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Israel’s Kopelev books London 2012 ticket

Jun 3, 2012

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in Competition

Nine days after becoming the first ever Israeli swimmer to claim gold at the European Championships, Jonatan Kopelev booked his place at the London Olympics on Saturday, clocking a time of 54.38 seconds in the 100 backstroke in a competition in Slovenia. He and Guy Barnea were given one last chance to set the Olympic Qualifying Time of 54.40s on Saturday, and Kopelev did so by two hundredths of a second to reach his first Olympics, while Barnea will miss out on the Olympics after participating in the Beijing Games four years ago. Read more here on The Jerusalem Post.

Men's 50m BACKSTROKE Final – European Swimming Championships 2012
SCSSE 2012 Day 2 – Iceland wins the cup

Jun 3, 2012

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rokur

in Competition

Clear leaders from yesterday, Iceland managed to keep ahead also today at the Swimming Championships of the Small States of Europe, winning the team competition with 938 points ahead of host country Andorra in 707 and Luxembourg in 570. See all results etc here.
Mare Nostrum 2012 Barcelona: Men’s 100 breaststroke final

Jun 3, 2012

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rokur

in Competition

South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh setting a new meet record in the men’s 100 meter breaststroke at Mare Nostrum 2012 Barcelona. Splits 27.88 – 59.73.

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Mare Nostrum 2012 Barcelona – 100 peito masculino
Pool attendant turned Hulk almost unable to un-Hulk himself

Jun 3, 2012

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rokur

in Fun, WTF

35-year-old Paulo Henrique Dos Santos had decided to paint himself green for Rio de Janeiro’s Challenge For Peace run, a big hit last year but this year his local paint store was out of his usual brand. So he tried an industrial brand, commonly used for painting ballistic missiles and nuclear submarines, it worked fine, didn’t come off during the run … or the next 24 hours of bathing and scrubbing. Soap, shampoo, detergent and alcohol, with girlfriend, neighbors and mom trying their luck, while Dos Santos worried if he’d ever get a job again now turned into the “Hulk of Vila Cruzeiro”. Read for instance Fox News Latino and Comics Alliance

Paulo Henrique dos Santos – hulk brasileño
CC photo #156: Sycerika McMahon (IRL) on the Debrecen 2012 Podium

Jun 3, 2012

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

17-year-old Sycerika McMahon from Belfast, Northern Ireland, winner of the women’s 50 meter breaststroke silver medal at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. Her first major senior medal, but undoubtedly even more more happy for having qualified for the London 2012 Olympics in the 100 breaststroke 6 days before.
A Conversation with Mike Alexandrov

Jun 2, 2012

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rokur

in Competition

U.S. National team member Mike Alexandrov talks about his preparation for the upcoming Olympic Trials as well as his desire to represent the United States in London. Courtesy of USA Swimming.

A Conversation with Mike Alexandrov
33è Trofeu Ciutat de Barcelona 2012 – Recap Day 1

Jun 2, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, Wow

Brilliant summary video here from the first day of the Mare Nostrum 2012 meet in Barcelona today, courtesy of the host Club Natació Sant Andreu.

33è Trofeu Ciutat de Barcelona 2012 Resum dia 1.
Another high school coach arrested on suspicion of sexual conduct with student

Jun 2, 2012

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rokur

in Organization, Safety

A California high school water polo and swim coach was arrested Friday after detectives found probable cause to believe that he had engaged in sexual conduct with a student at the school, police said. “It’s the same old story of a coach taking advantage of their position and coercing a minor into a relationship,” an attorney said. SwimmingWorld Magazine writes that because 25-year-old Joshua David Tatro is not a coach member of USA Swimming, they have not jurisdiction to add him to the public Banned for Life list, but can begin the process to add him to the private flagged list kept in case someone attempts membership at a later date. Read more here on Contra Costa Times
SCSSE 2012 Day 1 – Iceland rules the pool

Jun 2, 2012

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rokur

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After this first of two days of the Swimming Championships of the Small States of Europe, Iceland must be clearly in the lead in the nations competition, having won 9 out of 18 events plus quite a few minor and junior medals also. See result list here, I list the winners in the senior competition below.
- Women 200 free – Inga Elin Cryer (ISL) 2:06.54 (711)
- Men 200 fly – Haciane Hocine (AND) 2:07.96 (661)
- Men 400 freestyle – Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou (CYP) 4:07.13 (706)
- Women 200 backstroke – Sarah Rolko (LUX) 2:19.13 (721)
- Men 400 IM – Colin Bensadon (GIB) 4:49.97 (594)
- Women 100 breast – Karen Sif Vilhjalmsdottir (ISL) 1:14.70 (642)
- Men 100 free – Orri Freyr Gudmundsson (ISL) 51.57 (752)
- Women 100 fly – Snjolaug Tinna Hansdottir (ISL) 1:04.97 (642)
- Men 50 breast – Omiros Zagkas (CYP) 29.46 (741)
- Women 800 free – Inga Elin Cryer (ISL) 9:05.03 (745)
- Men 100 back – Kolbeinn Hrafnkelsson (ISL) 59.68 (659)
- Women 50 back – Sarah Rolko (LUX) 29.58 (765)
- Men 50 fly – Orri Freyr Gudmundsson (ISL) 25.61 (671)
- Women 50 freestyle – Clelia Tini (SMR) 26.59 (710)
- Men 200 breast – Hocine Haciane (AND) 2:24.46 (684)
- Women 200 IM – Karen Sif Vilhjalmsdottir (ISL) 2:27.50 (625)
- Men 4×100 free – Iceland (ISL) 3:35.68 (664)
- Women 4×100 medley – Luxembourg (LUX) 4:30.39 (633)

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Rókur í Jákupsstovu // Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT guy, spare-time aquatics aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 grandson & a wife. Bureau Member of European Aquatics, liaison to Water Safety, Media & Data Management. Likes to run :-)