Officials lined up in front of the flags at the Køge Open 2007.
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CC photo #470: Me walking a window sill at the KlaksvÃk National 2008
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.
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CC photo #469: Forest of flags at Shanghai 2011
Very impressive, also because of the strong wind that day at the FINA 2011 World Swimming Championships in Shanghai, China.
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CC photo #468: Father and son at the 2011 Stockholm World Cup
Just a photo from the FINA 2011 World Cup leg in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Paul Biedermann to miss Barcelona 2013 due to illness
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Announcing his withdrawal from the German world-title trials and championships at the end of this month, the 26-year-old revealed that he suffered a viral infection that kept him from intense training for the past two months.
“Unfortunately, an infection has allowed no optimum training during the last two months,” he said in a statement. “Such a long period without training is not comething you can catch up with so easily.”
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Touch the Wall excerpt: Missy Picks up the Trash
“This scene was described in the NYTimes article “Catching a Champion Swimmer on Film” by Karen Crouse goo.gl/P2P72
At the end of a long day shooting The 2012 Colorado High School State Championships in Fort Collins, Colorado, I was putting away gear in a small room off the pool deck when my partner Grant came came in. He was flushed with emotion and shaking his head. He couldn’t speak. Grant had lingered with Missy to watch her sign autographs and do a small press conference on the pool deck, then followed her back to the locker room.
When he finally did speak, he told me of the scene he had managed to grab. This scene is edited from that footage. Thanks to John Kuhrt of KUSA for his additional footage.
You can help make this film by supporting our Kickstarter campaign here -Â goo.gl/1vHTC“
Touch the Wall excerpt: Missy Picks up the Trash from Touch the Wall on Vimeo.
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RAF Swimming Championships Poster Step-by-Step
Yup, the RAF, the Royal Air Force. Awesome poster!
RAF Swimmer Step-by-Step from Matt Stevenson on Vimeo.
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Ottesen Gray aims for Rio, but not necessarily medals
After having been undecided since the Olympics, Jeanette Ottesen Gray yesterday announced her determination to soldier on until Rio 2016, while trying to take it easy and enjoy her swimming also. Shannon Rollason is apparently already a success as National Training Center head coach in Copenhagen, as Jeanette here on dr.dk gives him the credit for getting her back on track.
– I met him (Shannon Rollason) after coming home from Miami, that is, in early March. He has made me realize that it is still a sport, it is not my life. I just need to feel good, take it easy and enjoy my sport, says Jeanette Ottesen.
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Zhang Lin emerges from depths of despair
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The first major signs that Zhang’s career was on a downward path emerged at last year’s national trials, where the Beijing Olympic silver medalist in the 400 free failed to earn a ticket to London after finishing the 200m and 400m free events far off the qualifying standards.
“It felt like the sky had fallen apart and I suddenly lost the goal and motivation in my life,” said Zhang, who took a break from the pool after the Olympics. […]
Keen to rediscover his form, Zhang left Beijing for California last October to practice with renowned US coach Dave Salo, the man behind the success of US Olympic champions Jessica Hardy and Rebecca Soni, for three months. […]
Although he did little of consequence in the pool, the US trip inspired him to be more mature when facing adversity. […]
He went to the market, cooked for himself and even ate microwave dumplings to save money for a physio as he received limited funds from the sport’s governing body after failing to achieve elite results in recent years.