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!
Nice, a video here on 9News featuring Lotte Friis and coach Paulus Wildeboer, with glimpses of the rest of the squad at altitude in Leadville, Colorado, including Pál Joensen and the Tunesian Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli.
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Just a photo from the training before the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships, today.
The Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships start lists can now be found here on omegatiming. There have been a few changes in the top three seeds because of for instance Daniel Gyurta scratching his participation in the men’s 100 breaststroke, so here is an updated medal count prediction, and a list of all individual top-three seeds. Notice that I don’t predict medals in the 6 relays.
“It was the last day at Regis Jesuit High School for the class of 2012. As is tradition, all the students packed the gym for the Senior Send-off. This year, the seniors shared their special event with a junior with an Olympic dream.” Read USA Today
So I got my hands on a preliminary entry list for tomorrow’s technical meeting, here in Debrecen, and had time to type in the medal contenders while waiting for my team tonight. Subject to change at the technical meeting, the host country of Hungary seems like clear medal favorites, with the Germans in second and Italy in third. Big profiles seem to be Cseh Laszlo (HUN), Katinka Hosszu (HUN), Sarah Sjöström (SWE), Paul Biedermann (GER), Gergo Kis (HUN), Federica Pellegrini (ITA), Fabio Scozzoli (ITA) and Daryna Zevina (UKR). Will write more later, sounds like my team is here now.
The Debrecen Sportcentrum ready for the 2012 LEN European Swimming Championships.
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