Ahh, Schmoyoho, Roomie, Walk off the Earth and positive thinking, all in one neat package. The video has only very little to do with swimming, but the message is right ! :-)
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Leaving for an open water swim tomorrow
This site might get awfully quiet tomorrow, while me and Bartal go to our southern most island Suðuroy to cover the annual open water swim there. 870 meters in 7° Celcius (44.6° Fahrenheit) warm seawater, what’s not to like?
We’ll go on this boat, only a 2 hour ride, each way
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Breaking: Ryan Lochte involved in scooter crash
Florida Gator Marco Loughran was admitted to a hospital this morning after a minor scooter accident that involved Ryan Lochte, the best swimmer in the world at the moment. Loughran ended up in North Florida Regional with minor internal injuries, while Lochte banged up his knee in the crash. Read The Daily Reezy via The Swimmers Circle.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Active, the wet finger phone
Unveiled yesterday at CommunicAsia 2011 in Singapore, the Xperia Active is a compact smartphone targeting consumers with an active lifestyle, featuring a 3″ screen, the latest Android Gingerbread 2.3, a 5 MP camera with HD video functionality, and a powerful 1 GHz processor. Dust proof and water-resistant, it also uniquely incorporates wet finger tracking, to ensure the phone works perfectly when either the screen or a user’s fingers are wet. Pre-loaded with sports apps, users can set their training route using the built-in GPS, barometer and compass. And there is on-screen heart rate and pulse monitoring, enabled by ANT+ wireless networking technology. See press release.
If all that geek data doesn’t convince you, then maybe Sharapova will
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Let’s focus on the World Championships first, says Adlington
I like this, Rebecca Adlington speaking out on MailOnline‘A lot of people are talking about the Olympics, and they are so big, but so are the worlds.
‘I haven’t even qualified for the Olympics yet. People say “oh you’re there” and I have to tell them that I’m not. It’s a very tough process.
‘The World Championships are coming and I want to focus solely on this right now.’
Adlington will race in the 200m in Shanghai, as well as her preferred 400m and 800m freestyle events. She will also compete in the 4 x 200m relay.
Read more here on the Daily Mail
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Cielo plans to establish Pro-16 for the 2016 Rio Games
The 2008 Beijing Olympic champion, Cesar Cielo, plans to establish a professional swim training club in Sao Paulo, naming the scheme as Pro-16 to prepare for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. The scheme is likely to exceed a little more than USD 1$ million, involving Cielo and his relay team-members Santos, Cerdeira, Leonardo de Deus and Oliveira under the leadership of coach Alberto Silva, wit the mission to be successful at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. Read more here on blogs.bettor.com.
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Aussies reluctant to lift the 1500 legacy
After producing legendary 1500 freestyle swimmers, Kieren Perkins and Grant Hackett, Swimming Australia is now lacking a 1500 freestyle swimmer in their squad to compete at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai. Robert Hurley, who succeeded for the selection standard of 1500 freestyle in 15:08.00 minutes last year, has abandoned the event this year, considering 200 and 400 freestyle to be more suitable for him. And so does Ryan Napoleon, another favourable candidate for the 1500 freestyle in the Australian team. *I* think that they fear the reaper, aka Sun Yang. Via blogs.bettor.com.
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No more world records for a decade, says Cavic
Čavić and Rosolino are being a bit pessimistic, me thinks:
“I think the whole swimming world has to get ready not to see another world record in the men’s sprints for a long time,” said Serbian butterfly specialist Milorad Cavic, the closest challenger to Michael Phelps’ record eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
How long? According to Cavic and others, a decade.
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Monaco royal wedding guest list revealed
hello!magazine.com reveals that other than the usual suspects like princes and princesses and Roger Moore and Mel Gibson, at least three swimmers get to attend the royal wedding of Charlene Wittstock and Prince Albert II of Monaco: Fellow South African Sarah Poewe, Australian swimmer Sophie Edington and ‘glamorous German swimming champ’ Franziska van Almsick, all three friends of the bride. No news on Ian Thorpe though, maybe someone feels threatened? :-)
(I’ll be following this wedding like crazy, of course)
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