Swimmer's Daily

Month: December 2011

  • Gyurta and Verrasztó (and coach) in fight over ex-girlfriend

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    Via Pestiside.hu, see also mosaictv.hu Hungarian swimmers Gergely Gyurta and Dávid Verrasztó have been ordered to appear at a disciplinary committee meeting after the two got in a fight after Gyurta sent a congratulatory text to Verrasztó’s former girlfriend Sára Joó, who is also a swimmer. All three were at the European Short Course Swimming…

  • Pellegrini disappointed of her Szczecin form, blames coach Bonifacenti

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    Wow, Italy’s star swimmer Federica Pellegrini has certainly taken off her gloves here on her blog, blaming now former coach Federico Bonifacenti (who according to other news dumped her) for her poor form at the Szczecin 2011 Europan Short Course Championships. And boyfriend Magnini agrees, that “I think it’s offensive both for me and for…

  • FINA committee member Flavio Bomio arrested for child molestation

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    Switzerland’s swimming community is in a state of shock after the now ex-president of Bellinzona swimming club, Honorary Secretary of FINA’s Technical Open Water Swimming Committee, Chairman of LEN’s Technical Open Water Committee, Honorary Member of the Swiss Swimming Federation and Member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame Selection Committee, Flavio A. Bomio (69), partially admitted to allegations…

  • Ashrita Furman is The Record Breaker

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    Ashrita Furman a.k.a. “Mr. Versatility” has set close to 400 world records now over the last 32 years, beginning with 27,000 jumping jacks in 1979, and including stuff like walking 32.9 miles in 1989 with a milk bottle on his head, balancing 57 glasses on his chin in 1996, sack racing 10 kilometers in 1…

  • Injury forces Nick D’Arcy to cut load

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    A back injury that kept Nick D’Arcy out of the Queensland Swimming Championships was just a “speed bump” on the road to London, according to his coach Michael Bohl. Following his liver problems this summer, forcing him out of the Shanghai World Championships. And of course, the other thing. Via Sunshine Coast Daily

  • Shanghai highlights 2011

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    Courtesy of ArenaNatation

  • Amanda Beard on her “Swim Like a Mom” blog

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    Or SLAM for short, her “athlete’s view of parenthood & more”. She gives workouts for beginning through advanced swimmers (as well as dryland training), offers fitness and fashion tips, shares the music she likes and even gives “Amanda Facts”. Read more on USA Today, and visit www.swimlikeamom.com.

  • Mark Foster rules out a sixth Olympics

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    According to Reuters, 41-year-old Mark Foster has now ruled out the rumors of him competing at his home Olympic Games next year, as he doesn’t envisage winning a medal. “I know I could make the team and be in the top two in the country but would I do anything? No, I’d probably make the…

  • Dan Martin to swim, cycle and run around the world

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    Literally, a Global Triathlon beginning with a first-ever 5700 km swim across the Atlantic Ocean under traditional stage swim rules, before crossing Europe and Asia on bicycle, and then America on foot. The swim alone will take 6 months, starting in May 2012. Via SwimmingWorld Magazine. View The Global Triathlon in a larger map