Tag: Barcelona 2013
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Moment of truth for Pál Joensen (FAR)
How has it affected Pál Joensen to move from home in the Faroe Isles, to his own place in big town Copenhagen, and switching coach first to Paulus Wildeboer and then Shannon Rollason? I guess we will see soon, personally I’m taking this as the best time to be experimenting, if ever before Rio 2016.
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Two competitions, two Faroese records
Birita Debes yesterday broke her own Faroese record in the women’s 100 backstroke, when she managed a time of 1:05.64, the old record a 1:06.19 from the Danish Open meet in March. We might be ranking a bit low on the general roster, but pretty high when it comes to national records per event :-)
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CC photo #575: Ruta Meilutyte 100 breast WR at BCN2013
Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte greets the athlete’s stand after breaking the women’s 100 meter breaststroke world record in the semifinal of the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. The photo unfortunately a bit grainy, but there you go. See the result list here.
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CC photo #574: BCN2013 men’s 400 free medal podium
A photo from the athlete’s stand at the 15th FINA 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. That guy Sun Yang from China on top of the men’s 400 meter freestyle podium (3:41.59), Japan’s Hagino Kosuke silver in 3:44.82 and USA’s Connor Jaeger bronze in 3:44.85. See the result list here.
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An OK start to our Barcelona 2013 participation
Phew, Poula Øssursdóttir Mohr set a new Faroese record this morning, clocking 1:04.58 and 41th of 53 in the women’s 100 meter butterfly here in the prelims of the FINA 2013 World Championships in Barcelona. Her record was 1:05.92 from the Mare Nostrum meet in Barcelona in June, so it was a nice big improvement…
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Boyle’s successes needed to keep Swimming New Zealand in the money
Read The New Zealand Herald Perhaps it is being a touch melodramatic but when Lauren Boyle steps on the starting blocks for the 400m and 800m freestyle at the world swimming championships in Barcelona, Swimming New Zealand’s future funding goes on the pool’s black line. The sport is on a one-year post-Olympic trial with $1.4…
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BCN2013: Spain’s hopes rest on Belmonte
Read SuperSport Two-time Olympic medalist Mireia Belmonte has the hopes of a host nation on her shoulders. For a football-crazed nation that has enjoyed scant aquatic success beyond its synchronised swimming team, Belmonte represents Spain’s best chance for glory in the swimming events at the world championships.
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Underwater camera ban ‘a mistake’, says US head coach Dave Salo
Read SuperSport USA head coach David Salo said swimming’s governing body Fina had made a mistake on Friday by voting against using underwater cameras at future major events. “I think it’s a mistake, we have got the technology to advance our sport and keep our sport appropriately governed,” said Salo, who is head coach of…
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CC photo #573: BCN2013 Men’s 25K Medal Podium
The men’s 25 km open water swimming medal winners at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, surrounded by cameras. From left to right Brian Ryckeman (Belgium, silver), Thomas Lurz (Germany, gold) and Evgenii Dratcheev (Russia, silver). See the result list here.