Ian Thorpe supporting his charity Fountain For Youth, via the17thman.
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CC photo #122: San Marino swimmers on a viking trip in Iceland
The San Marino team outside Fjörugarðurinn in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, where we had quite an enjoyable ‘viking meal’, Saturday night at the “2nd Swimming Championships of the Small States of Europeâ€, June 12-13, 2010.
A recommended place, where you can be sworn in as viking and everything. One very special moment was these (very not viking)Â Harvard Din & Tonics who suddenly swarmed the place.
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UK considers surface-to-air missile batteries on London rooftops to ensure safe Olympics
An east London estate, where 700 people live, has received leaflets saying a “Higher Velocity Missile system” could be placed on a water tower, chosen as it is situated close to the Olympic Park and offers an excellent view of the surrounding area and the entire sky above the Olympic Park. Read The BBC and watch video.
The residents are not all amused
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Breaststroke-specific dryland training with Aleksander Hetland
Norwegian Dubai 2012 medalist Aleksander Hetland doing breaststroke-specific dryland training at altitude in Flagstaff, recently. Nice informative comments in Norwegian also, courtesy of Lars-Arne Andersen / Olympiatoppen on Facebook.
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Sweden announces European squad, terminates partnership with national coach Greg Salter
In conjunction with the announcement of the European Championship squad today, the Swedish Swimming Federation also terminated its partnership with national head coach Greg Salter, saying that ‘Swedish swim sport is facing a new phase of development and therefore needs to strengthen the national team and elite swimming with new skills.’ In her role as team manager, Ulrika Sandmark now has expanded responsibilities at the European Championships and the Olympic Games, where after the Swedish Swimming Federation in the autumn expects to have a permanent solution for the national team and elite center at Eriksdalsbadet. (In Swedish) myNewsDesk via simma.nu/se
The Swedish Debrecen 2012 squad:
- Mattias Carlsson, Uddevalla S
- Michelle Coleman, Täby Sim
- Rebecca Ejdervik, Täby Sim
- Gabriella Fagundez, Väsby SS
- Lars Frölander, Linköpings Allmänna SS
- Stina Gardell, Spårvägens SF
- Martina Granström, Jönköpings SS
- Louise Hansson, Helsingborgs S
- Joline Höstman, Mölndals ASS
- Jennie Johansson, Upsala S
- Nathalie Lindborg, Malmö KK
- Ida Marko Varga, SK Triton
- Stefan Nystrand, Spårvägens SF
- Simon Sjödin, SK Neptun
- Sarah Sjöström, Södertörns SS
- Johannes Skagius, Sundsvalls SS
- Petter Stymne, SK Neptun
- Therese Svendsen, SK Ran
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British Olympic ban on drugs cheats overturned
Former drugs cheats, including Dwain Chambers, will be eligible to compete for Britain at London 2012 after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned the British Olympic Association’s lifetime ban on offenders. WADA had challenged the ban at a hearing in London last month claiming its controversial anti-doping bylaw non-compliant with its code, which the BOA are signatories too. This followed a CAS decision last October that the International Olympic Committee’s controversial Rule 45 – or “Osaka Rule” – banning convicted drugs cheats from future Games was illegal. Read Inside The Games
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A video from the “Jóansøkusvimjingin 2011”
Just something I put together last night, from the Drelnes – Tvøroyri open water swim here in the Faroe Islands, last summer. Bartal told me to just cut short clips out and order them chronologically (which I have approximately done), and then choose a song from the vast YouTube audio collection that fitted in. Well, that song totally changes the mood that I had intended, but there you go :-)
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Debrecen 2012: “Two years work in three months”
On April 11, the Debrecen 2012 organizing committee was approximately halfway through the preparations for the European Championships, or as director of the committee Mr Mihály Orendi puts it: “They usually award a European Championships to a host country two years prior to the beginning of the event. Two years – 730 days. We have had 96 days all in all, which is 13,13 % of the time. This is like a movie is fast forward mode. Which means we have completed a work of one and a half year so far. However, there is still a lot to to ahead of us.” Read more here on musz.hu.
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Keri-Anne Payne cashing in on the Olympics
According to The Daily Mail, British 10K marathon swim gold medal favorite Keri-Anne Payne has generated income of of £500,000 this year from her sponsors, Links of London, British Gas, Speedo, Max Factor and Oral-B. Up £200K from 2011, which compared to a lot of other swimmers wasn’t bad either. Via OpenWaterSwimming.com