Tag: Mie Ø. Nielsen
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Antwerp 2012 day 3: Mie scorches the 50 back with a new Nordic record
After three days of racing at the Antwerp 2012 European Swimming Championships, Russia is still clearly in the lead with 8 gold medals, 3 silver and 1 bronze, ahead of Italy’s 4 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze, and Germany’s 3 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze. Most winning swimmer(s) is now Russias relay teams…
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Time for the Antwerp 2012 European Juniors
These next five days Antwerp in Belgium will host the 39th European Junior Swimming Championships, featuring promising youngsters like Denmark’s Mie Ø. Nielsen and Italy’s Gabriele Detti. The startlists are ready here on www.europeanjuniors2012.be, unfortunately it seems that there will not be any live streaming from these championship, and no live timing as such, other…
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The Antwerp 2012 European Juniors Start Lists are now online
Next week, July 4-8, the Belgian city of Antwerp will host the 2012 European Junior Swimming Championships, biggest event for most of the youngsters while some will use it as preparation for the London 2012 Games. The start lists can now be found here, featuring for instance Danish London 2012 medal contender Mie Ø. Nielsen,…
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Danish swimmer Matthias Gydesen officially invited to the Olympics
The Danish Swimming Federation announced today that Mathias Gydesen has received the official invitation from FINA to compete at the London Olympics, expected as he was only 1 hundredth of a second from qualifying back in March. Gydesen comments: ‘Of course I am relieved that the final decision has arrived, even though I saw it…
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Last places on Danish Olympic team to be decided at Sette Colli
The Danish Swimming Federation states here that this weekend’s Seven Hills Trophy meet in Rome is the final chance for Danish swimmers to be selected for the London Olympics, possible additional swimmers Katrine Holm Sørensen (200 IM), Jakob Andkjær (50 free) and Chris Christensen (400 IM). Most of the already selected team will use this…
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London 2012 possibly the best Danish Olympics ever
Despite having given up on extra-hard Olympic qualification standards, the international competition especially in Europe has increased so dramatically, that it never has been harder for a Danish athlete to qualify for the Olympic Games. According to Danish Olympic Chef De Mission Jesper Frigast Larsen, those selected are doing so good, injury-free and training well,…
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Olympic trading card the thing this summer
Ricky Berens tweeted yesterday that he’d received copies of his new (and first ever) Topps trading cards, and rated them as awesome. They are nice, yes, but the Danish have even RPG-esque rating of tactics, technique, stamina and strength, as seen on the Mie Ø. Nielsen trading card to the right, presented by her on…
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Coach of Mie Ø. Nielsen: “Now she’ll train”
15-year-old Danish swimming sensation Mie Ø. Nielsen has in one year gone from talent to possible candidate for an Olympic final, having posted 28 Danish junior records from March 31st 2011 to March 31st 2012, and now a 59.69 Olympic qualifying Danish and Nordic record in the women’s 100 backstroke. Her Icelandic coach Eyleifur Jóhannesson…
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Mie and Pál mentioned in the Streamlined News today
Sweet, Mie Ø. Nielsen mentioned as a serious London 2012 medal contender, and Pál getting a nice, detailed mention also.