Author: rokur
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CC photo #352: Istanbul 2012 World Championships ads on board Turkish Airways
A nice touch, these advertisements for the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, in our Turkish Airways flight bound for Copenhagen. Back home in the Faroes now :-)
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CC photo #351: The Istanbul 2012 World Champs Podium View
The view from the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) medal podium in Istanbul, Turkey. Oh my, 160 flags or something like that, all regular size but looking tiny from here.
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Istanbul 2012 Day 4: Lochte breaks the 100 IM WR
On the fourth day of the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, Ryan Lochte (USA) broke the 100 IM world record, clocking 50.71 in the semi where Peter Mankoc’s record from Istanbul 2009 was 50.76. Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) set a new championships record in the women’s 100 breaststroke, clocking 1:03.52 where Rebecca…
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Istanbul 2012 Day 3: Lochte breaks the 200 IM WR
On the third day of the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, Ryan Lochte (USA) smashed his own 200 IM world record, clocking 1:49.63 where his record from the 2010 World Champs was 1:50.08. Dani Gyurta (HUN) set a new championship record in the men’s 200 breaststroke, clocking 2:01.35 where Naoya Tomita’s…
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Ryan Lochte gave this kid his gold medal
Not one to be outdone by Matt Grevers, Ryan Lochte ran over and gave this kid his gold medal, that he won when smashing the 200 IM world record, yesterday. A lot of smiles ensued, I heard today a bit of crying also, when the kid lost the medal through the bleachers, because of other…
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CC photo #350: Danish World Champions
The Istanbul 2012 Women’s 4×100 Meter Medley World Champions, from left to right Pernille Blume, Jeanette Ottesen, Rikke Møller Pedersen and Mie Ø. Nielsen. See result list here.
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Moskvina handed one-year doping ban
European short-course record holder Ksenia Moskvina has been banned for 12 months after failing a drugs test, the Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) said on Thursday. Read SuperSport