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Tag: World Cup 2011

  • Thorpe 53.59 and 26th in the 100 butterfly

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    Ouch, there have been a lot of headlines these past weeks about the ‘Thorpedo’ flopping, bombing etc, and now even a full second improvement in the 100 butterfly from the World Cup leg in Beijing earlier this week doesn’t bring him closer to the final in Tokyo than a 53.59 and 26th spot in Tokyo,…

  • Geoff Huegill on Ian Thorpe’s comeback

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    I’ve been in a minibus with this guy and Eamon Sullivan as late as in Stockholm in October, it was even more mini with them in it :-) VIDEO: Can Thorpe beat Huegill? Also in these news, Eamon Sullivan is surprised that he maybe gets to race Ian Thorpe already now … and calls butterfly…

  • Pál Joensen on Danish National TV

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    We had a TV crew from the Danish national broadcasting channel DR following us to the Faroe Islands today, who are doing a segment for next Saturday evening. Already this evening, they had a short TV segment ready about Pál’s win in Stockholm, where he says he’s happy about winning a gold in Stockholm for…

  • A gold medal it is

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    So Pál won gold in the 1500 freestyle at the Stockholm 2011 World Cup leg, in quite dominant style lapping everyone but Serbian Stefan Sorak. Our younger swimmers found it difficult to swim up to their best times, but the meet was nice and the stay superb. Hopefully coming back next year. Photo: René Thomsen

  • Missed the medals

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    Small misunderstanding today, resulting in none of the 400 freestyle medalists being ready for the medal ceremony. Called to the scene, they were blocked because there was a medal ceremony taking place. Biedermann somehow got through, the two others had to wait until later for their medals. Looking forward to tomorrow.

  • Sort of ready for the Stockholm World Cup 2011

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    It has been a long and packed day, but finally we are at the hotel, after training in Eriksdalsbadet and a nice dinner at the hotel. All Faroese swimmers are here except Pál who arrives tomorrow, quite ready for a bit of fast swimming this weekend.

  • Yes, FINA preparing live streams from all World Cup legs

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    See live streaming schedule here on fina.org and go here to see the actual FINA TV player. Looks like they are going to broadcast all World Cup events, starting with the World Cup leg in Dubai this weekend “in all countries except: Mexico, Italy, Brazil, Russia, Hungary, Sweden, France, Romania, Croatia, Georgia, Sweden, Middle East,…

  • Another good day in Faroese swimming

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    Today it is confirmed that a Danish TV crew will join us at the World Cup leg in Stockholm, follow Pál there and then come back with us to the Faroe Islands, to film how he lives and trains in his hometown Vágur. He’s had the competing channel TV2 visit him in Vágur before, but…

  • The World Cup 2011 schedule is ready

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    Swedish swimsite www.simma.nu/se informs us that the World Cup 2011 tour will consist of two rounds, one in Europe in October, and one in Asia in November. October 15-16, Stockholm (SWE) October 18-19, Moscow (RUS) October 22-23, Berlin (GER) November 4-5, Singapore (SIN) November 8-9, Beijing (CHN) November 12-13, Tokyo (JPN)