Swimming Blogs - Chris DeSantis

Joensen VIdeo

May 22, 2009

This spring, I've remained faithful in my commitment to bringing you every shred of information I can on the best athlete in Faroese history: Pål Joensen. Since my last writing, there hasn't been much news to report. There will be some summer tune up meets coming soon, but until then, you'll have to live with the fact that I've finally uncovered the video of our intrepid swimmer. For your entertainment, here is my running diary (Bill Simmons style) of watching this 4 minute clip:

:08: Faroese newscasts use cheesy flatscreen backgrounds just like us! Also, that news anchor has one hell of a long name.

:50: Looks to be footage from Belgrade. I'm guess this is the mile judging by the margin of victory.

:56, 1:01: This hand flick on the recovery seems to be the easiest way to pick him out of a crowd in the pool.

1:11: The big question with every swimmer these days: What suit was he wearing? In this case: TYR. I don't understand why TYR hasn't just gotten all the Scandinavian countries on their sponsorship. It just makes sense.

1:21: Now would be a good time to remind everyone that Pål lives in a country with very few sunny days. I hope he wore his SPF Infinity.

1:46: The patented posed photos with medals around the neck. Except way more cheesy this time. I love it.

1:49: Really? They couldn't get a Faroese flag that was half as big as the other flags?

1:55: Choppy underwater shot. Our first look at the stroke.

2:25: No idea what meet this is. Its outdoors so that rules out the Faroes. But he is lapping people.

3:00: He could definitely break 15:00 if he went all the way down on those pullups.

3:28: Pål about 20 seconds and 2 years ago in the 400 free.

3:48: Possible shot of adoring fans imitating the hand flick?

Roll credits. Enjoy!

