Swimmer's Daily

Month: October 2011

  • President mocks Pellegrini for declining to be Italy’s London 2012 flag bearer

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    It has not fallen well with the Italian olympic committee that Federica Pellegrini doesn’t want to server as flag bearer for Italy at the London 2012 Games, with the excuse that she doesn’t want to stand in a stadium for up to eight hours the night before her first race. Gazzetta dello Sport reports the…

  • Classic stunt ends in terrible tragedy

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    From the Phoenix NewTimes Blogs, read also SwimmingWorld Magazine. A former Arizona State University swimmer drowned in a university-owned swimming pool early Monday morning, and authorities suspect alcohol was involved. James Rigg and Andrew Schneller, both 22 and former members of the ASU swim team, sneaked into the Mona Plummer Aquatic Complex in Tempe about…

  • Still swimming, still smiling after 100 years

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    Even on his 100th birthday, Bill Toivonen is in the pool staying fit. The aerobics help the arthritis but also provide fun, fellowship and plenty of laughs. Read kare11.com “Part of the therapy is being around happy people,” chuckles Bill. “I feel as good as I did when I was 99.”

  • Sort of ready for the Stockholm World Cup 2011

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    It has been a long and packed day, but finally we are at the hotel, after training in Eriksdalsbadet and a nice dinner at the hotel. All Faroese swimmers are here except Pál who arrives tomorrow, quite ready for a bit of fast swimming this weekend.

  • Nyad, Torres et al push the limits of athletic excellence

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    Life-affirming post here on The Washington Times: Dara Torres became the oldest female swimmer in Olympic Games history in 2008. The American won three silver medals at age 41. Now she’s training to make the U.S. team competing at the 2012 Games/ Torres will be 45 when the London Olympics begin on July 27, 2012.…

  • Pedersen, Friis and Ottesen shooting big guns in Leadville

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    Danish breaststroker Rikke Møller Pedersen interviewing world champions Lotte Friis and Jeanette Ottesen at at shooting range in Leadville, Colorado. All in Danish, but who needs to understand what they saying, just look at their faces :-)

  • 10% of Chinese swimming pools contain excessive urea

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    China’s Health Ministry announced over the weekend that 10 percent of public swimming pools in China exceed the safe limit for urea levels. The study was released after the Health Ministry inspected 5,639 swimming pools in 24 Chinese provinces, municipalities and regions from June through August 2011. Read for instance The Inquisitr, China Daily and…

  • Iceland defeats the Faroe Islands in 3rd annual dual meet

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    Badly pressed for time here, and quite tired from last night, I’ll just quote SwimmingWorld Magazine, who had the story already yesterday (LOL, giving myself a high-five here :-) IN an exciting head-to-head matchup of Iceland and the Faroe Islands, the team from Iceland proved to have just a bit more in the tank than…

  • It is getting hectic here

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    Straight after work, it was north to Klaksvík to be interviewed on live TV about this upcoming dual meet and the fact that SwimmingWorld.TV will be hosting the on-demand videos. Meanwhile it gets mentioned on Streamlined News. Man, I hope our technical setup is gonna hold up tomorrow :-)