You Lose Some...You Win Some. Part II

Duje Draganja, Aleksej Puninski, Mario Todorović and Mario Delač celebrating after taking silver at the 4x50 relay. Foto: Davor Sajko Sources: sportnet.hr net.hr javno.com sportal.hr index.hr Great news again this morning, sipping coffee and finding out that our team in Istanbul, Turkey won more medals at the European Short Track Swimming Championships. Yesterday was awesome with Sanja winning gold and setting a new world record in the 50 meter backstroke, but then the icing on the cake today was finding out we won silver in the 4x50 relay and then former world record holder,(for now) Duje Draganja, taking silver in the 50 meter freestyle and becoming European Champion by taking gold at the 100 meter medley.





Duje Draganja.(Another world record just around the corner?..) Foto: AFP In all, Croatia took home 5 medals at this years championships, after including Sanja Jovanovic's silver at the 100 meter backstroke and world record gold in the 50 meter backstroke. Not a bad day for Croatian sports afterall. As a side-note, Ivica Kostelic's knee operation was a success today and he will be recuperating in Croatia starting tomorrow. His chances for winning the slalom title this year may have taken a blow, but with the Olympics just around the corner...who knows?... Duje becoming European Champion in the 100 meter medley.

The team taking silver in the 4x50 relay.

You Lose Some...You Win Some.

I was just checking out quickly some Croatian sports sites and the title of this post I think is right on, anent it's title.


Source: sportnet.hr

Not the knee...again!!?? (Foto: Davor Sajko) 

Croatia's best skier Ivica Kostelic, announced today in Switzerland that he will be going for surgery on Sunday for damage sustained on his right knee. At a slalom race recently held in France, Ivica injured his knee but it was not until after his 8th place finish that the extent of the damage was felt or known. This will be the 6th operation that Ivica will have on his knee, and it is still up in the air whether he will be able to race at the Zagreb SQT event in January. I hope he heals very quickly and is ready to go for the Winter Olympics which are set to begin in February.

 
Super-Sanja! sanjajovanovic.com  (Photo:REUTERS/Osman Orsal) 

Sources: sportnet.hr jutarnji.hr

Now for the brighter side, The 13th European Short Course Swimming Championship's which are currently taking place in Istanbul, Turkey, has brought some great news to help make up for Ivica's misfortune. Croatian Swimming Ace, Sanja Jovanovic has won the gold medal and broken another world record in the women's 50 meter backstroke, adding another, and defending her world record won on home turf in Rijeka, Croatia just last year. This girl just never quits. I posted a bit about her previously HERE, but I encourage anyone interested in her story to read a short interview (in English) about her from the Croatian daily online news site nacional.hr

Sanja doing her stuff


.

Why Do Americans Listen To Severina?

 
Severina knows how to use the stick shift.

This is just a quick amusing very short post, because today there's a blizzard outside and I'm tired of doing my usual routine. I'm not particulary a pop music fan to say the least, but I am sort of a closet fan of Croatia's own Severina Vučković , better known by her moniker of just Severina. Anyway, I guess a heavy/alternative anti-pop/maintstream music listener being a fan of a pop music star will seem strange to you, but I guess you just have to be Croatian to understand. (Besides, she does have a great voice and a hawt body) Anyway, If you want to learn more about who Severina is, you can click onto these few sites:


www.severina.com

sevefanclub.com

wikipedia-severina

severina.vuckovic/facebook




Original Source: jutarnji.hr Translation by: zOmBiEbOy

A Severina song found a way to listeners in the United States. Her video for the song "Gas, gas" was used in an episode on the MSNBC TV show. Kent Jones, a journalist wittily tried to answer the question of whether humanity is ever going to conquer depedence on petroleum products after hearing Severina and her song "Gas, gas". After the segment, the anchor and reporter are both seen nerdily singing the catchy chorus "Gas, gas". 1:48 is what I mean by nerdily.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy