Month: July 2011

Belgrade 2011 Live Streaming is alive (!)

Jul 6, 2011

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rokur

in Competition

At last, live video feed from the TaÅ¡majdan pool in Beograd. The speaker announced a moment ago that there were 5 minutes left of the warm-up. Go watch!
FINA appeals CÃ©sar Cielo and the others’ doping case

Jul 6, 2011

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rokur

in Doping

FINA has decided to appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) the decisions of the Doping Panel of the Brazilian Aquatic Sports Confederation, in the matters of positive doping tests to the substance Furosemide for the swimmers CÃ©sar Cielo Filho, Henrique Barbosa, Nicholas Santos and Vinicius Waked. The athletes are presently not suspended…
Feature Swim – Lars FrÃ¶lander

Jul 6, 2011

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rokur

in Technique

A The Race Club video from when Lasse FrÃ¶lander in April 2011 visited the Keys with his swim club from Sweden. That starting block looks a bit wobbly.
Dutch guys trying out the Plunge For Distance too

Jul 6, 2011

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in Fun

The new hot thing to do, apparently, after Wolverines and Wu Peng showed us how. Sebastiaan Verschuren films, Joost Reijns plunges. Now, who will tell them that the dive board is an illegal, technical improvement? ;-)
Woohoo, Magnus JÃ¡kupsson is in a European semi-final (!)

Jul 6, 2011

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rokur

in Competition

Our guy Magnus JÃ¡kupsson managed to swim a new Faroese record of 25.00 in the 50 butterfly this morning at the 2011 European Junior Swimming Championships in Belgrade, qualifying for the semi-finals this afternoon in 12th best time. He swam in the very first heat, having no official long-course time since last year because of…
Skaters mess up a perfectly good swimming pool

Jul 6, 2011

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rokur

in Fun

I don’t like this trend, with skaters and bikers taking over our pools ! ;-) Via neatorama.com
Water shot at 7,000 FPS

Jul 5, 2011

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rokur

in Nature

Video of water at 7,000 frames per second. No wonder we love it. Via geekologie.com. Team Ghost – High Hopes from 16ar on Vimeo.
4-year-old girl swims 2000 meters in just under 2 hours

Jul 5, 2011

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in Training

Tae Smith only started swimming lessons five months ago, for safety reasons to learn the basics, and now practices for just an hour a week. Her instructor saw her as a natural on day one, and now thoughtÂ she was ready to take the 600 meters distance badge, already an impressive achievement for a four-year-old.…
The 2015 World Championships will be in Mexico, Hong Kong or Russia

Jul 5, 2011

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in Competition

Three cities have made the shortlist to host the world championships in 2015 and 2017: Guadalajara, Mexico; Hong Kong and Kazan, Russia. FINA will choose the 2015 host on July 15, and the 2017 venue also “if two bids are judged capable of hosting.” China originally entered Guangzhou in the 2015 and 2017 contest, and…