Tag: Mie Ø. Nielsen
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Team Denmark unveils first 5 swimmers for Rio 2016
Team Denmark has picked five swimmers to be part of the Danish Olympic team participating in the 2016 Olympics in Rio next summer. Jeanette Ottesen, Lotte Friis, Rikke Møller Pedersen, Mie Ø Nielsen and Viktor Bromer were selected today by the Danish athletics association DFI in co-operation with the national swimming association Dansk Svømmeunion. “All…
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Strong Danish squad selected for the Kazan 2015 Swimming World Championships
The Danish Swimming Federation has selected the squad to compete for World Championship medals in Kazan in August. There will be 12 Danish swimmers participating in the World Swimming Championships when they get underway in the Russian city of Kazan from August 2 It is a very strong and experienced squad who will be competing for medal…
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Danes select 17 for ‘Viking’ squad
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,…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 9
Hosszu and Hausding complete hat-trick – so far Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu and Germany’s Patrick Hausding were the heroes of the day in the respective pools as they both won a third gold medal here in Berlin – and they have more events ahead. The Hungarians had a fine day with five medals, the British also…
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Behold these Awesome Photos from the Bergen Swim Festival 2014
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.
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Danish Dames making their mark on the World Rankings
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…
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15 Danish swimmers qualified for Berlin 2014 Europeans
At the end of the Danish Open 2014 in Bellahøj tonight, the Danish swimming federation announced the 15 swimmers qualified for the LEN 2014 European Swimming Championships in Berlin. In another press release national coach Nick Juba commented: “I think that the trials have been efficient and successful, but also fairly predictable. Our ‘big hitters’…
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Mie Ø. Nielsen clocks two 50 back Nordic records in one day
At the 2014 Danish Open in Bellahøj tonight, Danish swimming prodigy Mie Ø. Nielsen shattered her own 28.51 Nordic record twice with first a prelim time of 28.28 in the 50 meter backstroke, and then a winning time of 27.96 in the final. Post by Mie Østergaard Nielsen.
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Mie Ø. Nielsen clocks 28.43 and new Nordic record in the 50 back
Tonight at the Skagerrak Swim meet in Kristiansand, Norway, Denmark’s Mie Østergaard Nielsen broke her own 50 meter Danish and Nordic backstroke record (long course), with a scorching time of 28.43. The old record was her own 28.51, from when she won gold a the Antwerpen 2012 European Junior Championships. Post by Mie Østergaard Nielsen.