Tag: Oussama Mellouli
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London 2012 day 7 prelims: Sun cruises into the 1500 final
At the London 2012 Olympic swimming competition today, China’s Sun Yang easily posted the quickest time of 14:43.25 in the men’s 1500 freestyle, ahead of Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli in 14:46.23 and Canada’s Ryan Cochrane in 14:49.31, other medal contenders dropping like flies despite of their chance of getting into the final increasing with each…
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A nice shot from the Rijeka Camp last week
Pál Joensen and Oussama Mellouli racing to the finish during a training set in Croatia last week while the Danes were back for their national championships. Coach Bjarnason on deck :-) (Pál is the one in black trunks, Ous in the white)
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Oussama Mellouli on how it is to train with the Danish team
Danish swim chief Lars Sørensen interviewing Tunesia’s Olympic 1500 meter champion Oussama Mellouli by the pool in Rijeka, Croatia. Watch more videos here on svoem.dk
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Rikke Møller Pedersen interviews Paulus Wildeboer and Larry Colley
Danish breaststroker Rikke Møller Pedersen interviewing ‘altitude dad’ Larry Colley and ‘NTC dad’ Paulus Wildeboer at altitude in Leadville. Here is a video from earlier featuring them and others, courtesy of 9News Setubal 10K ‘gate crasher‘ Oussama Mellouli was one of the ‘Danish’ at Leadville, just saying ;-)
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Oussama Mellouli dominates Setubal Open Water 10K Olympic qualifier
Wow, “Mellouli, representing Tunisia, smoked the field with a 1:45:18.5 for the win, besting Canada’s Richard Weinberger (1:45:30.2) by more than 11 seconds. Bulgaria’s Petar Stoychev, an open water veteran, picked up third in 1:45:34.1.” Read SwimmingWorld Magazine
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Mellouli hard pressed by the pace of the Danes
Nice comment by the Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli on AZ Daily Sun “It’s been kind of crazy because this is the first time I’m doing triples, which is three workouts a day,” said Mellouli, who won the gold medal in the 1,500-meter freestyle for his native Tunisia at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Even for a…
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Setubal Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier this weekend
This weekend 101 swimmers from 44 countries will take part in the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier 2012, the last opportunity to qualify for the London Olympic Games, in Setubal, Portugal. 9 men and 9 women will book a place for the Olympics, big names like David Davies and Daniel Fogg from the UK, Oussama…
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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)