Tag: Cecilia Wigant Eysturdal
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Ellen Olsson doubles at 2014 Nordic Open Water Champs
Read SwimmingWorld Kangasala, Finland, August 9. Yesterday and today, lake Vesijarvi in Finland was venue of the2014 Nordic Open Water Championships, arranged by the Kuohu swim club in Kangasala as part of the annual Finnish championships. Sweden’s Ellen Olsson won both the women’s 5 and 10 K events, with a convincing lead especially in the 10…
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CC photo #535: Cecilia winner of Skálafjarðarsvimjingin 2013
Cecilia Wigant Eysturdal from the swim club Ægir in KlaksvÃk racing to another sea swimming victory here in the Faroe Islands, at the open water event across the firth Skálafjørður, Sunday 16 June, 2013. She managed the 1600+ meters in 21:44.20, the fastest man second in 28:02.86.
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CC photo #532: Cup winners at Skálafjarðarsvimjingin 2013
Top-three placed swimmers of the open water swim across the firth Skálafjørður in the Faroe Islands, today Sunday 16, 2013. They are standing in a festival tent, which makes it all a bit circusy.
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Pál Joensen on Trans World Sport
Woohoo … It is ready, the IMG / Trans World Sport feature on Pál Joensen from last August, also featuring the Faroese prime minister, our federation president, his now former coach Jón Bjarnason, hardcore open water swimmer Cecilia Wigant Eysturdal, and the memory of Alexander Dale Oen ! :-)
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CC photo #230: International team GoPro on Nólsoyarfjørð
A journalist from IMG / Trans World Sport filming Cecilia Wigant Eysturdal with a GoPro on a boom during the “Nólsoyarsvimjingin 2012” open water race from Tórshavn to Nólsoy on August 11th, 2012. Jon Hestoy, president of the Faroese Swimming Federation also filming her in the background with his, and me photographing the situation with…
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Video from Nólsoyarsvimjingin 2012
A little something I put together from the Tórshavn to Nólsoy open water swim Saturday, using footage from mine and Hestoy’s GoPros. Music unfortunately a bit dark, but that was what I could find in a hurry, searching for “sea” and a suitable duration.
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CC photo #226: Cecilia being interviewed after Nólsoyarsvimjingin 2012
Cecilia Wigant Eysturdal being interviewed in Nólsoy by IMG / Trans World Sport after winning the annual open water race from Tórshavn to Nólsoy, Saturday, August 11th, 2012. Jon Hestoy, President of the Faroese Swimming Association, also filming with his GoPro, I’m working on merging our videos.
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CC photo #225: Hestoy being interviewed during Nólsoyarsvimjingin 2012
Jon Hestoy, President of the Faroese Swimming Association, being interviewed today by a reporter from IMG / Trans World Sport during the annual (approximately 5K) open water swim between Tórshavn and Nólsoy. In the background you can see 15-year-old Cecilia Wigant Eysturdal and her support boat, leading the race to Nólsoy. She won in a…