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Blondal added to Calgary Centre staff Mike Blondal has been named Associate Coach of the high performance swimming program at the National Sport Centre. The appointment is certainly a coup for Blondal, who applied for the position of NSC-Calgary Head Coach after the departure of former Head Coach Deryk Snelling, but lost out to Bidrman. Blondal further beefed up his accomplishments when he was named CIAU men's coach of the year and received his first international coaching appointment when he was named to the staff of the Canadian team heading to the 1997 World Short Course Championships in April. Popov of the Web Alexander Popov is as busy out of the water as in these days. In addition to preparing for the upcoming long course season, the quadruple Olympic champion is working on a swimming video to share his technical savvy with younger swimmers.