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Ian Thorpe 50.53 and 21st in the 100 free prelims, out of the Olympics

Mar 18, 2012

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in Competition

After a disappointing swim in the mens 100 freestyle preliminaries at the Australian Olympic Trials, it is now official that Ian Thorpe will not get to compete at the London Olympics. On a more positive note, Leisel Jones qualified with a time of 1:07.64 in the 100 breaststroke, yesterday evening, behind Leiston Pickett in 1:06.88, making Jones the first Australian swimmer ever to qualify for four Olympic Squads. Thomas Fraser-Holmes and Kenrick Monk qualified in the 200 freestyle with 1:46.88 and 1:47.16 respectively, Emily Seebohm and Belinda Hocking in the 100 backstoke with 59.28 and 59.41, and Hayden Stoeckel and Daniel Arnamnart in the mens’ 100 back with 53.98 and 54.05 respectively. Read more here and here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
Thorpe crushed and speechless

Mar 17, 2012

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rokur

in Competition

Ian Thorpe says he is crushed after he missed out on the 200m freestyle final at the Olympic trials in Adelaide.

Thorpe crushed and speechless
CC photo #78: Swim meet in Vági today

Mar 17, 2012

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rokur

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

SuSvim meet in Vágur, Faroe Island today and tomorrow, March 17 – 18, 2012. This site will probably be a bit silent today because of this.
Underwater thieves evade array of lasers to steal Costa Concordia’s bell

Mar 16, 2012

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rokur

in WTF

Underwater thieves have evaded an array of laser systems that measure tiny shift in the capsized Costa Concordia shipwreck and 24-hour surveillance by the Italian coast guard to haul off the ship’s bell, a symbolic image associated with the disaster two months ago, when at least 30 people are believed to have perished. Read for instance National Post and BBC
Snildal sets Norwegian 200 butterfly record also in the final

Mar 16, 2012

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rokur

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Norway’s Ingvild Snildal set a new national 200 meter butterfly record tonight at Amsterdam Swim Cup, improving up the 2:12.38 record from the prelims this morning with a 2:12.29 in the final. Polands Otylia Jedrzejczak won gold in 2:10.30, Snildal silver and then Sweden’s Ida Marko-Varga bronze in 2:13.34, the FINA A qualifying time being a tough 2:08.95. Via www.simma.nu/no
CC photo #77: Serbia World Champs at Roma 2009

Mar 16, 2012

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

When at the 2009 FINA World Aquatics Championships, in Rome, Italy, we had time and opportunity to go watch the Serbia vs Croatia water polo semi-final and the Serbia vs Spain final. We had chosen Serbia as ‘our’ team because of the European Juniors in Belgrade in 2008, and that was lucky since Serbia won both of these matches, the final even with a penalty shootout. Very exciting, and ‘we’ won! :-D
Snildal sets Norwegian record in the 200 butterfly

Mar 16, 2012

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rokur

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Norway’s Ingvild Snildal set a new Norwegian national record in the women’s 200 meter butterfly prelims at the Amsterdam Swim Cup this morning, with a time of 2:12.38 where Karoline Brudvik Sanderud’s and Sara Nordenstam’s record was 2:13.45. The FINA A qualification time is 2:08.95, which she might go for in the final this evening, but Sander Smørdal speculates on TV2 Sporten that it is more realistic that she will qualify in the 100, where she earlier this year has been only 0.3 seconds from the FINA A qualifying time of 58.70.
British Gas Swimming Championships 2012 video recap

Mar 16, 2012

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rokur

in Competition

A look back on the 2012 British Gas Swimming Championships at the London Aquatic Centre. We hear the thoughts of Rebecca Adlington, Sascha Kindred, Michael Rock, Ellie Simmonds, Fran Halsall, Lizzie Simmonds, Amy Smith, Robbie Renwick and Hannah Miley as they prepare for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in August 2012.

British Gas Swimming Championships 2012
Kylie Palmer sets Australian record on 2nd night of Australian Trials

Mar 16, 2012

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rokur

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Kylie Palmer managed an impressive 4:03.40 win and Australian national record in the women’s 400 freestyle at the Austrial Olympic Trials today, qualifying for the Olympics along with Bronte Barratt in 4:05.74. In the 100 butterfly, Alicia Coutts and Jessicah Schipper qualiftied in 57.59 and 57.88 respectively, and in the men’s 100 breaststroke, Christian Sprenger and Brenton Rickard qualified in 59.91 and 1:00.13 respectively. Read more here on SwimNews.

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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 :-)