Month: December 2011
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Elevating pool is both very 007 and good for the disabled
Hidden Water Pools founder Stefan Kanetis designed this system to aid his mother Delicia, who for many years was a professional dancer, but later paid the price with severe arthritis and muscle damage in her lower extremities. Her doctor suggested that in order to avoid the wheelchair, she needed to exercise daily in a warm…
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Duel in the Pool 2011: USA 1-2-3 in the 400 free
Ouch, after this first day, USA leads 93.5 to 28.5Â -Â That’s it, I’m going to bed! :”-)
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USA sets 4×100 medley world record in 1st race of Duel in the Pool
Ouch, the Duel in the Pool started with a bang, with USA setting a world record in the women’s 4×100 relay, 3:45.56 to Europe’s 3:51.04. American swimmers were Natalie Coughlin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer and Missy Franklin, old record was USA 3:47.97 at the Manchester 2009 Duel in the Pool. Coughlin even set an American…
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Michael Phelps adopts a puppy
Her name is Penelope, and she’s a beautiful Catahoula mix, that Phelps decided to adopt after this show. Natalie Couglin is there as well, no news here if she kept her puppy too. Via Global Animal. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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ButterflEYE goggles measure your heart rate while swimming
As a swimmer on her college team at the American University of Beirut, it never made sense to Hind Hobeika that practices were organized according to heart rates taken after the swims, or with watches or belts that disturb and slow you down. So she invented the ButterflEYE goggles that read the pulse in the…
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Outro of Szczecin 2011
Nice video looking back on Szczecin 2011 and promoting the 2013 Tall Ships’ Races, of which Race Two will be from Riga (Latvia) to Szczecin (Poland). Outro of EC in short course swimming, Szczecin 2011 from Cineo on Vimeo.
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Chris DeSantis on the Faroese visit in his home pool
Tomorrow’s Duel in the Pool will be held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, home of the Yellow Jacket swimming and diving program, where The Swim Brief‘s Chris DeSantis is Assistant Coach. He writes here about now meeting our guys Pál Joensen and coach Jón Bjarnason, discussing among other things how many athletes one coach…
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Track your laps, splits, stroke rate and type with the Swimtag wristband
Swimtag is a training aid that monitors progress in the pool, much like the Finis Swimsense or Swimovate Pool-Mate Pro, but more simplified without buttons or display, to act more as a passive device than a watch. The idea is that for instance your local pool provides these wristbands as a service, that you pick…