Month: July 2011
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How to spot symptoms of dry and delayed drowning
Swallowing even a small amount of water into your lungs is serious, children have been known to have died up to 24 hours after getting water into their system. There might be some differentiation between ‘dry’ and ‘delayed’ drowning, but the symptoms are in both cases tiredness, coughing, paleness, and trouble with breathing, and the…
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Lab now denies having contaminated Cielo’s supplement
Yesterday, we heard that César Cielo’s supplement contamination had been found and confirmed to be from the pharmacy where his usual supplement was prepared. Today, however, the pharmacy denies accordingly to swim.com.br, saying that they always take very careful sanitation measures, including never using the same tray on the same day, and that the cross-contamination was…
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Shanghai 2011: Which world records are most likely to fall?
Exciting list here on The Swimmers Circle, where Braden Keith has French swimmer Camille Lacourt most likely to set a world record in the short backstroke distances, then USA’s Rebecca Soni in the 200 breaststroke, Sun Yang in the 1500 freestyle, Ryan Lochte in the 200 IM, Soni again in the 100 breaststroke, and then…
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Zhang dropped for world title defence
China’s Zhang Lin will not defend his 800 metres freestyle title at this month’s world championships in Shanghai because he is “out of shape”. “He is still far from his top form and is in an adjustment period now,” said national coach Yao Zhengjie, who has limited China’s most recognisable swimmer to just one individual…
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Coaches in the know: Jon Urbanchek
Now we’re talking, a marvelous and generous coach who sets time aside to help out coaches even here in tiny Faroe Islands.
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A deMonaco watch made in Charlene Wittstock’s honor
Wow, if it doesn’t work out between Charlene and Prince Albert II of Monaco, I think that she should go for this Ateliers deMonaco watch-maker, for being the obviously in-love, over-romantic Cyrano de Bergerac poet of watch-making. I mean, what woman wouldn’t fall for thoughts, commitments and words like these? Via blogs.forbes.com In fact, according…
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Missing woman DID drown in the pool 2 days before
I must confess, this story is so far out that I catch myself checking and re-checking that I’m not reading The Onion or something like that. The Haitian woman who was found floating in a public Fall River pool on Tuesday, apparently did drown in the pool on Sunday, with a boy noticing her going…
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Sea Urchins see with their entire body
They don’t have eyes per se, but apparently detect light and form images by the way the shadows from the spines are falling on the surface of the body, creating one huge all-compassing compound eye. It is not 20/20-vision, but maybe as good as that of a nautilus. Still sounds confusing to me. Via www.sciencedaily.com.