Tag: Pál Joensen
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CC photo #521: Warm-up at Rijeka 2008
Pál Joensen and coach Jón Bjarnason discussing whatever during warm-up on the first day of the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia.
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Pál Joensen on training camp in Australia
Sigh, while we local residents of the Faroe Islands are suffering from the seasonal rain (starting in May and ending in April), Pál Joensen has travelled to […grumble…] Gold Coast, Queensland, to train under the legendary Denis Cotterell, coach of Grant Hackett and now Jordan Harrison. Pál comments from Australia: “It is going very well,…
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CC photo #500: SuSvim most winning team at Faroe Champs 2013
Group photo of Suðuroyar Svimjifelag at the 2013 Faroese (Short Course) Championships, the team that won most medals in total. Also, CC photo #500 :-)
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British journalist Rod Gilmour interviewed at the 2013 Faroe Champs
British journalist and author Rod Gilmour visited the Faroe Islands and the 2013 Faroese Short Course Swimming Championships this week, to do research for a book he is working on about Pál Joensen. Here is him being interviewed by Leivur Frederiksen at our national TV broadcasting company, during the second night of the Faroe Champs.
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CC photo #495: Pál and Jón back on deck in Tórshavn
Pál Joensen and SuSvim coach Jón Bjarnason discussing whatever during warmup the first morning at the 2013 Faroese Championships. The old team rides again.
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CC photo #494: Faroe Champs 2011 – Pál ready on lane 5
Pál Joensen had for some reason no entry time in the men’s 200 meter butterfly at the 2011 Faroese (Short Course) Championships, and was therefore on lane 5 and at the very bottom of the entry list, despite of having won the event the past 5 years. Still he won his 6th title also, and…
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CC photo #483: Video analysis crew ready at Kalev Spa
Just a photo from Tallinn, Estonia back in January 2009, when we visited Rein Haljand for a bit of video analysis of Pál Joensen. Haljand’s son Holger ready with the camera cart, Jón Bjarnason ready to move the back stroke flags out of the way. A really nice pool and hotel, the Kalev Spa.
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CC photo #482: Impressive mosaic at Roma 09
The Faroese swim team admiring the decorated walls of the Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, during the FINA 2009 World Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy.