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PÃ¡l Joensen set 4 Faroese records this weekend

Apr 16, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, Faroe Islands

PÃ¡l Joensen put of quite a performance this past weekend, attending a swim meet in TÃ³rshavn, Faroe Islands, where he participated in 11 individual events plus a few relays, won 10 of the individuals and set 4 Faroese national records. In the 200 butterfly (short course meters), he managed a time of 2:03.98, bettering his national record of 2:04.45 from last September. In the 200 IM he clocked 2:01.97, where his record from the supersuited 2009 was 2:04.41 In the 200 breaststroke he swam 2:15.56, where his record again from 2009 was 2:16.06, and in the 400 IM he managed an impressive time of 4:18.97, where his record from 2009 was 4:26.18. Not so shabby for a distance freestyler!

(PÃ¡l’s brother EyÃ°bjÃ¸rn filmed this. The guy chasing and during backstroke overtaking PÃ¡l is our federation president’s son Bartal Hestoy, the big sigh from the spectators is because he just missed our qualification cut for the Debrecen Europeans with 7 tenths of a second).
30-year-old racer’s body found after ‘mud run’ in Forth Worth

Apr 16, 2012

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rokur

in Organization, Safety

Friends and family say 30-year-old Tony Weathers was one of the most talented athletes they knew, and cannot understand how a man in such elite physical condition could die during Fort Worth’s “Original Mud Run” on Saturday. He was in the competitive division of the Mud Run, consisting of challenges including “Hole to Hades”, “Leap of Faith” and “Stairway to Heaven”, when in the middle of the race they swim across the Trinity River. Friends were waiting on a bridge but never saw him cross, his girlfriend at the finish line alerting organizers when he was hours late. At approximately 8:45 Sunday morning, they found him in the water. Read more here on KHOU
Mandaue-Mactan bridge jumper just ‘wanted to swim’

Apr 16, 2012

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rokur

in Safety, WTF

Homocide charges have been filed against the 30-year-old man who jumped from the old Mandaue-Mactan bridge in the Philippines and fell on a swimmer below who died from the impact. At the Lapu-Lapu City Jail, the jumper said he wasn’t trying to commit suicide last Wednesday, but didn’t feel well and just wanted “to swim”. Read Inquirer News.

(Photo of Mactan-Mandaue bridge courtesy of Mike Gonzalez/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Four-time Olympic gold medal winner Murray Rose dies after cancer fight

Apr 16, 2012

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rokur

in History

Scotland-born Australian swimming great and four-time Olympic gold medalist Murray Ruse died in Sydney on Sunday aged 73 after a battle with leukemia. He won three golds at the 1956 Melbourne Games, becoming a national hero at 17, and then a wold, silver and bronze four years later in Rome, double gold in the 400 freestyle, gold and silver in the 1500 and then gold and bronze in the 4×200 freestyle. Read for instance Sports Illustrated, The Australian and SkyNews
Nivea branding Lotte Friis

Apr 16, 2012

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rokur

in Gossip

A Nivea ad spot, Lotte Friis giving advice (in Danish) about sun lotion. The swimming pool is BellahÃ¸j SvÃ¸mmestadionDanish National Training Center.
CC photo #107: Flags in the Rijeka 2008 competiton pool

Apr 15, 2012

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

A beautiful swimming pool, this Kantrida swimming complex in Rijeka, Croatia, here dressed for the 2008 European Short Course Championships.
CC photo #106: Overdressed medal presenter at a swim meet in KlaksvÃk

Apr 14, 2012

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rokur

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

Way back in January 2008, at a meet in KlaksvÃk, Faroe Islands, arranged by the local swim club, Ã†gir. The presenter is quite the prankster by now, member of our 1996-relay ;-)
Women’s 200 yard backstroke final at the 1963 US Nationals

Apr 14, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, History

Hall of Famer and Olympic gold medalist Ginny Duenkel wins the 200 yard backstroke at the 1963 US Nationals, according to the commentator featuring ‘flashy, somersault turns’.
Speedo Pace Club Poolside Chats – Kate Ziegler

Apr 14, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, Training

Get to know some of USA Swimmings best and brightest athletes, here long-distance swimmer and current world record holder in the 1500-meter freestyle (long course), Kate Ziegler.