The Faroese Short Course Championships started out well today, with 5 national records and 5 junior records being set during prelims and finals. See all results from prelims here and from finals here.
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Alexander Dale Oen’s funeral is today, broadcasted live by Norwegian TV
Alexander Dale Oen’s funeral ceremony will begin at 12 noon Norwegian time today, with church service at BlomvÃ¥g Kirke in Øygarden. That is in about 35 minutes from now, NRK and TV2.no are already streaming live, the latter not restricted to Norway.
The 300 church seats are reserved for family, friends, neighbors, sport colleagues and representatives from official Norway, with 1500-2000 other people following it on TV in a nearby hall. Representative are for instance from the Norwegian Swimming Federation, Olympiatoppen, his clubs in Oslo, Bergen and Øygarden, LEN with president Nory Kruchten, the entire Norwegian Flagstaff squad, elite athletes from other sports and international swimming friends.
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OK, almost ready for the Faroese Championships tomorrow
Tomorrow morning we’ll dive into the 2012 Faroese (Short Course) Championships, I guess they are busy preparing the pool in Tórshavn while others like me are doing other stuff like preparing our live timing and things like that. So, you know, if this site seems dead at times this weekend, it is because we are busy :-)
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May is the US national water-safety month
And all other countries should join in. The Michael Phelps Foundation provides water-safety, health and wellness instructions to thousands of kids in need. To find out more information, see pictures and testimonials, visit www.facebook.com/michaelphelpsfoundation.
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German Trials: Yannick Lebherz first German to secure Olympic ticket
On the first day of the German Championships in Berlin, Yannick Lebherz secured himself an Olympic ticket in the 400 IM, with a time of 4:14.19, the FINA A cut being 4:16.46. See all results here, and read more in German on swimsportnews.de, and in English on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
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CC photo #132: Dinko Jukić being interviewed at the Rijeka 2008 Europeans
Dinko Jukić, Austrian swimmer of Croatian origin, being interviewed by HRT at the 2008 LEN European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia.
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The London 2012 Olympic Games flame now lit in Greece
The Olympic Torch has now been lit in ancient Olympia, with British-born Greek 10 kilometre open water swimming world champion Spyros Gianniotis being the first runner on the Torch’s 78 day journey, as it passes through Greece before being flown to Britain, the host of this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games. Sorry if you (like me) thought that this was something happening later today … apparently I failed in time zone conversion from these news on the Ustream blog. Read more here on Inside The Games
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Meet Allegheny head coach Erin Detwiler
This is a good idea, me thinks, putting a bit of focus on the coach.
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Ryan Seacrest rates Sutton, Coughlin as top 15 hottest female Olympic Athletes
Our new favorite website ryanseacrest.com rates Chloe Sutton and Natalie Coughlin among the top 15 hottest female athletes watch at the Olympics, adding to Michael Phelps, James Magnussen and Ryan Lochte in the men’s category. Via Swimming World on Facebook
