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Month: April 2011

  • Now we’re getting there: A waterproof smartphone

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    NEC is preparing a Gingerbread-powered smart phone called N-06C with IPX5 and IPX7 waterproof ratings, meaning that this 7.9mm-thick Android has been tested against small water jets and one-meter immersion. Specs are a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 480×854 LCD, 1GB ROM, 512MB RAM, 802.11n WiFi, and 5 megapixel camera with 720p video. Via engadget.com. It will…

  • Fran Crippen drowned

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    FINA’s Open Water Swimming Technical Committee is to work with the International Triathlon Union and the International Olympic Sports Medicine Committee to fine tune the detail of recommendation made by two inquiries into the death of American swimming Fran Crippen in a 10 K marathon race in Fujairah, UAE last October. Read more here on…

  • Boyle gets Regan a ticket for Shanghai

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    Senior high performance coach Mark Regan was not ranked high enough to be selected as part of the New Zealand team for Shanghai 2011, after having resigned as national head coach after Commonwealth Games 2010. But star performer Lauren Boyle spoke out, saying she has no other coach now she is out of the US…

  • China will ensure food safety at Shanghai 2011

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    With a variety of concerns being voiced regarding food safety issues in China, the Shanghai World Championships have announced a five-part response to better food security for the World Championships this summer. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.

  • Gary Hall Sr interviewing Ryan Lochte

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    It doesn’t get much more laid back than this. They talk about height and the myth that you need to be tall to be a swimmer, about Lochte’s knee surgery and about eating heathy, and other stuff.

  • Crippen’s coach: Cancel OW in Shanghai

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    FINA has admitted lack of safety measure in Fran Crippen’s death, shortly after coming under heavy fire from U.S. Open Water Review Commission Chair Dick Pound for lack of cooperation. They have release the Task Force Report with recommendations that there should be minimum and maximum limits for air temperature, air humidity, visibility, air quality,…

  • MSS: Frédérick Bousquet

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    The Morning Swim Show featuring Frédérick Bousquet, discussing his world’s best 50 freestyle at the French Nationals recently, and his threatening to withdraw from the world championships. There is also a quick glimpse of Laure Manaudou, hurrying across the room in the background :-)

  • So you think your fly set is tough?

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    Next time you’re getting tired on that tough ‘fly set, think of Dr Julie Bradshaw, from Britain. She’s 47 – and this summer she’s intent on testing sanity itself with a round-Manhattan Island swim – 28.5 miles – on butterfly. Read more here on SwimNews.com.

  • Dale Oen training in Potsdam

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    Norway’s Alexander Dale Oen is training with Germany’s Marco Koch in Potsdam, Germany this week, under the world-renowned and somewhat controversial Dirk Lange. Alex’s Facebook page: In Potsdam, training with Dirk Lange who is one if the best coaches in the world. Marco Koch is here to push me on the sets in the pool…