Month: March 2014
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Rikke Møller Pedersen chases 200 breast world record with a time of 2:19.94
At the 2014 Danish Open in Bellahøj tonight, Rikke Møller Pedersen gave her own 200 breaststroke world record a good go with a winning time of 2:19.94, the world record 2:19.11 and the competition back in 2:28.90 and less. To celebrate this, she indulged herself in a pair of winegums Post by Rikke Møller Pedersen.
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Pernille Blume rattles Danish record in the 100 free
At the 2014 Danish Open in Bellahøj tonight, Danish swimming darling Pernille Blume rattled the Danish record with a winning time of 53.69 to Jeanette Ottesen’s 54.07, the Danish record of Ottesen from 2009 still standing at 53.41. Oh, and she is good-looking too Post by Pernille Blume.
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Swimming stars Bronte and Cate Campbell find inspiration close to home
Read The Sydney Morning Herald Australian swim stars Cate and Bronte Campbell do not need to look far for grounding when they feel themselves caught up in ”first-world” problems. When they think things are getting too hard, their younger brother Hamish provides a timely reminder that things are really not that bad. Hamish has cerebral…
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James Magnussen, Cate Campbell and Emily Seebohm plan to set record straight at last
Read The Australian James Magnussen, Cate Campbell and Emily Seebohm are Australia’s “virtual world record holders’’. They are three fastest swimmers the world has seen, they just don’t have the official title to prove it. World 100m freestyle champions Magnussen and Campbell, and Brisbane backstroker Seebohm are the fastest swimmers ever in textile suits and…
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The Sailfish’s Dance In Action
We where lucky and found lost of this magnificent hunters in plain action, unfortunately for me, my underwater camera had some leaking and I decided to leave it on the boat. Fortunately, my friend Carlos Mendieta was kind enough to lend me his Go Pro Hero 3 Camera, which we used to take several shots…
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Why swimming is good for your brain as well as your body
Read NY Daily News A small study by Howard Carter of the University of Western Australia School of Sport Science suggests that immersing the body in water to the level of the heart increases blood flow through the brain’s cerebral arteries, thus improving vascular health and cognitive function. “Studies on the positive effect of exercise…
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New Aussie coach Jacco Verhaeren wants an Australian swimmer in every Olympic final
Read Sydney Morning Herald The Australian swim team would have a finalist in every Olympic race by the 2020 Games in Tokyo, if not by 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, new head coach Jacco Verhaeren has declared. Verhaeren, the former coach of Dutch Olympic champions Pieter van den Hoogenband and Inge de Bruijn, was recruited…
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Eamon Sullivan aims for 50m in Rio
Read Herald Sun Eamon Sullivan believes he can get back to his best as a one-lap specialist as he targets a fourth Olympics in Rio in 2016. Sullivan will return from the swimming wilderness to compete at a key meeting for the first time since the London Olympics at next week’s Commonwealth Games trials in…
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Depression not just rampant in swimming: Mark Spitz
Read for instance zeenews Ian Thorpe`s much-publicised battle have prompted many to believe that success and depression often go hand in glove in swimming, but nine-time Olympic champion swimmer Mark Spitz feels the psychological disorder today is not just limited to his sport but rampant in other disciplines as well. The multiple American Olympic champion…