Tag: Lotte Friis
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D’Arcy and Monk in hot water for posing with guns
According to the Herald Sun, Aussie ‘bad boys’ Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk “have sparked outrage after they posed with high-powered weapons in a US gun shop”, to the point where Swimming Australia demanded pictures taken off Facebook and issued this statement, promising a talk with the athletes upon return to Australia: “Swimming Australia became…
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London 2012 possibly the best Danish Olympics ever
Despite having given up on extra-hard Olympic qualification standards, the international competition especially in Europe has increased so dramatically, that it never has been harder for a Danish athlete to qualify for the Olympic Games. According to Danish Olympic Chef De Mission Jesper Frigast Larsen, those selected are doing so good, injury-free and training well,…
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Danish swimmers on small bikes in Leadville
The Danish Olympic team going for a bike ride at 3000 meters altitude in Leadville, Colorado, judging by their faces very early in the morning. Paulus Wildeboer looking sceptical at the BMX-size bike that he got, and Bjarnason apparently giving up on the idea entirely :-)
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9News segment from the Danish Olympic squad in Leadville
Nice, a video here on 9News featuring Lotte Friis and coach Paulus Wildeboer, with glimpses of the rest of the squad at altitude in Leadville, Colorado, including Pál Joensen and the Tunesian Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli. Read more here on 9News
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Olympic champ Mellouli to train with Pál and Danes at altitude
Pál Joensen and coach Jón Bjarnason left for Denmark today, to join the Danish Olympic squad, Spain’s Aschwin Wildeboer and Tunesia’s Oussama Mellouli, in an elaborate altitude training program developed by the Dutch head coach of Denmark, Paulus Wildeboer. (Mellouli and Joensen at the 2010 Mare Nostrum meet in Canet)
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Dale Oen’s autopsy inconclusive, shock waves near and far
The autopsy conducted on Alexander Dale Oen Tuesday found no evidence on how he died, no anatomic cause of death and no trauma associated with the death, additional test are running but it could take eight weeks or longer to get final test results. The Japan Swimming Federation is reconsidering altitude training ahead of the…
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Troféu Maria Lenk: Cielo rattles 50 free world textile record
At the Maria Lenk Trophy yesterday evening, Brazil’s Cesar Ceilo almost posted a world textile best in the men’s 50 freestyle, scorching the pool in 21.38 seconds, where Fréderick Bousquet’s world textile record is 21.36 from the 2010 Europeans. Bruno Fratus managed a second best in the world this year in the prelims, clocking 21.70,…
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Brazil unveils new carbon fiber swimsuits for London 2012
Brazil’s Olympic champion Cesar Cielo unveiled on Monday (April 23) the latest skin-tight Arena swimsuit he will wear at London’s Olympic Games this summer. And promised to break the world record, come London 2012. Cielo and other Brazilians swimmers will compete for a spot in the Olympic games this week at the Troféu Maria Lenk…
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Nivea branding Lotte Friis
A Nivea ad spot, Lotte Friis giving advice (in Danish) about sun lotion. The swimming pool is Bellahøj Svømmestadion