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  • What a great night to be Nordic

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    Denmark and Norway did well tonight at the Szczecin 2011 European Short Course Championships, with Lotte Friis (DEN) winning the 800 free in a world textile best 8:07.53, Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) winning the 200 breaststroke in 2:19.55, Alexander Dale Oen (NOR) taking gold in the 100 breaststroke with a 57.05, Jeanette Ottesen (DEN) taking…

  • Pellegrini, Payne, Lurz and Alex are the 2011 LEN swimmers of the year

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    The European Swimming Federation LEN today announced the 2011 Len Athletes of the Year, elected by representatives of the 51 LEN Member Federations as well as aquatic journalists from all over Europe. In the pool swimming category, the men’s award was decided by a margin of very few votes in favour of Norway’s Alexander Dale…

  • The Stockholm 2011 World Cup startlist is ready

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    Exciting stuff, our guy Pál Joensen will be competing against Paul Biedermann in the 400 free, and is the favorite in the 1500. Other interesting names are for instance Geoff Huegill and Eamon Sullivan from Australia, Therese Alshammar and Stefan Nystrand from Sweden, Ingvild Snildal and Alexander Dale Oen from Norway, David Verraszto and Zjuzsanna…

  • Kitajima and Duboscq both hard-pressed by Dale Oen’s dominance

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    I must confess that Alexander Dale Oen’s 100 breast victory in Shanghai was one of the most beautiful moments in my time in swimming, only days after the Utøya killings, and with the Norwegian swimming team trying to cope at the very hotel where we the Faroese were also staying. A terrible tragedy unleashing a…

  • Kitajima: It will take a world record to win gold in London

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    Yeehaa, two-time Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima believes he will need to set a world record to win a gold medal at the London Olympics next year, because of the rise of his rivals. Very reasonable thinking, as Alexander Dale Oen was only 0.13 off the world record of 58.58 seconds in the 100 breaststroke.…

  • Alexander Dale Oen mourns victims of anti-Islam attacker

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    Norwegian swimmer, Alexander Dale Oen, mourned the victims of the recent tragedy in Oslo and Utøya in Norway. He set the fastest time (59.37) in the 100 breaststroke semi-finals at the XIV FINA World Championships in Shanghai today. [Music: “Death of Aase” by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg]

  • Men’s 100 breaststroke at Mare Nostrum Barcelona 2011

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    The Norwegian Swimming Federation has shared quite a few good videos from the Mare Nostrum meets in Barcelona and Canet, here on youtube.com, focusing of course on the Norwegian participation. The video below is from when Norway’s Alexander Dale Oen won the men’s 100 meter breaststroke, posting a sizzling new meet record of 1:00.29.

  • Dale Oen happy about his season’s start

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    Norway’s Alexander Dale Oen won silver and bronze at the Mare Nostrum 2011 Barcelona meet this weekend, and is now ready for the Canet leg today and tomorrow, before Monaco next weekend. The weather in Canet is ‘real West-Norway’ rain and wind, but he doesn’t mind, with the way his form is shaping up. –…

  • Irie and Coutts cup champions of Barcelona 2011

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    Japan’s Ryosuke Irie and Australia’s Alicia Coutts were cup winners of the 32nd International Trophy Ciutat de Barcelona, Irie for winning the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:54.92 (931 FINA points), and Coutts for winning the 200 IM in 2:09.68 (934 FINA points). A total of 13 championship records were set by the Australians…