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  • Norway pick 9 for the Herning 2013 European SC Champs

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    See svomming.no Norway’s national coach Petter Løvberg has selected 9 swimmers for the European Short Course Championships in Herning, Denmark, 12-15 december 2013. Seven qualified and 2 more were selected to strengthen the relays, while still being allowed to take part also in individual events. The Norwegian team for Herning 2013: Cecilie Waage Johannessen, Bergens Svømme…

  • CC photo #634: Sindri Thor Jakobsson at Debrecen 2012

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    Icelandic born Norwegian swimmer Sindri Þór Jakobsson at the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. He was then struggling with the traumatic experience when Alexander Dale Oen died, and quit swimming for a year. Hopefully back on track now.

  • Sindri Jakobsson back on track after a traumatic year

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    Icelandic-born Sindri Þór Jakobsson (21) was one of the two Norwegian national team members who were in the room when Alexander Dale Oen was found lifeless during their altitude camp in Flagstaff, USA last year. He competed at the following Debrecen 2012 Europeans and the Dutch Open, but was struggling with the traumatic experience. Read…

  • Norwegian swimmers struck by strike

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    Returning from the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships, coach Finn Zachariassen and swimmer Sindri Þór Jakobsson came to closed doors at their Bergen base, all municipality swimming pools closed because of strike. This is of course a major crisis, with Jakobsson vying for an Olympic spot at the Dutch Open in Amsterdam in two weeks.…

  • Norway sends 16 swimmers to the Debrecen 2012 Europeans

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    According to simma.nu/no, Norway will send 16 swimmers to the 2012 European Championships in Debrechen, Hungary, next month, including Ingvild Snildal but not Alexander Dale Oen. Snildal qualified for the London Olympics at the Amsterdam Swim Cup in March, while Dale Oen qualified at the Shanghai world championships last summer. They hope to have more…

  • Solli and Jakobsson set Norwegian records at Amsterdam Swim Cup

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    On the final day of Amsterdam Swim Cup, Lavrans Solli and former Icelandic swimmer Sindri Thor Jakobsson managed to improve upon each their Norwegian national record, Solli with first a 26.15 in the prelims and then a 25.99 and bronze in the men’s 50 backstroke, and Jakobsson with a time of 2:01.20 in the 200…

  • Icelandic Jakobsson sets Norwegian record at Danish Open

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    Icelandic born Sindri Þór Jakobsson set a Norwegian record at Danish Open 2011 today, with a time of 2:02.38 in the 200 butterfly. Andreas Schiellerup and Daniel Skaaning set Danish junior records, Jeanette Ottesen and Pernille Blume qualified for Shanghai 2011, and three swimmers qualified for the European junior championships in Belgrade this summer.