Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu on top of the women’s 200 meter butterfly medal podium at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. Also in picture, China’s silver winner Liuyang Jiao. See the result list here.
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Barcelona and Poznan squads to be decided at this week’s Danish Open
The 2013 Danish Open will be decisive for who gets to represent Denmark at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain and the LEN 2013 European Junior Swimming Championships in Poznan, Poland. See the press release (in Danish) here on svoem.org. For already qualified swimmers Rikke Møller Pedersen, Jeanette Ottesen, Lotte Friis, Mie Ø. Nielsen and Mads Glæsner, it is ‘only’ a matter of managing easier ‘stability time standards’, while the rest of Danish hopefuls will have to manage pretty hard time standards for Barcelona 2013 and/or Poznan 2013, if not to hope for a spot on the relays.
The Danish Open 2013 runs from Tuesday 26 March until Friday 29 March, with live results on livetiming.dk and live streaming on dr.dk/sporten, courtesy of the Danish Swimming Federation and the Danish national broadcasting corportation DR. See the start list here, we have a few Faroese swimmers also competing at this meet, so I will be following it closely.
(Three swimmers of Faroese origin who will compete at this week’s Danish Open. From left to right Magnus Jákupsson who this autumn switched to Danish sports nationality, Frans Johannesen who grew up in Denmark and has Danish sports nationality, and Pál Joensen who still has Faroese sports nationality. Photo courtesy of René Thomsen, who will be commenting in the mentioned live stream)
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Former swim coach Brandon Largent pleads guilty to battery
Read Fox59
A former swim coach has pleaded guilty to battery.
Brandon Largent, 21, worked at North Putnam High School in Greencastle.
He was given a suspended sentence of 180 days in prison.
Largent was arrested last year. He admitted to kissing a teenage boy after exchanging texts and photos.
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Former Bath swimmer Jaime King appeals for return of lost watch
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An Olympic swimmer is appealing for the public’s help in finding a lost watch which was given to her as part of a sports sponsorship deal.
Jaime King, who was a member of Team Bath and competed in three Olympic games, three Commonwealth games and numerous European and World Championships, was given the sentimental item as part of a sponsorship deal with Mallory jewellers.
However, she lost it in the city this week, possibly in Nelson Place West, Larkhall, or Sydney Gardens, on Tuesday, and is hoping someone may have spotted it and picked it up.
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Rebecca Adlington engaged to fellow swimmer Harry Needs
Read for instance The Mirror
Olympic swimming star Rebecca Adlington is engaged – just months after saying she wasn’t ready for marriage.
The double Olympic champion declared herself to be the “happiest person ever” after boyfriend Harry Needs, a fellow swimmer, popped the question.
Had the best weekend ever!!! Thank you @harryneeds for making me the happiest person ever right now #engaged #isaidyes
— Rebecca Adlington (@BeckAdlington) March 24, 2013
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Lauren Boyle named NZ swimmer of the year
Read stuff.co.nz
Short course world champion Lauren Boyle has again been crowned New Zealand’s swimmer of the year and will lead a 14-strong team to this year’s world championships in Barcelona.
(Lauren Boyle alongside Chloe Sutton and Melanie Costa Schmid at the Istanbul 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m))
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CC photo #449: Ãsvallalaug in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
The 50 meter pool ‘Ãsvallalaug‘ in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, opened in 2008. Swimmers from Havnar Svimjifelag here in the Faroes have been competing there this weekend, at the 6th Actavis International Open, and did well. 3 Faroese records and a junior record, plus 3rd spot in the medal count. See all results here on sh.is, plus a recap in English here.
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When cage diving with Great Whites, make sure it is a sturdy one
Via Arbroath
Whilst on holiday in Gansbaai, South Africa, Bryan Plummer decided to do some thrill-seeking cage diving with his friends.
Contains NSFW language (which is understandable, given the circumstances)
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Photographer narrowly escapes crocodile attack
‘Under the Crocodile Bridge’ Rio Tarcoles, Costa Rica March 18, 2013.
– “You crazy”, for sure