Month: November 2011
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Behind the Goggles: Ryan Lochte reflects on his career
Olympian Ryan Lochte takes a moment to reflect on his swimming career, courtesy of USA Swimming, answering questions like “how do you stay grounded?”.
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Speedo Canon 5D camera housing test
No sound, but really nice footage and colors. The Canon EOS 5D is a still camera, btw, with full HD video possibilities. Speedo – Camera Housing test from Glen Burrows on Vimeo.
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Indy lawsuit alleges “rotten, sick culture in USA Swimming”
Lawyer Jonathan Little isn’t pulling his punches in the allegations against USA Swimming, in the case of 14-year-old “Jane Doe” against USA Swimming and Indiana Swimming. It is his sixth lawsuit against USA Swimming, that according to Indystar.com “faces an increasing number of lawsuits alleging a pattern of sexual misconduct among swimming coaches nationally.”: “We…
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Nathan Adrian’s favorite Olympic trials memory
Olympian Nathan Adrian recalls his fourth place finish in the 100m freestyle at the 2008 Olympic Trials in Omaha, courtesy of USA Swimming.
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Johnny Weissmuller gets the Groucho treatment on YBYL
Grin, “You’re not allowed to say Amsterdam on TV”, via the 17thman.
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Take a swim with the waterproof Fujitsu Arrows F-01D tablet
Brilliant, 10.1″ 1280 x 800 HD display, Android 3.2 Honeycomb, a 1.0 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor, 1 GB Ram and 16 GB of internal storage with 32 GB being optional. Ready to take into the pool, read WebProNews.
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Family of sexually abused 14-year-old sues USA Swimming et at
“The victim, known as Jane Doe, claims that USA Swimming and Indiana Swimming had two opportunities to stop the swim coach before he molested the young female swimmer.” Christopher Wheat was sentenced in September 2010 to eight years in prison and two in community correction programs after he pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual…
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UK 2011 Swimming and Diving Intro Video
OK, University of Kentucky, you win :-) UK 2011 Swimming and Diving Intro Video from UK Sports Video on Vimeo.