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Month: March 2011

  • Arena Smartcap commercial

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    Presenting the smart cap Arena Smartcap Swim Cap: You wear it in 5 seconds, even with long hair. It’s … smart :-)

  • USA Today projects Friis to win 800 free at London 2012

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    USA Today has this interesting “Olympic Medal Tracker” on their site, where they use an algorithm to project the winners in each medal event for the 2012 London Olympics, based on an athlete’s results in events such as world championships and World Cup. With emphasis that it doesn’t predict how the medals will play out…

  • The French Federation will not budge on Bousquet

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    Christian Donzé, tecnical director of French Swimming tells L’Equipe today that while he has no problem with Bousquet working with Brett Hawke in Shanghai, should the Australian gain accreditation through another nation, there will be no accreditation with France, even if that means Bousquet boycotting Shanghai or even quitting the sport. “If he quit that…

  • Get set for some fast swimming

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    With British and French trials for World Championships behind us, the world rankings are taking shape. But watch them transform in the month ahead, as April brings a rush of competition, as listed here on SwimNews.com (with some addition of my own). March 30 – April 3: Canada Senior Nationals / World Trials March 31…

  • Slow-Mo Surfing Shot with a Canon 7D

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    Yes, I know that this is a swimming blog, but Duke Kahanamoko was a swimmer/surfer, so I’m allowed. Now back to the video. Sweet. Via PetaPixel.

  • Will Shanghai 2011 be a doping risk for athletes?

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    Interesting column here on SwimmingWorld Magazine, about the danger of inadvertent doping from contaminated food in China. Prior to the Beijing Games in 2008, the risks were know to be significant, and food control therefore strict in the Olympic village. The same risks exist today, but there will be no Olympic-type village at the World…

  • ĽuboÅ¡ Križko busted for doping with cancer medicine

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    Slovakian sprinter ĽuboÅ¡ Križko has been banned for two years by FINA, after testing positive for a metabolite of Tamoxifen at the European championships in Budapest on August 12, 2010. Tamoxifen is the standard anti-estrogen therapy used to treat breast cancer patients, but is also used in doping to control the side effects of taking…

  • This is why they call them Killer Whales

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    A pack of orcas hunting a seal really close to shore in Oyndarfjørður on the island Eysturoy where I live, yesterday. Difficult to see, but the seal eventually manages to escape, by hiding between the rocks and seaweed straight under the video photographer’s feet. We call them ‘bóghvítuhvalur’ because of their white belly, or ‘mastrarhvalur’…

  • We need a World Water Bombing Association !

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    WesternLeader brought this story last Friday, about some local event called the World Bombing Championships in Henderson, New Zealand, yesterday. They want it to become a regional event next year, and then maybe turn it into a world competition. But but, researching this a bit, I find that there already was a UK / World…