The World Rowing Coastal Championship poster
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The magnificent Club House of Bari Rowing Club.
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The magnificent Club House of Bari Rowing Club.
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Got starting #127. My lucky number! ;-)
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Doing some adjustments on the boat
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A few other boat that had arrived
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Always nice to check out other boat design
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Daniel heading out for a training session
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Andreas trying out the water
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Even Mats went for a spin
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Heading for a training session and checking out the course
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Heading for a training session and checking out the course
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Cosy bar near the boat park
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Photo of the finish of a heat in the Mens 4x
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Final stretch in the heats. Finished in 2nd place and trough to the A-final
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Nice motorboats. A "little" bigger than back at Hjelmsjön
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Nice motorboats. A "little" bigger than back at Hjelmsjön
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Andreas arriving from the heats
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Some confusion in one of the double heats. Navigation was a bit off
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Anders Båtemyr and Josef Källström who competed in the Swedish 2x
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Tord, Daniel, Josef and Anders taking it easy
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Heading towards the start in the A-final
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A lot of cameras around the track. Stationary like this, or cameras on boats and helicopters. Broadcasted on really big screens and in Italian television
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A lot of cameras around the track. Here on of the two helicopters that followed the races. Broadcasted on really big screens and in Italian television
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View for the chopper. Me on the last km in the final
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Here in the final kilometer of the final. Batteling for a medal
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When it was less then 100m to go I was in 4th place, 1.5 boat lengths behind (and blocked) 3rd place Simone Martini from Italy, I had absolutely no energy left. I dug deep and switched gears (and lanes) and pulled all with my might
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Somehow I managed to cath up with Martini as I approached the finish line
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Just as we were about to cross the finish line we took a glance at each other.
It took about 20 minutes before we found out who came in 3rd. It was just when I got back to the beach boat park.
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I almost felt bad for Martini. 0,3 seconds from a medal sucks.
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Well. He tried to block me so...
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Flower ceremony. But what am I looking at?
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3 months ago my career was over due to heart problems I´ve suffered the last two years.
2 months ago I was on the operation table undergoing heart surgary
1 month ago I had to skip the National Championships due to cheast pain when I pushed myself in high race pace (still inflammation from the surgary)
Yesterday I stepped onto the podium recieving a World Championship Bronze Medal. Despite being in third place, I felt like a winner
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