Cameron van der Burgh presents Junk In My Trunk

Oct 21, 2011

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South Africa’s world record holder Cameron van der Burgh presents the ~~crap~~ stuff that he keeps in the trunk of his Audi A1, including swim stuff (of course) and golf clubs. Sponsored by Audi, yes, but also truly fond of his car.

Funny story about Cameron and his car: After competing in the South African Swimming Championships in the spring of 2010, our PÃ¡l Joensen and his coach JÃ³n Bjarnason got stuck in Joburg Airport, because of the smoke from EyjafjallajÃ¶kull, all the way up here in the North Atlantic.

After waiting for a day and a night and being told that they might have to wait for 14 more days, PÃ¡l gets frustrated and posts “get me out of here” on Facebook. 5 minutes later, the then world champion Cameron calls and says ‘I’ll be there in half an hour’.

So he picks them up in his Audi (A3 Quattro then, I think), takes them with him to Pretoria, for a little bit of altitude training in his 50 meter pool, some nice home cooking and a sleepover. The day after, he drives them to Johannesburg again, where they somehow get on a plane.

Now that is a great guy !

Cameron van der Burgh Pál Joensen

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The Danish struck by the travel luck of Bjarnason | Swimmer's Daily

January 30, 2012

[…] We’re talking a guy who almost always hits a delay somewhere along the route, or at least has his luggage lost. Who had a team delayed once because of a flight service car bumping a hole in the plane, who missed the entire Mare Nostrum leg in Canet last year because of fog, and who even managed to be delayed in South Africa once because of a volcano in Iceland! […]

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