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  • Big meet in Barcelona this weekend !

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    The Mare Nostrum circuit starts in Barcelona this weekend, and our guy Pál Joensen will be there, along with 4 juniors from our Faroese squad. The start list promises a lot of world-class racing, as swim stars from around the world prepare for Shanghai 2011.

  • Dale Oen training in Potsdam

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    Norway’s Alexander Dale Oen is training with Germany’s Marco Koch in Potsdam, Germany this week, under the world-renowned and somewhat controversial Dirk Lange. Alex’s Facebook page: In Potsdam, training with Dirk Lange who is one if the best coaches in the world. Marco Koch is here to push me on the sets in the pool…

  • Hetland vs Dale Oen: It’s a tie!

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    At the Norwegian short course championships today, Aleksander Hetland and Alexander Dale Oen met in the 50 breaststroke, Hetland having won bronze in the Dubai 2010 World short course championships, and Dale Oen being the European champion in the 100 long course breaststroke. During prelims Hetland was faster, also leading the first half of the…

  • Dale Oen operated so that he can train more

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    Norway’s Olympic silver medalist Alexander Dale Oen underwent a nose operation recently, in order to hopefully be freed of the 4 to 6 weeks that he usually struggles with the common cold, or at least be able to train better through these weeks. “I can of course train when I have the cold, but it…

  • Sympathy messages from the stars to Japan

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    Japanese breaststroker Kosuke Kitajima has a very touching list of sympathy messages here on his website, that shows how close-knit the international swimming community really is. There is a message from Norwegian Alexander Dale Oen, who won silver behind Kitajima at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. From American Jessica Hardy who knows Kitajima personally, Oussama Mellouli…