At the German Championships today, world 200m freestyle record-holder Paul Biedermann secured his spot on the German Olympic squad with a time of 1:46.07 in the 200 freestyle, ahead of also qualifying Clemens Rapp in 1:47.57. Marco Koch and Christian von Lehm qualified in the men’s 200 breaststroke with 2:09.48 and 2:10.07 respectively, while Silke Lippok just missed the German cut though making FINA A standard with a time of 1:57.93 in the women’s 200 freestyle. The Germans will have a second chance of making and rearranging the squad at the Debrecen 2012 Europeans, it seems. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
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Arab swimmer to represent Israel at Debrecen 2012
Arab-Israeli swimmer Jowan Qupty will represent Israel in the European Swimming Championship. Qupty, 22, was originally denied a spot on the national team. He won a Swimmer’s Association appeal over the decision on Thursday. Read ynetnews.com.
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Missy Franklin’s Mom is the reason she’s a swimmer
On Missy Franklin’s 17th birthday Friday, and two days before Mother’s Day, the teen has released a video dedicated to her mother, D.A. Franklin, and her mother’s own dedication to the teen’s success. As she almost certainly wouldn’t be a world class swimmer if it wasn’t for her mother, and her mother’s own struggles with the water. Read Yahoo! Sports.
“My mom actually started me swimming when I was very, very young because she’s afraid of the water,” Franklin said. “She wanted me to be comfortable in the water, wanted me to enjoy being in it, and ever since I was a baby, being in the water has been like my second home.”
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CC photo #133: Øygarden in my ears, Tórshavn in my eyes
Don’t think I’ve ever been as torn as today, emotionally, as today following the funeral of Alexander Dale Oen while watching the Faroese Short Course Championships’ prelims / junior championships. Beautiful service, thanks for streaming it online.
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5 Faroese records, 5 junior on 1st day of SC champs
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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 Blomvåg 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.
