Month: December 2011
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Wu Peng eyeing “final olympics”
Earlier this month, Chinese swimmer Wu Peng declared that next year’s London Olympics will be his last time competing. 24-year-old Wu’s first Olympics were the 2004 Athens Games, where he made the finals, and now he’s intensifying his training schedule to prepare for London 2012, eager to go out strong with a medal victory. Via…
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Georgia Tech looks ready for the Duel in the Pool 2011
Pál Joensen and coach Jón Bjarnason have arrived safely in Atlanta, and been training and talking to Chris DeSantis and stuff. The duel between Europe and USA will start this Friday Dec 16 at 7 PM ET (that’s at midnight GMT), see Mutual of Omaha and USA Swimming. Here is a picture of the competition pool…
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While in Atlanta, go visit the Georgia Aquarium
Whale sharks, sweet ! – See Georgia Aquarium GA Aquarium from T.J. Hicks on Vimeo.
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FLA Swim Team Promo Film
This video is good! – Courtesy of Fort Lauderdale Aquatics FLA Swim Team Promo Film from Seaglass Productions on Vimeo.
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Mike Bottom on 12.5 yards short pool training
So what is this, 11.43 meters? A facility for ultra-sprint training at the University Michigan, where you just barely have room for your start, turn and finish. Courtesy of athletovation.
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Sychev sets new ice swimming world record: 2100 meters in 56 minutes
According to The Voice of Russia and Pravda, 45-year-old Andrei Sychev in Siberia has set a new long distance / long duration ice swimming record, completing 2.1 kilometers in 56 minutes and 7 seconds at the National Ice Swimming Championships in Tyomen, Sibiria this weekend. The water temperature was 0.5°C and the air temperature -13°C…
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Russia won the Szczecin 2011 Trophy, and I got the picture ! :-)
So it turned out that Germany successfully defended their top position in the European Shorts Course Championships position from 2010, with now 7 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medal in Szczecin 2011. Russia proved to be the best team by points, winning the Championships Trophy by a clear margin with 901 points ahead of…
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Speedo Ice Swim 2011 Teaser
The Speedo Ice Swim Africa is an event held annually in Nuwedam, Fraserburg, South Africa, where the swimmers complete a mile in 5°C warm water (that’s 41°F). This year is was held on 23 July, so yes, this teaser is a bit late. But there’s always next year! :-) Speedo Ice Swim 2011 Teaser from…
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Diana Nyad’s Penn State Response
Jeez, those stats are scary: “Don’t we realize that this is a full-blown epidemic in our country. They say that 1 in 4 girls, 1 in 6 boys do not reach the birthday age of 18 in our country without being sexually molested by somebody they know”. Read also diananyad.com.