Exciting news here on Twitter, James Cameron tweets from the deepest point in the world’s oceans, and he will have 3D pictures to show for it. Read also official news on deepseachallenge.com.
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On the final day of French Olympic Trials, Anthony Pannier and Damien Joly qualified in the 1500 meter freestyle, 15:01.43 to 15:02.43, with European champion Sebastien Rouault winding up 3rd and out of the Olympics, having previously failed to qualify also in the 400 free. Alain Bernard was names as a replacement in the relays, French Olympic squad presented as
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On the final night of Danish Olympic Trials, Mie Ø. Nielsen took down Louise Ørnstedt’s Danish junior record in the women’s 200 backstroke, with a 2:11.97 replacing the 2:13.61 from back in 2000. Pál Joensen confirmed his Olympic spot in the 1500 freestyle, with a 15:04.39 and 6th in the world this year, coach Bjarnason saying that the 1:47.7 in the 4×200 last night and following interviews probably proved a bit too costly today. A shocker for some of us was that Mads Glæsner didn’t make the qualification time of 15:11.83, clocking 15:20.49 today.
(Pál and Mads after the 1500 freestyle today, image courtesy of René Thomsen)
Jeanette Ottesen Gray narrowly missed the FINA A standard in the women’ 100 fly, clocking 58.72 where the standard is 58.70, but is though safe since she only had to manage a ‘stability time’ of 59.58 now, having managed a 58.24 in Shanghai. In the 50 freestyle she managed a 24.78 under FINA A standard 25.27, with Pernille Blume also qualifying in 25.09.
After the meet, the Danish teams for the Olympic Games in London, the European Championships in Debrechen and the European Junior Championships in Antwerpen were formally presented, see for instance SwimNews.dk.
Our dear grandmother passed away on Thursday, so me and Bartal will be at the chapel this afternoon. But there are all kinds of possibilities to follow the Danish Trials, by showing up at Bellahøj (admission is free), or watching the live stream from 15:00 UTC, or checking up on the results for instance on www.swimmersdaily.com/live.
I understand that Pál is going for as good as result as possible, having in mind that he gave everything in the 4×200 freestyle yesterday. Mads needs to swim at least 15:11.83 to qualify for the Olympics in the 1500. And Pál needs to make the 15:25.51 ‘stability time’ demanded by the Danish Olympic Committee, in order to confirm his 14:46.33 qualification time from Shanghai 2011.
Danish swimming phenomenon Mie Ø. Nielsen at the FINA 2010 World Cup leg in Stockholm, Sweden. The keen eye will notice one Greg Salter in the background, Australian head coach of Sweden, enjoying a cup of whatever.
Tragic, tragic incident in Woodbridge, California on Thursday, when 3-year-old Madyson Margorie fell into their backyard pool, and grandmother Yick Fong, 65, dove in to save her. A landscaper discovered their bodies floating in the pool, they were rushed to the hospital, but emergency personnel were unable to revive them. Read NYDailyNews.com and MailOnline.
County sheriff’s spokesman Les Garcia said: ‘We’ve learned she did not know how to swim,’ adding that deputies will await autopsy and toxicology reports before officially declaring the drownings accidental.
Exciting news here on Twitter, it is ‘dive day’ for the DeepSea Challenger piloted by James Cameron, going down into the Mariana Trench as 2nd expedition ever in human history, and first solo.
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At the Norwegian Short Course Championships today, Henrik Christiansen took gold in 15:16.80, improving personal record with 50 seconds since the same championships last year. Read www.simma.nu/no (if you can :-)
At the French Trials today, Laure Manaudou managed to qualify also in the 200 backstroke, with a time of 2:08.06 ahead of also qualifying Alexianne Castel in 2:08.57. Coralie Balmy earned a spot in the women’s 800 meter freestyle, with a time of 9:28.96 to move to ninth in the world this year. And in the men’s 50 freestyle, (my favorite) Amaury Leveaux won and qualified in 21.93, ahead of Florent Manaudou in 21.95.
Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
(Picture is of Leveaux’s boots at Rijeka 2008. You’ve got to love those boots)
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