Year: 2011
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WADA threatens to declare Britain non-compliant with global anti-doping code
The World Anti-Doping Agency says Britain could be declared non-compliant rules this weekend if it keeps its lifetime Olympic ban for drug violators. Read The Washington Post.
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Russian swim star to try out Vágur
This is surreal to me, but Russian swim star Anastasia Aksenova will arrive at the airport here on the Faroe Islands this Monday evening, to try out practice at Suðuroyar Svimjifelag in Vágur. Yup, the club of Jón Bjarnason where Pál Joensen trains. Aksenova is the Russian 100 meter freestyle record holder (53.20), and won…
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Le Clos the best I’ve seen, says South Africa’s top swimming coach
South Africas Top swimming coach, Graham Hill, says teenager Chad Le Clos is the best talent he has worked with, and has tipped the teenager for a medal at next year’s Olympic Games in London. “I’ve seen many swimmers in my time, but he’s certainly the best I’ve come across” “He’s got all the tools…
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Orca attack victim at Seaworld says risk “acceptable”
SeaWorld trainer who Ken Peters escaped being drowned by a killer whale during a public performance in California in 2006, testified on Tuesday that he still works with the whales and considers the risk “acceptable”. “I could get killed in a car accident today, but I still get in a car,” he said during the…
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Maryland Swimming in dire straits, let’s help out !
A call to arms here on GoSwim.tv: There is an epidemic in swimming right now, and Maryland is latest in a long line of schools dropping swimming from their programs. This is also a notice to all college coaches, your programs are NOT safe. In my humble opinion, you’re not just a coach anymore, it’s…
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Swim legend Mark Spitz backs the Big Splash mile
Fun fact in this video, Mark Spitz’s swimming career started with him doing well in a swim across a pool, mostly because he was called last because of his name starting with an “S”, and therefore was cold. Big Splash via the BBC
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Klim to swim this weekend
It will be a world away from the chaos created by Ian Thorpe’s return to the competitive pool in Singapore earlier this month, but another former champion, Michael Klim, will make his comeback from retirement in a low-key swim meeting at Nunawading. Read The Age. Picture courtesy of Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, cc by-nc…
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The Swim Watch Battle: FINIS Swimsense vs Swimovate Pool-Mate Pro
A must-read here on DC Rainmaker: A triathlete testing both the FINIS Swimsense and the Swimovate Pool-Mate Pro for 3 months, on occasions wearing both at once. He finds both to be very accurate, ending up identical in terms of distance/laps even after 3,000 yards. But he cannot test stroke identification, due to his triathlete-like…
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Chad Le Clos gets a hero’s welcome back in Durban
South Africa’s 2011 FINA World Cup winner Chad Le Clos arrived this afternoon at the King Shaka International Airport in Durban, to a hero’s welcome. All together he won over 30 medals in the seven series event to clinch his first overall World Cup title in Tokyo on Sunday, earning some US$145,500 in prize money.…