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Simma.NU: Friis the Latest to Join North Baltimore Aquatic Club
Simma.Nu, the world’s leading source of news about the Scandanavian swimming community, is reporting that Lotte Friis is the latest swimmer who will join Bob Bowman’s crew in North Baltimore.
Friis, who today swam her first ever open water race (which she won in a course record), won silvers in both the 800 and 1500 freestyles at the World Championships in Barcelona a month ago. She was the swimmer who went toe-to-toe with American Katie Ledecky in that instant-classic 1500 freestyle where both swimmers crushed the old World Record.
We spoke with North Baltimore head coach Bob Bowman, who said that Lotte will be joining the club for a few months to “see how it goes” before deciding on the long term.
Friis, in the lead up to Worlds, headed to Nice, France to train with one of the world’s really great middle distance freestylers Camille Muffat. As that program has gone through a lot of turmoil with head coach Fabrice Pellerin having some public disagreements with his star swimmers, Muffat will depart despite her success in Barcelona.
Now, she’ll head across the Atlantic with her former Nice teammate Yannick Agnel and join a group that includes Conor Dwyer, Tom Luchsinger, a
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Profiles of French stars Muffat, Vastine and Arthaud
In 2010 she caused a national scandal after being arrested for drink-driving.
She was an outspoken critic of sexism, complaining bitterly last October about sponsors' unwillingness to support female sailors. She planned to set up an all-female event in Marseille.
Dame Ellen MacArthur, who in 2005 broke the world record to solo-circumnavigate the globe, paid the world paid tribute to Arthaud as one of her inspirations:
"I think she made a difference to sailing and Florence's view was that the sea is out there and it's there for the taking. You know, I'm sure she's inspired many, many people. There are actually a very small number, globally, who race big boats solo and she was one of that small number."
A daring competitor, Arthaud took risks in multiple crossings of the Atlantic, cheating death in 2011.
Sailing off the coast of Corsica she fell out of her boat in the middle of the night. Using a waterproof mobile phone she managed to call her mother to raise the alarm. She was pulled from the water by helicopter, suffering from hypothermia.
"I led an adventurer's life and burnt the candle at both ends" was her own fitting description of an extraordinary career.
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