Tag: Dubai 2010
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Paul Biedermann Epic Gold Moment | Dubai 2010 | FINA World Championships
At the 2010 edition of the FINA World Championships in Dubai, Paul Biedermann celebrated a Gold Medal after his superb performance in the 400m Freestyle Final. After a difficult start the German star was able to fight back swimming from the outside in lane 8 and beating Oussama Mellouli in the final meters of the…
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Ranomi Kromowidjojo’s Championships Record | Dubai 2010 | FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)
Ranomi Kromowidjojo was unstoppable during the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Dubai! The Dutch sprinter claimed 2 individual Gold Medals in the 50m and 100m FREE. In the latter, she also set a new Championships Record in a time of 51.45 ahead of her teammate Heemskerk, who claimed the silver medal.
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CC photo #530: A very dusty car in Dubai
We walked past this car daily while at the FINA 2010 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I wondered if it was because the owner hadn’t had time to wash if after some kind of ‘haboob‘ dust storm, but apparently it could be just as well be because someone had to flee…
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CC photo #280: Warmup during Dubai 2010
A scene from the Dubai 2010 World Short Course Swimming Championships.
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CC photo #278: The HBMBR Sport Complex main entrance at night
The road to the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex main entrance, during the Dubai 2010 World Short Course Swimming Championships. Impressive.
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CC photo #277: The Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex
The magnificent Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex during pre-competition training just before the Dubai 2010 World Short Course Swimming Championships began, venue of the Dubai 2012 World Cup leg these days. This view just below from where the sheiks sat, but actually all seats were bolstered VIP seats, only they got better and…
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CC photo #111: Oussama Mellouli after the Dubai 2010 men’s 1500 freestyle
A memorable moment on TV in our hotel room in Dubai, from when Tunesia’s Oussama Mellouli had swum his 1500 freestyle at the Dubai 2010 World Short Course Championships morning session, ending up winning in the impressive time of 14:24.16.
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CC photo #72: Icelandic friends at the Dubai 2010 World Championships
Icelandic breaststroker and 3-time Olympian Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson and (in white) coach Klaus Juergen Ohk at the Dubai 2010 World Short Course Swimming Championships. Friends we tag along with if possible, you might remember them from the 2011 Faroe Island vs Iceland Dual Meet video interviews. By the way, notice those bolstered seats, I think…
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CC photo #71: Faroese supporters with Pál in Dubai
Despite of having less than 50,000 inhabitants, it is a common saying here in the Faroe Islands, that you’ll find Faroese where ever you go. Like here at the Dubai 2010 World Short Course Swimming Championships, where we got to meet two Faroese families living there, and where that fair-haired boy with the #1 finger…