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Katinka Hosszu to swim all 15 women’s events at Bergen Swim Festival 2013

Apr 15, 2013

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rokur

in Competition

The Bergen Swim Festival 2013 – Alexander Dale Oen Memorial promises to be ‘the biggest and best ever’, when 450+ swimmers including 44 international will compete at Sentralbadet in Bergen, starting this Friday 19 April at 15:00 local time and ending late Sunday 21st. World Cup winner Katinka Hosszu from Hungary is on the startlist of every single of the 15 women’s events, while in the men’s 100 breaststroke, you will need to elbow with the likes of Dani Gyurta (HUN), Cameron van der Burgh (RSA), Martti Aljand (EST), Michael Jamieson (GBR) and Andrew Willis (GBR), to be among the 7 in the final. Other major names are Rikke MÃ¸ller Pedersen, Jeanette Ottesen Gray and Mie Ã˜. Nielsen from Denmark, plus our guy PÃ¡l Joensen from the Faroe Islands. The total sum of prize money to be won is NOK 250.000 (USD 43440), see the press release here on bsf.no (in Norwegian).
GoPro: Surfing Iceland

Apr 15, 2013

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rokur

in Nature, Wow

Eoin McCarthy Deering wades into the freezing waters of Iceland in search of blissful waves.
Breaststroke rule simplified in US high school swimming

Apr 15, 2013

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rokur

in Organization, Technique

Read High School OT

High school swimmers in the breaststroke event will now be permitted to execute a single butterfly kick on the start or turn at any time prior to the first breaststroke kick.

â€œIt was extremely difficult for officials to observe and consistently judge the initiation of the arm stroke on the start and turns,â€ said Becky Oakes, NFHS director of sports and staff liaison to the Swimming and Diving Rules Committee. â€œThe committee wanted to provide consistency for the swimmers as to when the butterfly kick is permitted and the observation by the officials across all lanes for a legal or illegal use of the butterfly kick. Swimmers may now use the butterfly kick in the location that best benefits the individual swimmer before the breaststroke kick.â€
Sycerika McMahon named Swim Ireland’s High Performance Athlete of the Year 2012

Apr 15, 2013

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rokur

in Gossip

Read SportsNews Ireland

McMahon had an outstanding year in 2012, winning two European medals, silver in the 50m Breaststroke at the European Long Course Swimming Championships in May and Bronze in the same event at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in December.
The 17 year old qualified and competed at the London Olympic Games and over the year she set a total of 17 Irish Records and is now the current holder of 7 Senior and 17 Junior Irish Records.
Explosions hit the Boston Marathon, people killed and injured

Apr 15, 2013

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rokur

in WTF

See all major news sources. Our deepest sympathies with all those affected.

BostonPolice looking for video of the finish line #tweetfromthebeat via @cherylfiandaca

— Boston Police Dept. (@Boston_Police) April 15, 2013
Stephanie Rice has street named after her in Wodonga

Apr 15, 2013

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rokur

in Gossip

Read the Herald Sun

With a new sign in Wodonga, developers have named Rice Street after Australian gold medal swimmer Stephanie Rice. […]

“She is one of our greatest Olympians, so we were very keen to name a street after her,” development co-director Andrew Stern said.

“We just thought the Olympic gold medal scene really suited the estate because it is very much an outdoor environment right next to the Kiewa River.”
DeSantis shocked by the drums at Danish swim meets

Apr 15, 2013

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rokur

in Fun, Organization

Read The Swim Brief

Now, I try not to give out too much advice in this blog, but here is one very important piece. When flying to another country, crossing six time zones, and then trying to blow right through the time change on your way to a meet, then pondering whether you could possibly inject coffee intravenously for a faster effect, you will probably find yourself battling a headache from the lack of sleep/dehydration from coffee and who knows what else. At this point, you should probably reconsider attending a meet where someone will mercilessly bang a drum not ten feet away from you for hours on end.

Here is a taste of what is was like (and brace yourself, please)
CC photo #471: KÃ¸ge Open 2007 Opening Ceremony

Apr 15, 2013

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rokur

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

Officials lined up in front of the flags at the KÃ¸ge Open 2007.
CC photo #470: Me walking a window sill at the KlaksvÃk National 2008

Apr 14, 2013

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rokur

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

As you see, very gracefully – We were doing a stunt with slow motion replay which meant we had to climb up under the roof, and I don’t like heights.

We (the Faroese) have by the way lost our internet connections with the world this evening, because of a ‘surgical strike’ to our internet provider’s routers. 3G seems to work though.