Tag: featured
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Why sports stars mix with drugs
Read Courier Mail Huegill’s achievement and the healthy lifestyle message that he marketed set him up for life. Then came the news this week that he and his wife Sara had been charged with possession of cocaine following a day at Randwick races. While the charges have yet to be heard by a court, as…
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Henrik Has The Most Awesome Butterfly Four-In-Hand
Amazing, just amazing. Driver is Norway’s long distance prodigy Henrik Christiansen. Post by LRK.
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Barry Murphy Swim Clinic with Dolphin Swim Club at Mayfield, Cork
Irish Olympian Barry Murphy, gives an in-depth breakdown of breaststroke and freestyle as well as starts, turns and finishes. The stroke clinic starts with a full stroke demo, then broke the strokes down and progressively built it back up with a series of drills. After the clinic, Barry gave a motivational talk on what it…
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Pier Plunging craze now sweeping Norway too
Read The Local A new cold-water bathing craze has spread so fast on Norway’s social media since it was imported from the Faroe Islands a week ago, that the man who started it now fears no one in the entire country will escape. The ‘Jump in the Sea Challenge’ sees victims dared to throw themselves…
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Michael Phelps taking different training approach in swimming comeback
Read The Republic Phelps has slowly started back and now trains just once a day in the afternoon. No double or triple sessions or plowing through thousands of meters a day. Call this comeback Phelps 2.0. While his workload will go up eventually, for now Phelps is doing half the amount of training he did…
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Ryan Lochte always taking time for his fans
Swimming World’s intern photographer Azaria Basile caught this impromptu in-water autograph session by Ryan Lochte. I can concur, he is one of the most pleasant swimstars of them all, when it comes to taking time out for the fans. Post by Swimming World.
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Ben Lecomte Kicks Off the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
Read Digital Journal In celebration of Earth Day today [April 22, ed.], global adventurer and open water swimmer Ben Lecomte called on Canadians from coast to coast to join the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, a conservation initiative of the Vancouver Aquarium and WWF, and presented by Loblaw Companies Limited.
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Possible reasons abound for Michael Phelps’ return to swimming
Read The Baltimore Sun For almost a year, the question was “if” Michael Phelps would return to competitive swimming. Now that Phelps is scheduled to end his 20-month retirement Thursday in Mesa, Ariz., a more nuanced question looms: Why?
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Swimmers and shoulders: Who’s watching out for them?
Read philly.com Did you know that up to 91 percent of competitive swimmers have reported experiencing shoulder pain? Unfortunately most young swimmers will develop such pain—it’s just part of the sport. […] A recent study looked at 80 elite swimmers aged 13-26 and found that 91 percent had shoulder pain. The mean age of these swimmers was…