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The British Olympics competition preparation plan announced

Apr 25, 2012

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With the London Olympics less than 100 days away, British swimmers are preparing to race on the international circuit, including the Europeans in Debrecen in May, the Mare Nostrum Series in June, the OW Marathon qualifier in Setúbal in June and the Santa Clara International Grand Prix in May/June, before the last chance to book a remaining slot on Team GB at the British Gas ASA National Championships on June 20th – 23rd. Read more here on swimming.org.

Team GB at Debrecen 2012
- Robbie Renwick – City of Glasgow
- Michael Jamieson – British Gas ITC Bath
- James Goddard – British Gas ITC Stockport
- Craig Gibbons – Maxwell
- Sophie Allen – British Gas ITC Stockport
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4 confirmed on the Swedish Olympic team, plus the women’s 4×100 relay

Apr 25, 2012

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The Swedish Olympic Committee today nominated Jennie Johansson and Martina Granström for the London 2012 Olympics, in addition to already qualified Sarah Sjöström and Therese Alshammar. Johansson and Granström are Olympic debutants, while Sjöström also participated in Beijing, and Alshammar at all 4 games since 1996. The Committee also nominated the women’s 4×100 freestyle, though without naming the swimmers. According to the Swedish Swimming Federation, the next selection will be at the end of May, after the European Championships. Via simma.nu/se

(Alshammar happy at the World Cup leg in Stockholm back in 2010)
CC photo #117: Faroese flags outside the Tórshavn swim pool

Apr 25, 2012

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in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Faroe Islands

Svimjihøllin í Gundadali, main swimming pool of Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, all dressed up to greet young swimmer Magnus Jákupsson after his successful Nordic Youth Championships participation back in July 2010, where he won gold in the 50 backstroke, silver in the 50 butterfly and bronze in the 200 backstroke. Had to find a photo with Merkið today, since it is our annual flag day :-)
FINA 10K World Cup: Cunha and Lurz win the 4th leg in Cancun, Oussama Mellouli 11th

Apr 25, 2012

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in Competition, Open Water

At the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup í Cancun (MEX) yesterday, Brazil’s Ana Marcela Cunha won the women’s event in 2h09m14s78, ahead of Angela Maurer (GER) in 2h09m16s22 and Martina Grimaldi (ITA) in 2h09m19s04, and Germany’s Thomas Lurz the men’s event in 1h58m16s51 ahead of Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE) in 2h57m16s55 and Nicola Bolzonello (ITA) in 2h58m16s56. Oussama Mellouli (TUN) made his first appearance in a FINA-sanctioned open water event, taking 11th in 1h57m32s02. See press release on FINA.org and results here.
3 interesting talks at the NEG 2012 Speaker’s Corner event

Apr 25, 2012

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in Faroe Islands, Organization, Safety

So at the just-for-fun Speaker’s Corner event on Friday night at Hotel Føroyar, our federation president Jon Hestoy got into a mine-is-bigger-than-yours competition with Ilkka Keskinen from Finland and Hafþór Gudmundsson from Iceland, speakers at the 11th Nordic Conference in Elementary Swimming Teaching, on how many 5-6th grade kids could swim in their countries. Unfortunately there is quite a lot of background noise, but I strongly recommend at least to listen to Hafþór, since their statistics are absolutely impressive, and the solution quite simple. And notice, they compare the Nordic definition of swimming ability, which is to be able to swim 200 meters or more.

Video 1 – Jon Hestoy, president of the Faroese Swimming Association, on how local access to swimming pools makes a significant difference.

NEG2012 Speaker's Corner: Jon Hestoy

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Camaro crashes into swimming pool

Apr 25, 2012

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in Wow

The drivers if fortunately OK after losing control of his car, flying through the air and plunging upside down into a family pool, the accelerator apparently having gotten stuck on his 1968 red Chevrolet Camaro. Bumblebee, is that you? Read 7News
Kalymnus sponge diving to become an international sport

Apr 25, 2012

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in Freediving

The Skandalopetra FreeDiving Event will be held in Bonaire, Northern Carribbean on May 2-9, where freedivers will use the ancient Greek sponge diving technique of using a stone called a “skandalopetra” to dive head-firt to the bottom. Read more here on Greek Reporter.

Freediver Patrick Musimu
Boat race swimmer banned from going with 100 meter of the (extensive) Olympic torch route

Apr 25, 2012

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in Competition, Organization, Safety

35-year-old Trenton Oldfield who on April 7 stopped the 158th annual Boat Race by swimming between the boats was yesterday banned from the Olympic torch route and celebrations for the Queen’s Jubilee. Now, that is a lot of ground covered over time, since the Flame will come within 10 miles of 95% of people in the UK, Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey, so maybe he should just stay in one area from May 19 until July 27, and then move on the day when it gets to there. Read MailOnline

London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay route animation
Russia’s Olympic swimming team finalized

Apr 25, 2012

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The lineup of the Russian Olympic swimming team is complete, with 29 athletes earning the right to represent their country in London 2012, following the conclusion of the National Championships in Moscow. According to RT the one chance that Russian swimmers had to qualify for the Summer Olympics, which makes you wonder what the heck Lobintsev was thinking:

“You know I came to the championships completely out of form, which was plain to see,” Lobintsev explained. “I completely flunked the 400 meters and didn’t do much better in the 200 meters. But now I’ve more or less found my form again, I got silver in the 100 meters and managed to qualify and I still think that’s a success.”

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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 :-)