Swimmer's Daily

Year: 2011

  • Videos from the 1st Open Water Safety Conference

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    U.S: Masters Swimming has posted videos here on Vimeo from the Protecting the Athletes: Open Water Swimming Safety Conference 19-20 March 2011 in San Francisco. This first video is Steve Munatones and Rob Butcher opening the conference. Protecting Athletes: Open Water Safety Conference – Introduction from usmastersswimming on Vimeo.

  • Swimmer delays brain surgery to help team

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    Ouch, Brea Olinda’s Alec Boliver has delayed his brain surgery until Friday, so he could swim in Wednesday’s meet against Villa Park. Read ocvarsity.com. Even the most in-shape swimmers feel pain during races, but Boliver encounters more than sore muscles. He has cysts in the central part of his brain. The cysts, and the pressure…

  • There is a race to reach the bottom of the ocean ?

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    It has been 50 years since anyone has been to the deepest point on the ocean floor, but now “Avatar” director James Cameron wants to go there, and British billionaire Richard Branson, and Triton Submarines CEO Bruce Jones, all in different projects. Cameron has commisioned a submarine made from high-tech composite materials, Branson will be…

  • Should you wait a half hour after eating to go swimming?

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    Nice one that he didn’t have time to put his stethoscope down, before going on air :-) Should You Wait A Half Hour After Eating To Go… by LocalNews-GrabNetworks

  • SwimNews gets an iPad/iPhone app

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    The new (free) SwimNews.com news reader App for iPhone, iPad, iPod is now available at the iTunes store. Via SwimNews.com.

  • FINA cancels Mexico OW race on health grounds

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    The FINA Executives have decided to cancel the Sumidero Canyon Event part of the FINA Open Water Swimming GP Series scheduled to be held on the 7 May 2011. The decision has been reached following the recommendation of the FINA Sports Medicine Committee on the Water Quality in order to ensure the Health and Safety…

  • Can 10.000 hours make anyone a golf star ?

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    It is a well-known theory in sports and other fields, that it takes approximately 10.000 hours of practice to excel. But does this then also mean that anyone kan become excellent, if ‘only’ they put 10.000 hours of practice into it? American Dan McLaughlin is testing this, by practicing golf for 6 hours a day,…

  • Arnarson 1:51.56 and European junior champion back in 1999

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    Iceland’s Örn Arnarson wins gold here in the 200 freestyle at the European Junior Championships in Moscow 1999. His time 1:51.56 was almost a second off his then personal best time 1:50.63 from when he won silver at the European junior championships in Antwerpen the previous year, but still good enough to place him on…

  • A day in the life of Matt Grevers

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    USA Swimming and AT&T follow Matt Grevers here outside the pool, 2 times Olympic gold medallist and 1 time olympic silver medallist. From he wakes up at 5:30 AM, until sometimes after his daily nap . I’m sorry to have to say this, but that guy eats a trashy breakfast. Otherwise, very inspiring :-)