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#31	James Hrivnak May 29, 2009 at 7:33am Another sports highlight reel ruined by "remember the name", but great footage! reply
#30	Akos Fabian May 28, 2009 at 4:43am Thanks for the update! It's always hard to go to LC after swimming for months in a SC pool... You're always waiting for the wall 15 m-s too soon :) Good luck with your preparations for Rome! reply
#29	Jón Bjarnason May 28, 2009 at 4:38am Akos Fabian said: “Is he going to be concentrating more on long distance (1500) or mid distance (400)? And are there any time goals for Rome? (well any that you can publicly share?)” He has a meet in Paris in late june, and we will let that meet decide. As you probably understand, we have not made up our mind just yet, I know this is not perfect, and far from it, but we have no 50m pool in our country, and he just started a training camp in a 50m pool 2 days ago, and I'm afraid it's his first training lcm since last summer. The choice is between 800 and 1500m. Knowing this, his state of mind is ok, and his preparation will not be to disturbed as if it was between 400 and 1500 :) He has allmost made the choice, but I cant say what it is :) reply
#28	Akos Fabian May 28, 2009 at 4:22am Is he going to be concentrating more on long distance (1500) or mid distance (400)? And are there any time goals for Rome? (well any that you can publicly share?) reply
#27	Hestoy May 27, 2009 at 2:38am Kim Bergstrøm said: “Go Scandinavia!!!” Dear Kim Scandinavia is three countries, who are on the Scandinavian peninsula (acutally there at two of them), the countries are Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The nordic countris on the other hand spans from Finland in the east, to Greeenland in the west, and as you know actually it spans two continets, Europe and North America. The nordic countries are: Finland, Åland (self governing part of Finland) Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Faroe Islands (independet part of the Danish Kingdom), Iceland and Greenland (independet part of the Danish Kingdom). So its, acutally: Go, Nordic!! Jon reply
#26	Chris DeSantis May 24, 2009 at 8:42pm He is attending Gymnasium in the Faroes reply
#25	Jenn Verser May 24, 2009 at 8:38pm Nice work Chris. Way to get it done while we were at a conference! This kid's story is pretty impressive. Is he going to college somewhere? reply
#24	Chris DeSantis May 24, 2009 at 6:36pm I'm going to go ahead and embed that video. Tak to our friends from the Faroes! Pál Joensen - Haljand Test 27/3-2009 reply
#23	Rókur í Jákupsstovu May 24, 2009 at 6:09pm Andre DeNegri said: “Uhhhhh! I want to see a full video!!! ” Here you go, the video analysis footage from when Professor Rein Haljand tested Pál, in March 2009... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAtLvd4CPcw reply
#22	Good Question May 24, 2009 at 2:53pm haha oh man i thought that this was the only thread on this site that people WERENT talking about that! reply
#21	Anonymous Coward May 24, 2009 at 2:52pm well we need a new discussion board type thing reply
#20	Chris DeSantis May 24, 2009 at 2:50pm You seriously haven't look around the site, huh? reply
#19	Anonymous Coward May 24, 2009 at 2:49pm hey can we have a topic for approved suits and whats going to happen and how blue 70 got screwed and how speedo is working with fina and was afraid of a little competition?? reply
#18	Andre DeNegri May 23, 2009 at 9:55pm Uhhhhh! I want to see a full video!!! But still this is pretty good, his story is amazing. reply
#17	Jón Bjarnason May 23, 2009 at 9:49pm Zach Wheatley said: “true. check out the head-on shot at 1:55 of his current stroke to the shot from below at 3:28 of his old stroke. It seems like one big change that he made to get this much faster was to his body line” True I guess 90 percent of his rapid progress at that point came from improving his body line. There are many things yet to improve on, so he will be a whole lot faster ;) reply
#16	Jón Bjarnason May 23, 2009 at 9:45pm Chris DeSantis said: “1:49: Really? They couldn't get a Faroese flag that was half as big as the other flags?” A "funny" story, there was no flag at all. This flag they got from Páls little brother. And this is at the European Junior Championships :o) reply
#15	Jack May 23, 2009 at 7:57pm Bro's a stud reply
#14	Anonymous Coward May 23, 2009 at 7:09pm Remember the Name, feat. Styles of Beyond by Fort Minor reply
#13	Qwat May 23, 2009 at 6:43pm whats the name of the song reply
#12	A Fan May 23, 2009 at 5:44pm Just a comment: The live pictures from the outdoor competition (2:25) are from the NatWest Island Games on Rhodes in 2007 :) reply
#11	Kim Bergstrøm May 23, 2009 at 3:40pm Go Scandinavia!!! reply
#10	Chris DeSantis May 23, 2009 at 3:14pm His 2009 bests are 3:48 in the 400 and 15:02 in the 1500 LCM. He is 18 years old. reply
#9	William Broch May 23, 2009 at 2:12pm Awesome compilation of a rising champ. reply
#8	I Dont Get It... May 23, 2009 at 2:06pm Is this like good or something? Times? reply
#7	Zach Wheatley May 23, 2009 at 10:33am true. check out the head-on shot at 1:55 of his current stroke to the shot from below at 3:28 of his old stroke. It seems like one big change that he made to get this much faster was to his body line reply
#6	Anonymous Coward May 23, 2009 at 10:18am thats a pretty nice body line on the head-on views reply
#5	Flip Flops Retailer May 23, 2009 at 9:59am Chris, your posting makes me realize how much I miss Scandinavian swimming... reply
#4	French Touch May 23, 2009 at 8:17am The Screaming Viking ! said: “what TYR needs is a really good spokesman to get the ball rolling.” I thought TYR had found one in showman Amaury Leveaux last november. For what I remember, the giggly blushing face, the skidding along on the deck and the very enthusiastic comments he made about his suit to French TV France 2 (oh, and do I need to mention about his kiss to journalist Nelson Monfort?) did cause a little tantrum. But I could be wrong... and perhaps the color red on Freddie draws the bull's attention better... reply
#3	The Screaming Viking ! May 22, 2009 at 8:51am "I don't understand why TYR hasn't just gotten all the Scandinavian countries on their sponsorship. It just makes sense." ya! doesn't it though? what TYR needs is a really good spokesman to get the ball rolling. uff da! reply
#2	?? May 22, 2009 at 8:50am Where is the clip? reply
#1	Huh May 22, 2009 at 8:40am Wait where is the clip? It it supposed to be posted on this blog? reply