After three days of racing at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships, Germany jumps further ahead in the medal race with 2 more gold medals today, now 4 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze in total. Hungary is back in second place with 2 gold medals, 3 silver and 2 bronze, while Sweden overtakes France in third place with 2 gold medals and 2 silver. See SwimmingWorld Magazine for more detailed reports.
Hungarians have good humor … and it worked ! :-)
A drop of water called Xop will be the official mascot of the 15th FINA World Championships Barcelona 2013. Read more here on FINA and visit bcn2013.com.
After two days of racing at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships, Germany still leads the medal race with 2 gold medals and 2 silver, while France has overtaken Hungary for the second spot with 2 gold medals and 1 silver over 1 gold and 2 silver. See SwimmingWorld Magazine for more detailed reports.
A view down the center lanes at the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. Photo taken at the start of the first heat of the men’s 1500 meter freestyle prelims, so it must be Ventsislav Aydarski (BUL) on lane 2, Gergely Gyurta (HUN) on lane 3, Rocco Potenza (ITA) on lane 4, Damien Joly (FRA) on lane 5, Antonio Arroyo Perez (ESP) on lane 6 and Jan Micka (CZE) on lane 7. See startlist and results.
After one day of racing at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships, Germany is leading the medal race, having won gold in the men’s 400 freestyle and women’s 4×100 freestyle. Host country Hungary is second with gold and silver in the women’s 400 IM and silver in the men’s 400 freestyle, and France third with a gold medal in the men’s 4×100 freestyle. See SwimmingWorld Magazine for more detailed reports.
A moment of remembering Alex during the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships opening ceremony, followed by a minute of silence not on this video.
The Norwegian national team remembering Alexander Dale Oen with a black cap, Norwegian flag on one side and the text “A.D.O.” on the other. Here Lavrans Solli in the men’s 100 backstroke semifinal, he set a Norwegian record in the prelims by improving his personal record from 56.08 to 54.83, and then was only 2 hundredths of a second from the final with a time of 54.90.
Good find Speed Endurance, the European Swimming Federation announces here on len.eu, that there is a live webcast from the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships, the next event starting in about 35 minutes, with the men’s 400 freestyle final. Go Biedermann!
