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CC photo #13: Pál and Jón survey the Szczecin 2011 competition pool
Pál Joensen and Jón Bjarnason survey the Szczecin 2011 European Short Course Championships competition pool, before first training practice.
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CC photo #12: Hajós Alfréd plaque at the National Swimming Pool in Budapest
This commemorative plaque says according to Google Translate: Hajós Alfréd 1878 – 1955. Double Olympic gold medalist and design engineer. At the first Olympic Games in Athens in 1896, winner in the men’s 100 and 200 freestyle. At the 1924 Paris Olympics, silver medal winner in the stadium plan art competition. Designer of the Hungarian…
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CC photo #11: Mireia Belmonte GarcÃa looking all business in Rijeka 2008
Spain’s ‘phelpsian‘ Mireia Belmonte GarcÃa, winner of the Szczecin 2011 European Short Course Championships 400 freestyle, 200 butterfly, 200 and 400 IM, and the Dubai 2010 World Championships (25m) 200 butterfly, 200 and 400 IM. 200 fly and 200 IM won on the same night in Szczecin, 200 fly and 400 IM on the same…
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CC photo #10: Milorad Čavić handing his bouquet to some girl at Rijeka 2008
Serbia’s Milorad Cavic handing his bouquet of flowers to some girl at the Rijeka 2008 LEN European Short Course Championships. This after having won gold in the men’s 100 meter butterfly, in 49.19 ahead of Spain’s Rafael Muñoz Pérez (49.74) and Russia’s Nikolay Skvortsov (49.98).
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CC photo #9: Supporters admiring Pál Joensen’s third Belgrade 2008 gold medal
Fond memories from back at the Belgrade 2008 LEN European Junior Swimming Championships, when Pál Joensen won gold in the 400, 800 and 1500 freestyle. This particular medal is most certaintly the third and last one he won, the 800 freestyle on the day when the photo was taken, August 2, 2008. I’d lost my…
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CC photo #8: Donets and Vyatchanin double world record at Istanbul 2009
So how often does this happen? – Russia’s Stanislav Donets and Arkady Vyatchanin on the Istanbul 2009 LEN European Short Course Championships podium, after both having set a new world record of 48.97, bettering Vyatchanin’s 49.17 from the semis the day before. Donets won gold in all three backstroke events, back then, and bettered the…
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CC photo #7: Vorontsov and Artemyeva lift the Szczecin 2011 trophy
Russian head coach Andreid Vorontsov and Valentina Artemyeva winner of the Szczecin 2011 European Short Course Champonships’ women’s 50 and 100 meter breaststroke, lifting the championships trophy outside the Radisson Blu hotel. Russia won by a clear margin of 901 points, followed by Italy (768), Germany (625), Great Britain (590), Poland (490) and Denmark (471),…
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CC photo #6: The Dubai 2010 competition pool
Photo of the main competition area of the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex in Dubai, from when it hosted the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m). Best seats ever, btw, the most (or all?) of them cushioned!!
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CC photo #5: A team GB supporter at Roma 2009
A team GB supporter with inflatable clapper sticks on the athlete’s stand at the Roma 2009 World Aquatics Championships. Anyone recognize her? Update: Tom Willdridge of Speed Endurance Swimming Blog did: Caitlin McClatchey