Wednesday was on the operating table.
“She’s still in a critical state, but reasonably stable at the moment, ” says Michael Krüger Friday morning, who as a personal trainer for Camilla Pedersen is very touched by the situation. “Doctors say that the first 72 hours are the most difficult in this kind of injuries. There have also been ups and downs, but tonight we have over the first three days, ” said Michael Krüger.
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500 feet below ice – Stig Severinsen sets new Guinness World Record
Yesterday on a single breath of air, Stig Severinsen sets a new official Guinness World Record by diving 500 feet (152.4m) below the ice in a frozen lake in East Greenland where nobody has ever been diving before!