Swimmer's Daily

Month: March 2011

  • Behold Ordinskaya, one of the World’s largest underwater caves

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    The Ordinskaya Cave is the longest underwater cave in Russia, only 20 meters at its deepest, but exceeding 3.5 kilometers in total length. The distance between the entrance lake and the furthest known underwater point equals 1 kilometer and 50 meters, with a diameter of 60 meters in the biggest underwater chamber, but with so…

  • Bowman on North Baltimore’s preparation for big swims

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    Interesting interview here with coach Bob Bowman, CEO of North Baltimore Aquatics Club, about his swimmers preparations for last weekend and how it sets up for the summer. Estimating the level of rest that the swimmers got before the Indy meet, where 10 is total rest, Bowman says that Phelps was at 4 or 5.

  • Klim is the Comeback Kid

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    A segment out of Network Ten‘s news broadcast, interviewing Michael Klim and his coach Rohan Taylor, plus exercise scientist Jeremy Oliver.

  • The story of amazing Grace

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    USA Swimming has this fantastic story about Grace Waller, who in 2008 was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. She had to have her kneecap removed, and 6 inches of her femur plus muscle, but still managed to swim through it, switching from breaststroke to long-distance freestyle, ending up with setting the high…

  • Britons focus on turns and dolphin kicks

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    Today’s British 200 medley champion James Goddard admits accordingly to SwimNews.com that the americans have been killing them underwater, and that they are therefore focusing hard on turns and dolphin kicks. “We compared my backstroke to Ryan Lochte’s backstroke. The swimming speed was exactly the same. He just took 1.3 or 1.4 out of me…

  • British champion, the 2nd time he swam 50 butterfly

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    It was only this season that 20-year-old Jack Marriott started to train seriously, increasing from 3 to 6 sessions a week, while studying engineering at Oxford University. He had swum a little when he was younger, but this was only his 2nd time competing in long course 50 butterfly, when he on Sunday became British…

  • Can gene tests tell if kids can be sports stars?

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    According to USA Today, marketers of genetic tests claim that they can predict if kids are born to be elite athletes. Some customers say the test results help them steer their children to appropriate sports. But skeptical doctors and ethicists say the tests are putting profit before science and have a much greater price tag…

  • Livestream with Teradek Cube is pure portability

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    With Teradek Cube you can stream directly from any camera in HD quality via Wifi, Ethernet or 4G to Livestream.com, no laptop required. It is small enough to be carried on top of your camera, and still encodes professional grade H.264, using only 2.5W of DC power, which can be from a battery pack. Type…

  • British Gas Swimming Championships Highlights

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    High quality segment here from the British Gas Swimming Championships, with Rebecca Adlington, Gemma Spofforth, Hannah Miley, Liam Tancock and British record breaker Kerri-anne Payne.