Tag: Lotte Friis
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Record high participation at 2013 Round Christiansborg OWS event in Copenhagen
The Danish Swimming Federation announces today that the 2013 Round Christiansborg open water swimming event in Copenhagen this Saturday 31 August is sold out, as well as the Krüger Relay that follows the same afternoon. A total of 2040 swimmers have registered for the 2K swim in the channels around Christiansborg Palace, seat of the Danish…
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CC photo #547: Danish supporters at Roma09
Just a photo from the FINA 2009 World Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy. Me doing a max zoom across the pool to catch a glimpse of the Danish team celebrating Lotte Friis’ championships record and gold medal in the women’s 800 meter freestyle.
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Lotte Friis has (re)found happiness in Nice
After a disappointing London 2012 Olympics, Lotte Friis almost retired her swimming career. But instead she chose to move to Nice in France to start anew. Here is part 1 of Danish sports media On-Sport‘s visit in Nice. Most of the talk is in Danish, except when coach Fabrice Pellerin describes her in English.
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Top Danish swimming club Sigma hires Spanish elite coach Carles Subirana Rovira
After having won the Danish elite division Team Championships this weekend, Sigma, the home club of Lotte Friis announced yesterday that head coach Simon Winther was leaving the club as of that day, after discussions with the board about future plans. The club promised to announce a new head coach in a few days, before…
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Danish Open 2013 Day 4: Pedersen beats the 200 breast European record
On this final day of the Danish Open / Trials, the big story was Rikke Møller Pedersen setting a new European record in the women’s 200 meter breaststroke, clocking 2:20.53 where Yuliya Efimova’s record from the London 2012 Olympics was 2:20.92. Jeanette Ottesen made the Danish Barcelona 2013 ‘stability’ qualification time standard with 1 hundredth…
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Friis’ flat in France robbed while she’s at the Danish Open
According to Lotte Friis herself on Facebook, she has just realized that her apartment in France has been robbed, while competing at the Danish Open / Trials in Copenhagen. The flat is totally raided, television though still standing, she has no idea what is missing and cannot return the next 16 days because of obligations…
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Danish Open 2013 Day 2: Pedersen clocks quickest time in the World this year
At the Danish Open/Trials yesterday evening, Rikke Møller Pedersen managed a world’s best this year in the women’s 100 breaststroke, clocking 1:06.40 ahead of Sweden’s Joline Höstman in 1:09.30. ‘Our guy’ Pál Joensen cruised to a 8:07.21 win in the men’s 800 freestyle, which according to the commenters on DR was the 10th best time…
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Danish Open 2013 Day 1: Friis and Pedersen post swift times
Lotte Friis clocked 4:06.49 in the women’s 400 freestyle at the Danish Open 2013 in Copenhagen today, 4th best in the world this year, and Rikke Møller Pedersen a swift 1:06.55 in the women’s 100 breaststroke semifinal, faster than her best time from the London 2012 Olympics. Young gun Magnus Westermann posted a new Danish…