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  • Vikings Test Form at North Sea Swim Meet 2014

    Vikings Test Form at North Sea Swim Meet 2014

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    The Stavanger Swim Hall in Norway will this weekend 7-9 November 2014 be venue of the 42nd North Sea Swim Meet, featuring the Danish ‘Viking’ team including Jeanette Ottesen and Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN), Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (FIN), Pál Joensen (FAR), Marco Loughran (GBR), swimmers from Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and of course the best Norwegian…

  • Danish swimming in shock after Rollason’s resignation

    Danish swimming in shock after Rollason’s resignation

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    Danish swimming is practically in shock after Shannon Rollason announced that he is resigning after the World Championships in December. – At this moment we are very disappointed and saddened. We have to just collect ourselves a bit, says Pia Holten, director of the Danish Swimming Federation. Jeanette Ottesen, who just three weeks ago won…

  • Danes select 17 for ‘Viking’ squad

    Danes select 17 for ‘Viking’ squad

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    The Danish Swimming Federation today announced 17 swimmers selected for their ‘Viking’ squad, which is the squad consisting of swimmers already on the national team, and those potentials who are very close to qualifying for major international senior meets. More a rebranding of an already existing squad, than a follow-up to the Great Danes project,…

  • Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 10

    Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 10

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    Peaty breaks WR, Italy and Denmark clinch two titles apiece Adam Peaty’s new World record in the 50m breast was the highlight of the evening session at the 32nd European Championships in Berlin. Since 2008 the Brit is the first to bring down an individual WR at the long-course Europeans. Italy and Denmark earned two…

  • Behold these Awesome Photos from the Bergen Swim Festival 2014

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    A selection of photos from the Bergen Swim Festival 2014, courtesy of swim fan, dad and photographer friend Kjell Eirik Irgens Henanger. You can see more of his work here on Flickr.

  • Bergen Swim Festival 23 – 25 May 2014

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    “Scandinavia’s Coolest Swim Meet“, still short course meters in Sentralbadet in Bergen, Norway. This year featuring Daniel Gyurta and Katinka Hosszu (HUN), Cameron van der Burgh (RSA), Rikke Møller Pedersen and Jeanette Ottesen (DEN), Jennie Johansson and Simon Sjödin (SWE), Pál Joensen (FAR) and others. Invitation, Schedule, Start Lists and Live Timing on medley.no

  • Paulus Wildeboer passes away, 59 years old

    Paulus Wildeboer passes away, 59 years old

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    Yesterday evening the sad news were received that Paulus Wildeboer has died from prostate cancer. Paulus was father of Olaf and Aschwin Wildeboer, coaching in Spain for more than 25 years before becoming national head coach of Denmark, and then after London 2012 mentor coach of Swimming Queensland. A tough but excellent coach, he as…

  • Danish Dames making their mark on the World Rankings

    Danish Dames making their mark on the World Rankings

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    Now after the big spring selections for Berlin and Glasgow 2014, we can conclude that the state of Danish swimming is good, at least on the women’s side. Their 2012 female Olympians all posted at top-8 times, Mie Ø. Nielsen bettered the Nordic records in the 50 and 100 back, and Rikke Møller Pedersen has…

  • Friis and Ottesen 10th and 12th Greatest Danish Sports Names

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    See ekstrabladet.dk, 25.000 readers have spoken, and their votes together with an expert panel decided that Formula 1 racing driver Kevin Magnussen is by far the greatest (active) Danish sports name, as of now. Lotte Friis was 10th and Jeanette Ottesen 12th.