Category: Faroe Islands
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CC photo #340: Faroese coaches planning our Køge Open 2007 relays
Rúni and Petur Heðin assigning Faroese swimmers to what seems to have been 6 relays, before the Køge Open meet in Denmark, back in 2007. The event was a 8×50 mix relay, and it seems our plan was to have every relay swim back, breast, back, fly, breast, crawl, fly & crawl. See result list…
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CC photo #334: Go practice
Seen at the local music school last week, somehow I feel it applies to swimming/sports also
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CC photo #326: Jón, Pauli & Markus on the Ægir-podium in February
For some reason the now most popular photo in our Flickr collection, Jón Hofgaard (Suðuroyar Svimjifelag), Pauli Ø. Mohr (Havnar Svimjifelag) and Markus Joensen (Havnar Svimjifelag) on the podium at the Ægir-meet in KlaksvÃk, Faroe Islands, back in February, after what must have been the men’s 50 breaststroke.
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CC photo #324: Pál Joensen warming up at Budapest 2010
Faroe Island’s Pál Joensen at the Budapest 2010 European Swimming Championships, warming up for the 800 freestyle the morning after winning silver in the 1500. They should change that schedule :-)
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CC photo #322: Reysta-stevna 2012
Another day, another meet – This time the annual meet in LeirvÃk, Faroe Island, for our youngest agegroups. A nice little crowded pool, where you can watch swimming with your toes in the water :-)
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CC photo #318: That feeling
Doesn’t really matter that the medals are made of tin, that you are officially ‘over the hill’ and that the times are not worth mentioning – When you are standing on the podium and screaming like a madman, it just feels right! :-)
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CC photo #316: Me, Mogens and the President at FOMM 2012
The men’s 50 meter butterfly podium at the Faroese Open Masters Championships in KlaksvÃk, yesterday Saturday 10 November 2012. From left to right Jon Hestoy, president of the Faroese Swimming Association, me (Rókur à Jákupsstovu) and Mogens F. Petersen from the local club Ægir. All gold medal winners, since, well, that is the beauty of…
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CC photo #309: And they are at it again
Young guns Eyðbjørn Joensen, Óli Mortensen and Alvi Hjelm duking it out in the men’s 400 freestyle at the Ægir-meet in KlaksvÃk, 3 November 2012. They represent the three 25 meter pools on the Faroe Islands; Eyðbjørn from Suðuroyar Svimjifelag in Vágur, Suðuroy, Óli from Havnar Svimjifelag in Tórshavn, Streymoy and Alvi from Ægir in…
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CC photo #306: A troll in the pool
So this is me (Rókur) making a fool of myself at a carnival-themed swim meet in Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands, back in 2009. Also the closest I’ve been to water-boarding myself, trying to swim backstroke with that mask on. Heðin L. Olsen took the photo. Happy Halloween!