Called the Kosuke Kitajima Mark II, it … Naah, kidding, his name is Akihiro Yamaguchi, and he’s 17 year old. World junior champion from Lima 2011 in the 200 breaststroke, predicted to make a big splash at this year’s London Olympics, with even bolder targets himself, saying “I plan to win gold”. Even Kitajima’s mentor Norimasa Hirai believes the youngster could spring a shock in London, being quoted for saying “I haven’t seen anything like him since Kosuke so it’s exciting” … “Kosuke is more about pure speed but (Yamaguchi) has real spring and incredible stamina.” Read more here on Reuters
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Flying Devil Rays
♪ You will get the hang of it, I know it. You will get better and better, I know it. If you keep practicing, you can get better and better as you do it. ♫
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CC photo #16: Pál’s 1500 silver medal from Budapest 2010
This is what we’re fighting for. This and national pride in general :-)
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Nathan Adrian scorches the 2012 Austin Grand Prix 50 free
1st in 21.94 (long course meters), second man Frédérick Bousquet in 22.05, and Anthony Ervin (!) number three in 22.27. Read SwimmingWorld Magazine
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Phelps debuts the Speedo Fastskin3 system at the Austin Grand Prix
He won the 100 butterfly in 52.41 and the 400 IM in a for this time of the season impressive time of 4:16.95. Sure helps to see someone swim fast in that strange-looking ‘racing system’. Read SwimmingWorld Magazine here and here
Here’s Michael Phelps talking to the media after 1st night’s 100 fly
And here’s Phelps after 2nd nights 400 IM
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The scariest waves ever surfed
In August of 2011, the French Navy threatened to arrest anyone attempting to go in the water off the coast of Teahup’o, Tahiti. Still, absolutely fantastic pictures, shot on August 27th by cinematographer Chris Bryan using a phantom camera.
More Surfing VideosSource Mpora via thisiscolossal.com via Buzzfeed
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Penguins play in the snow at the St. Louis Zoo
“You’ve got nothing on us,” say the penguins to all those human ‘polar bears’ out there.
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Ervin takes top seed in the Austin Grand Prix 50 free
Wow, Anthony Ervin is back, posting a 22.30 in the 50 free prelims at the 2012 Austin Grand Prix, best time in the World this year, despite being put in the B-final. Nathan Adrian was second in 22.45. Via The Swimmers Circle
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New study shows very clearly that exercise counters aging
Picture here from a new study freely available at The Physician and Sportsmedicine that took detailed measurements of 40 masters athletes between the ages of 40 and 81, and found a surprising lack of age-related muscle loss.“This study contradicts the common observation that muscle mass and strength decline as a function of aging alone. Instead, these declines may signal the effect of chronic disuse rather than muscle aging.”
Via Sweat Science, one of the very best sports science blogs out there.
Notice also what one the commenters there has observed: “And check out the bone density difference too. Amazing.”
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