Tag: Barcelona 2013

Swimming New Zealand gets big tick from Sport NZ chief

Aug 8, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization

Read TVNZ Swimming has received a gentle pat on the back from Sport New Zealand chief executive Peter Miskimmin following its improved performance at a pinnacle event. After well-documented struggles in and out of the water, swimming won back some admirers at the just-completed world championships in Barcelona. The cream of the crop was freestyler…
CC photo #585: BCN2013 medal podium view

Aug 8, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

The view from behind the medal podium at the 15th FINA World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Doub, I could have had a photo of Cesar Cielo taking a similar photo just moments before receiving his (I think it was) 50 fly gold medal, but alas, he was too fast.
British Swimming chiefs Spice and Furniss promise to make changes after Worlds

Aug 8, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization

See BBC British Swimming’s national performance director Chris Spice and head coach Bill Furniss insist they can make the changes required to win medals. The team claimed just one medal at the recent World Championships in Barcelona – a 50m freestyle bronze for Francesca Halsall. It was GB’s lowest medals tally since the 1998 Worlds in…
BCN2013: Event Highlight, Thank you Barcelona!

Aug 7, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization, Wow

Wow, and yeah, thank you Barcelona!
Cameron returns highly motivated from BCN2013 World Champs

Aug 7, 2013

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rokur

in Competition

“South Africa’s world acclaimed swimmer Cameron Van Der Burgh believes that he’s regained the hunger and motivation that he was missing after winning a gold and silver medals in the 50m and 100m breaststroke respectively at the FINA World Championships. He was speaking after arriving from Barcelona this morning at the OR Tambo international airport.…
U.S. Men’s 4×100 Medley Swim Team Disqualified At BCN2013 After Mistake

Aug 7, 2013

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rokur

in Competition

Brought to us by Andrea Feczko for ‘The Fumble’
CC photo #584: PÃ¡l and coach after the BCN2013 men’s 1500 free

Aug 7, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Faroe Islands

Faroe Island’s PÃ¡l Joensen and Denmark’s National Training Center head coach Shannon Rollason after the men’s 1500 freestyle final at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Going through split times and evaluating the race. PÃ¡l was seventh in both the 800 and the 1500, we were hoping for more but are happy with…
CC photo #583: A brave photographer at BCN2013

Aug 6, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Wow

Check out the photographer in the back of the bunch, trying to get all the officials in the picture by standing on the ledge, a 3-4 meter drop behind him. And if he should fall, it would be down on the fancy screen floor. In a crowded stadium, which my kids would think would be…
CC photo #582: Team FAR at BCN2013

Aug 5, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Faroe Islands

The very last photo we took in Palau Sant Jordi at the 15th FINA World Championships. From left to right Birita Debes (backstroke), RÃ³kur Ã JÃ¡kupsstovu (team leader), PÃ¡l Joensen (distance crawl), Bartal Hestoy (medley), Poula Ã˜ssursdÃ³ttir Mohr (butterfly) and Kristian Martin Joensen (coach). Photographer is Jon Hestoy, president of Faroe Island’s Swimming Association.