Category Archives: History
When the hero of your kids dies
Andreas Selliaas has written the most touching blog post here in Norwegian. I’ll allow myself to translate most of it here, as well as I can, but if you read this and like it then you should visit that post and … Continue reading
RIP Alexander Dale Oen
Haven’t got much strength to write anything yet, so here’s a quick list out of Twitter. Just a quick list where I’ve favorited RIP tweets about Alex, favoriting felt wrong but it was the solution I could find. And the … Continue reading
Historical Olympic Swimming
Vintage swimming footage from the Japan 1933, Helsinki 1952, Melbourne 1956, Rome 1960 and Munich 1972 Olympics. WestCoastMedia have a DVDs from these Championships that you can purchase for $20 if you live in North America and $26 if you … Continue reading
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Tagged Helsinki 1952, Japan 1933, Melbourne 1956, Munich 1972, Rome 1960
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Four-time Olympic gold medal winner Murray Rose dies after cancer fight
Scotland-born Australian swimming great and four-time Olympic gold medalist Murray Ruse died in Sydney on Sunday aged 73 after a battle with leukemia. He won three golds at the 1956 Melbourne Games, becoming a national hero at 17, and then … Continue reading
Women’s 200 yard backstroke final at the 1963 US Nationals
Hall of Famer and Olympic gold medalist Ginny Duenkel wins the 200 yard backstroke at the 1963 US Nationals, according to the commentator featuring ‘flashy, somersault turns’.
Old Olympic events revived as Foster, Goodhew take ‘the Plunge’ for Sport Relief
A century ago, Olympic events included underwater swimming, an obstacle course and an event called “the plunge” – so why did they disappear? Olympic medal swimmers Mark Foster and Duncan Goodhew put on their Victorian bathers to find out, ahead … Continue reading
Amanda Beard confesses to cutting, bulimia and drug use
In her new memoir “In The Water They Can’t See You Cry,” seven-time Olympic medalist Amanda Beard reveals how she has battled with bulimia and self-mutilation during her astonishing rise to the top. Struggling to cope with her parents divorce … Continue reading
Phelps sad no rematch but Thorpe ‘not the same’
Tough talk but spot on talk by the true great: “After reading his quote when he said he thought he was going to fail, right there the trials didn’t even need to happen,” Phelps told USA TODAY on Tuesday after … Continue reading
Video: Ian Thorpe’s 200 freestyle semi at Australian Trials
Here it is, Ian Thorpe’s 200 meter freestyle semi-final at the Australian Olympic Trials, in full length. Painful to watch, and to listen to those reporters going “Ian-Ian-Ian” even though they have 7 other great Aussies in that pool. Found … Continue reading
“To Tell the Truth” featuring Don Schollander
Four-times Olympic gold medallist Don Schollander (and impostors) appears on “To Tell the Truth” back in 1964. Courtesy of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
