Tag: Barcelona 2013
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I’m with Jeff, Asia is winning the cheering battle
Read SwimmingWorld, (my comment:) Asia is winning also the swimmer’s entry competition and medal presentations, while USA and Australia seem either bored or stressed-out. You will think I am overreacting, and that the Americans are behind their swimmers 100 percent. Behind the scenes, you may be right. But in the public eye, it could be…
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CC photo #578: Rikke 200 breast WR at BCN2013
Denmark’s Rikke Møller Pedersen reacts to setting a new world record in the women’s 200 meter breaststroke at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. She clocked 2:19.11, the old record Rebecca Soni’s (USA) 2:19.59 from the London 2012 Olympics. See the result list here.
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CC photo #577: VDB and Zorzi gold and bronze at BCN2013
South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh and Giulio Zorze gold and bronze in the men’s 50 meter breaststroke at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. It was a good night for South Africa, as Chad Le Clos also won gold in the men’s 200 butterfly. See the result lists here.
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Testing GoPro Hero2 with a Zoom H2 microphone
Just a short testvideo to try out GoPro Hero2 with an attached Zoom H2 microphone. I obviously need a pop-filter also, to get rid of those popping p’s. And I need to work on my accent. http://youtu.be/gm5tQyfIjN8 Here is a photo of the setup. That Formula pad is a sticky nanomaterial-thingy, to make sure that…
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CC photo #576: Katie Ledecky 1500 free WR at BCN2013
USA’s Katie Ledecky on top of the medal podium at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, after setting a huge new world record in the women’s 1500 meter freestyle, with a time of 15:36.53. See the result list here.
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Struck with the Mañana-syndrome
Again, sorry for not posting more here, despite of being in the middle of it all. Back home they are busy with our National holiday, and here I’m doing all sort of irrelevant things instead of sitting down to blog. Like watching those awesome high-divers.