Category: Faroe Islands
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CC photo #671: SuSvim president Marlon Kjærbo visiting all Faroese swimming pools on foot
Marlon Kjærbo, chairman of Suðuroyar Svimjifelag in Vágur, Faroe Islands, here running to Tórshavn as part of a fundraising run between all Faroese swimming pools that are used in competitive swimming. He ran at least a marathon the first day, and has now on the second day clocked 13 hours and 58 minutes and 105,4…
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CC photo #668: Warm-up pool at the Rijeka 2008 Europeans
Just a photo from the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. We the Faroese were very impressed, as it was as big as one of our only three 25-meter pools in the country back home. Still is.
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CC photo #666: The Istanbul 2012 men’s 1500 free podium
Medal winners in the men’s 1500 meter freestyle at the FINA 2012 World Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right Italy’s silver winner Gregorio Paltrinieri, Denmark’s gold medal winner Mads Glæsner and Faroe Island’s silver winning Pál Joensen. The podium places were later shuffled because of Glæsner’s doping sentence, so that Paltrinieri became…
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Europe vs USA 2013 Duel in the Pool teams revealed
See for instance swimming.org Olympic medallist Michael Jamieson and World Championship medallist Fran Halsall will lead the European challenge at the 2013 Duel in the Pool when the continent’s best swimmers go head-to-head with world number one swimming nation the USA. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Britain will be French Olympic champions Florent Manaudou, Yannick Agnel and Fabien…
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CC photo #655: Young swimmer ready for the Jóansøkusvimjing 2011
Young swimmer preparing for the open water swim across the firth of Tvøroyri in the Faroe Islands on Jóansøku 2011. No English Channel rules here, we swim in proper wetsuits with hoods and boots and gloves in order to survive the 7°C (45°F) warm ocean.
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CC photo #652: Paul and Pál at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs
Germany’s Paul Biedermann and Faroe Island’s Pál Joensen after the 5th heat of the men’s 400 meter freestyle prelims at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. They both qualified for the final, where Paul became World Champion and Pál was 5th. See the result list here.
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Behold these Faroese guys herding sheep on a steep, steep cliff terrace
Who needs extreme sports when you’ve got sheep to tend to.
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CC photo #636: Ready for some serious kicking
The kids I coach, ready for a fun set of one length kicking sprints, last swimmer taken out after each repeat until only one remains. All together, pauses minimal. They did well :-)