Tag: Pál Joensen
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Last places on Danish Olympic team to be decided at Sette Colli
The Danish Swimming Federation states here that this weekend’s Seven Hills Trophy meet in Rome is the final chance for Danish swimmers to be selected for the London Olympics, possible additional swimmers Katrine Holm Sørensen (200 IM), Jakob Andkjær (50 free) and Chris Christensen (400 IM). Most of the already selected team will use this…
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“Schools that train the enemy”
Yesterday The Wall Street Journal brought this story on how some American coaches including Rowdy Gaines cry foul over NCAA teams subsidizing world-class instructions for foreign Olympians, also called ‘the enemy’. Naming athletes like New Zealand swimmer Lauren Boyle and Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry. My first reaction was, ‘well, your loss’, knowing that many an American…
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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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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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Danish men’s 4×200 freestyle Olympic relay spot confirmed
The Danish Swimming Federation announces now that they have received confirmation from FINA, that their men’s 4×200 freestyle relay will be invited to participate at the London 2012 Olympics. You might remember the exciting relay at the Danish Trials, where Mads Glæsner, Daniel Skaaning, Anders Lie and Pál Joensen had to swim faster than 7:15:65…
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Behold, maybe the geekiest post ever about Pál Joensen
My brother the geologist putting Pál Joensen and coach Jón Bjarnason on a special assignment, to find a Kaibab Limestone while visiting Crand Canyon. I understand they succeeded, only to me it still looks like just a rock. Off our Faroese site.
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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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CC photo #139: Pál and Jón at the Kalev Spa
Pál Joensen getting instructions from his coach Jón Bjarnason at the Kalev Spa in Tallinn, Estonia, back in January 2009. You’ve got to love that sign – “amateur swimming” – giggle :-)
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Olympic trading card the thing this summer
Ricky Berens tweeted yesterday that he’d received copies of his new (and first ever) Topps trading cards, and rated them as awesome. They are nice, yes, but the Danish have even RPG-esque rating of tactics, technique, stamina and strength, as seen on the Mie Ø. Nielsen trading card to the right, presented by her on…