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Ruta Meilutyte clocks 1:05.20 and a new European record in the 100 breast

Jun 8, 2013

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rokur

in Competition

See SwimVortex.com

Ruta Meilutyte, the Plymouth-based Lithuanian Olympic champion, cracked the European record with a storming 1:05.20 victory in the 100m breaststroke on the opening day at the Monte Carlo round of the Mare Nostrum Tour this evening. Out in 30.80, she was a touch slower than any of her three splits at the Olympic Games on the way to gold at 15 last summer in London. However, in the pool under the football pitch in the principality on the Med she came back a touch faster and shaved 0.01sec off her own continental standard, set in the semis at the Games.

Image courtesy ofÂ nrcphotos, CC BY 2.0
Danish national team member Frans Johannesen tests positive for Terbutaline

Jun 8, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Doping, Faroe Islands

Danish and Faroese swimming is shell-shocked today by the news that Danish national team member Frans JohannesenÂ at the Danish Open 2013 meet in March was tested positive for Terbutaline. Frans himself thinks that the positive test is because of the asthma medication he used during the Danish Open.

– “I am used to using an inhaler every day. Therefore I didn’t give it a thought that the new inhalator that I used during the Danish Open should contain an illegal substance, ” says Frans Johannesen.

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Behold Flo, an awesome water-fueled exercise product of the 90ies

Jun 8, 2013

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rokur

in Dryland, Equipment, Fun

BuzzFeed calls it ‘hilarious’. I find any kind of exercise product interesting and relevant that works by adding water. And then I laugh :-)
CC photo #525: Dominik Meichtry looking very focused at Debrecen 2012

Jun 8, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

Switzerland’s Dominik Meichtry ready for the men’s 200 meter freestyle prelims at the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. He ended up 5th in the final the day after, see the result list here.
Ideas For Change, Sylvia Earle

Jun 8, 2013

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rokur

in Nature

An Interactive infographic designed by the Global Agenda Council on Oceans in partnership with the Ocean Health Index will be hosted on the World Economic Forum homepage . See also worldoceansday.org
Monaco ready for the 2013 Mare Nostrum

Jun 8, 2013

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rokur

in Competition

Coordinator Roland Trabaries detailing (in French) what to expect at the 31e Meeting International de Natation de Monte Carlo in Monaco this weekend.
CC photo #524: A young PÃ¡l Joensen at Rhodes 2007

Jun 7, 2013

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rokur

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

PÃ¡l Joensen sporting a typical ‘Faroe tan’ at the Natwest Island Games in Rhodes, Greece, back in 2007. He won gold in the 200, 400 and 1500 freestyle, gold in the men’s 4×50 free, 4×50 medley and 8×50 free mix relay, plus a bronze in the men’s 4×100 medley. This year the Island Games are in Bermuda, for the first time ever without Faroese participation in the swimming events. See the result list here.
Teen dies three days after being underwater for 30 minutes

Jun 7, 2013

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rokur

in Open Water, Safety

Read for instance KATUÂ andÂ Oregon Live

15-year-old Cesar Campuzano died at 7:35 a.m. on Thursday, three days after he jumped into the Willamette River at Rogers Landing Park in Newberg, Oregon. He remained underwater for 30 minutes until rescuers were able to pull him from the river.

Witnesses said Campuzano jumped off a dock into the river on Monday as he was playing with several other boys. He thought the water was shallow then panicked when he realized how deep it actually was.

“I know he couldn’t swim. I don’t know why he would jump in,” said friend Jesus Valdez. “We’ve gone to the river and we’ve asked him a lot to jump in and he’s responded to us with a ‘no.’ I don’t know why he decided to jump in that day.”
Nick Juba on Danish opportunities and challenges

Jun 7, 2013

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rokur

in Organization

A video off svoem.dk, Denmark’s new national coach Nick Juba talking about opportunities and challenges for Danish Swimming. There is also a new (English-written) interview with him here on svoem.dk, where he answers four quick questions related to him coaching Jeanette Ottesen at the Mare Nostrum meet in Monaco, this weekend.

– I plan for Shannon to be very much in charge of the swimmers he coaches directly at Bellahoy, and my role will be to take an overview of these swimmers and offer different opinions and angles if needed. I will directly be looking after Denmarkâ€™s other top-class swimmers in Barcelona.