Swimmer's Daily

Month: May 2011

  • So you wanna talk to dolphins ?

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    American researcher Denise Herzing has been testing 2-way communications with dolphins since 1998, first with them replying by pointing out underwater icons, but now in collaboration with artificial intelligence researcher Thad Starner by “co-creating” a language that uses features of sounds that wild dolphins communicate with naturally. They are building a prototype device featuring a…

  • ABC News speaks with Jakub Maly

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    “Did you ever think ‘I’m not going to get out of this alive’?” “Yeah, maybe after the first hour”

  • Olympic swim team member hospitalized after being buried in sand

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    19-year-old Austrian Olympic swimming team member Jakup Maly had spent much of Sunday digging a hole 2.1 meters deep by 1.8 meters wide on Pompano Beach in Florida, when the sand collapsed around him. It took 60 rescuers two hours to rescue him, where after he was taken to a hospital and later released. Read…

  • Payne posts fastest ever 10K swim

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    Keri-anne Payne used her tried-and-tested tactic of leading the race from the start, when she won the LEN Open Water Cup in Eilat, Israel today, in her fastest ever time of 1:52.12. This qualified her for Shanghai 2011 open water competition, in addition to already having secured a place in the 4×200 relay team. Via…

  • Agnel to miss 400 free at Shanghai 2011

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    French swimmer Yannick Agnel has been struck down by a lung infection, forcing him to change his event schedule at the World Championships this summer. “Antibiotics, a big week in bed and we’re back six weeks back, ” stated the coach Fabrice Pellerin according to L’Équipe. The plan now is to race in the 200…

  • Arena presents César Cielo

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    Great video here by ArenaNatation, where César Cielo amongst other things reveals that the most important medal in his collection is not the 50 freestyle Olympic gold medal from Beijing 2008, but rather the 100 freestyle bronze medal.

  • Brazil has no Omega OSB11 starting blocks ?

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    Alberto Pinto Silva, coach to Olympic 50m free champion Cesar Cielo in Brazil, has described as foolish the fact that his country has no Omega OSB11 ramp starting blocks of the kind that will be used this summer in Shanghai and next summer in London when his charge defends the World and Olympic titles respectively.…

  • Phelps blames himself for Bowman’s gray hair

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    While talking to the Associated Press today, Michael Phelps declared that he will retire from competitive swimming after his participation in the 2012 London Olympic Games. While expressing his concerns after retirement, the 25-year-old Phelps declared that he will put more effort into his foundation and will try to increase the level of sports countrywide…

  • Liam Tancock prepares for Shanghai with ballet lessons

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    Great column here on thisislondon.co.uk by Liam Tancock, where he reveals that he has been taking ballet lessons, and that British swimming training camps involve a FIFA tournament on PlayStation. This might come as a surprise but I’ve been taking ballet classes with my training group. I’ve had four – and it’s not like we’re…