Month: August 2011
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Wow, the Speedo Pace Club videos & iPhone app
The Speedo Pace Club is commercial yes, but has some really nice technique videos, plus an iPhone app for you to track your training, find pools nearby and do some social thing with your swim friends too. And there are blogs of famous Team USA swimmers. I like. Here it is Dana Vollmer world champion…
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A Speedo Goodbye from Shanghai
Keri-Anne Payne says that her goal was to finish in top 10 and qualify for the Olympics, and that the gold medal was just a nice added bonus. Well thanks for that, our guy was no 5 and 4, so that should be OK too :-) Via the17thman.
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The men’s 1500m final virtual race
Press play to see the men’s 1500 freestyle final presented in google motion chart. Sun Yang’s and Grant Hackett’s record paces are in lane 4. The chart default state is set to resemble top view of the pool. However, the axis, bubble size and colours and the chart type can be modified. For example if the y-axis is…
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Free internet in Shanghai Airport
Swimming on the TV, my expectations of China were completely wrong. Boarding at 08:50, via Helsinki to Copenhagen.