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The Dale Oen Experience website launched

May 16, 2012

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rokur

in Organization

Together with Robin Dale Oen, Alexander was planning to launch The Dale Oen Experience – A fund to provide children and youth experiences of their lifetime. The desire was to inspire children to challenge themselves, find their capacity and see their own worth. The plan was that Alexander and Robin would create The Dale Oen Experience after the Olympics in London 2012 and manage the fund together. Now Alexander is not here anymore, but his message is still important. Go visit daleoen.com, donations welcomed on BiC: DNBANOKXXX, Electronic iBan No: NO4112040474763.
CC photo #138: Rein Haljand and PÃ¡l Joensen at the Kalev Spa

May 16, 2012

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Faroe Islands, Technique, Training

PÃ¡l Joensen being instructed by Rein Haljand, Professor of Kinesiology at Tallinn University in Estonia. This from when we visited them in Estonia, back in January 2009. Pool is the Kalev Spa in Tallinn.
Olympic champ Mellouli to train with PÃ¡l and Danes at altitude

May 15, 2012

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rokur

in Training

PÃ¡l Joensen and coach JÃ³n Bjarnason left for Denmark today, to join the Danish Olympic squad, Spain’s Aschwin Wildeboer and Tunesia’s Oussama Mellouli, in an elaborate altitude training program developed by the Dutch head coach of Denmark, Paulus Wildeboer.

(Mellouli and Joensen at the 2010 Mare Nostrum meet in Canet)

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Cullen Jones makes teaching swimming a priority

May 15, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, Safety

This year Cullen Jones is juggling his training for the U.S. Olympic trials – he will compete in the 50- and 100-meter freestyle events – with traveling around the country for USA Swimming’s “Make a Splash” program, which promotes teaching kids from diverse backgrounds to swim.

When I woke up from being completely resuscitated, from when I almost drowned when I was 5, my first question to my parents was, ‘What’s the next ride we’re getting on?’ It really didn’t hit me and it didn’t faze me at that time that that could have been the last day of my entire life.

Read more here on USA Today
CC photo #137: Cheerleaders (and coach?) at the Roma09 waterpolo final

May 15, 2012

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

Exciting Rome 2009 World Aquatics Championships waterpolo final, Serbia against Spain, final result 14-13 after penalty shootouts.
PÃ¡l cramming between heats at FM 2012

May 15, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, Faroe Islands

Just a short video from the Faroese Championships this weekend. PÃ¡l Joensen had found a quiet spot to read up on history between the 200 freestyle and butterfly heats. I hear that the exam was on Monday morning (Faroese Champs ending at 19:00 Sunday evening, and then, you know, a 2 hour boat ride home for him). And that he got an A (that’s 11 in our grade system). This morning, he and JÃ³n left for Denmark en route to Flagstaff with the Danish Olympic team. Busy man! :-)

(The video should have English captions for you non-Faroese, if not then visit the video on YouTube directly)
Ryan Lochte fourth man to ever cover Vogue

May 14, 2012

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rokur

in Gossip

This June, Ryan Lochte becomes the fourth man to ever cover American Vogue, alongside soccer player Hope Solo and tennis champion Serena Williams (both of whom are also Vogue cover first-timers). This is the first time a man has ever been on the cover of Vogue without a female model: The previous male cover stars â€” Richard Gere, George Clooney, and Lebron James â€” were photographed with Cindy Crawford, Gisele, and Gisele again, respectively. Read New York Fashion.
Michael Phelps motivated for London

May 14, 2012

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rokur

in Competition

Four years after winning a record eight gold medals in Beijing, Phelps remains the indisputable star of the U.S. Olympic team. His lone availability at the USOCâ€™s media summit drew a full house, with reporters eager to know everything from what he plans on swimming at the London Olympics to whether heâ€™s climbed the famed â€œIncline,â€ a training trail at the base of the mountains near Colorado Springs. Read Sun-Times
CC photo #136: The SuSvim victory sign

May 14, 2012

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rokur

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

If you see this kind of clapping in Faroese swimming, it means that someone from SuÃ°uroyar Svimjifelag won. In this case, gold, silver and bronze in the women’s junior 100 butterfly.