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Tag: Pál Joensen

  • Gone sightseeing

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    So we decided to go visit the ‘bottle opener’, the Shanghai World Financial Center, with a Sky Arena at 94th floor (423m), a Sky Walk with glass roof at 97th floor (439m) and a Sky Walk with glass floor at 100th floor (474m). It was nice, hot and sunny, and the smog had lifted for…

  • Don’t fight the Faroese National Broadcasting Corporation

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    So now I’m in the dog house for sending a request out to the Faroese media, that they should clear any interview with us the team around Pál, rather than find him on Facebook or where ever, exploiting that he doesn’t like to say no. A request that tabloid news portal Vágaportalurin chose to put…

  • This was the fun event

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    Now comes serious business, a possible qualification time for the London Olympics :-S

  • We are in the final

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    Yet again Pál and Jón amaze me. You cannot begin to understand how amateurish the rest of us are, down to the point where we had to have our T-shirts printed here in Shanghai, because nobody had time before we left. Pure guts and brains.

  • The Shanghai 2011 start lists are now ready

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    FINA has released the revised psych sheets for the World Championships, to be seen for instance here on Omegatiming.com. My personal focus is of course on the 800 and 1500 freestyle for men, where our guy Pál Joensen from the Faroe Islands is ranked No. 9 in the 800 and No. 6 in the 1500.

  • This pool is reserved for Pál Joensen

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    Dumb luck or respect, Pál Joensen got to swim totally alone at the Yuan Shen Natatorium in Shanghai yesterday at noon. Afternoon training was packed though, with all the big countries in the pool, and the deck crowded with camera crews filming Tae-hwan Park, USA et al.

  • Faroe Islands and Iceland hitting the heat in Singapore

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    An insightful video here from the joint Icelandic and Faroese training camp in Singapore, preparing for the Shanghai World Championships. A lot of the speak is in Faroese and Icelandic, but lucky for you, their coach Jacky Pellerin is French (former coach of Franck Esposito), and the communication with him therefore in English. The subject…

  • Big meet in Barcelona this weekend !

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    The Mare Nostrum circuit starts in Barcelona this weekend, and our guy Pál Joensen will be there, along with 4 juniors from our Faroese squad. The start list promises a lot of world-class racing, as swim stars from around the world prepare for Shanghai 2011.

  • Another successful Faroese championships

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    Faroese swimmers broke 13 national records and 22 junior records at the short course championships this weekend, compared to 7 national records and 21 junior records last year, and 7 national records and 13 junior records in 2009. National star Pál Joensen won 13 gold medals and 3 silver medals in total, including the best…