Looks like it took a bit of effort even for ‘Der Paul’ to win the 400 :-)
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Artemyeva unhappy with not swimming below 30 seconds
An interview with Szczecin 2011 European Short Course Championships 50 meter breaststroke gold winner Artemyeva Valentina. See result list here.
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Szczecin 2011 interview with Mireia Belmonte GarcÃa
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LEN General Secretary Folvik on Szczecin 2011 expectations
LEN General Secretary Sven Egil Folvik on the Szczecin 2011 European Short Course Championships participation numbers, and on his own expectations.
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What a great night to be Nordic
Denmark and Norway did well tonight at the Szczecin 2011 European Short Course Championships, with Lotte Friis (DEN) winning the 800 free in a world textile best 8:07.53, Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) winning the 200 breaststroke in 2:19.55, Alexander Dale Oen (NOR) taking gold in the 100 breaststroke with a 57.05, Jeanette Ottesen (DEN) taking silver in the 100 freestyle with a 52.05, young Mie Ø. Nielsen (DEN) taking bronze in the 100 backstroke with a new Danish record 57.57, Jeanette Ottesen (DEN) winning the 50 butterfly in a new championship record of 24.92, and Denmark taking silver in the 4×50 freestyle with a 1:37.63. Danish national coach Paulus Wildeboer can be really proud of his own son as well, who trains in Denmark, Aschwin Wildeboer Faber (ESP) taking gold in the 50 backstroke with a 23.43. So with all these great results especially out of Denmark, let’s pay homage to the main man behind them, coach Wildeboer!
Add to this that Mads Glæsner (DEN) won a silver medal in the 400 freestyle with a 3:39.30, yesterday evening, and Aschwin Wildeboer Faber (ESP) a silver medal in the 200 backstroke with a 1:50.63, and you’ll see that there is something special going on in the state of Denmark these days :-)
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Imagine swimming 20K in this pressure cooker
Since this is Pál’s day off before the 1500 tomorrow, he spends part of it training aerobically, so that he’ll be able to swim fast also at the Duel in the Pool in Atlanta next weekend. 20K today, I heard his coach say, and we don’t bother finding another pool to train in. Pál himself grumbled a moment ago that it took him 1 hour 15 minutes to swim just 4500 meters. But at least we’re sure that it won’t be anaerobic ! :-)
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Warmup in the Szczecin 2011 Competition Pool
Yeah, that is pretty much how it looks, only not so much backwards! :-)
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The Szczecin 2011 Opening Show
Short and sweet, maybe a bit shorter here on video, than yesterday :-)
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Follow the Nordic Championships LIVE on SportTV.is
So while a lot of us are in Szczecin, the Nordic Junior Swimming Championships and inaugural Nordic Swimming Championships started today, in ReykjavÃk, Iceland. And here it is possible to follow the event LIVE, both with live results in Hy-Tek-style on keflavik.is, and LIVE broadcast in high definition on SportTV.is. Prelims are from 09:30 and finals from 17:30 GMT/UTC. See also event landing page.
