Tag: Istanbul 2012
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CC photo #427: Kazan 2015 ad at Istanbul 2012
A Kazan 2015 World Championships advertising banner centrally placed at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. For some reason more visible than the upcoming 2012 Championships in Barcelona.
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CC photo #425: Traffic jam in Istanbul
The bus driver was clever and found us an alternative route to the FINA 2012 arena. Only, the road was narrow and then there was a car breaking down or something. Taksi, anyone?
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CC photo #412: Melanie Costa Schmid 2012 World SC Champion in the Women’s 400 free
Spain’s Melanie Costa Schmid happy after the women’s 400 meter freestyle at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. In the background, silver winner Chloe Sutton from USA. See the result list here.
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CC photo #411: Happy boy with his Lochte medal at Istanbul 2012
A happy boy with friends and I guess family, posing for surrounding cameras with the medal that Ryan Lochte gave him at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey.
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CC photo #410: Germany on deck at Istanbul 2012
A scene from the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25) in Istanbul, Turkey. Coach could very well be Frank Embacher, long-time coach of Paul Biedermann.
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CC photo #409: The Istanbul 2012 men’s 1500 freestyle medal podium
The men’s 1500 meter freestyle medal podium at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. Denmark’s Mads Glæsner world champion in 14:30.01, Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri silver in 14:31.13 and Faroe Islands’s Pál Joensen bronze in 14:36.93. See the result list here.
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Mads Glæsner: ‘Wildeboer ruined my Olympics’
Quote this article (in Danish) on Sporten.dk. According to the now 1500 freestyle short course world champion Mads Glæsner, the Danish male swimmers were ‘sacrificed’ for the female, their last 6 months of training downgraded with all focus instead on the needs of the women. – ‘Paulus didn’t hide that the training was not prepared…