Swimmer's Daily

Year: 2011

  • Garrett Weber-Gale on “Staging” at Noma

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    A good read here on athleticfoodie.com, by Olympic gold medalist and food enthusiast Garrett Weber-Gale: On August 7th, I traveled to Copenhagen to apprentice at Noma. I had little notion of what I’d be doing, or what I’d be learning. Of course, I read up a bunch regarding their ‘Nordic Cuisine’, and some of the…

  • Walliams battling on the Thames despite of diarhhea

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    News here and here on the Sun, about Little Britain star David Walliams swimming from the source of The Thames to Big Ben in London. About 140 miles of Britain’s longest river over the course of eight days, navigating busy river traffic, a cocktail of bacteria in the water, and avoiding the 39 million cubic…

  • ‘Swimmer Buddy’ aims to make open-water swimming safer

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    Long-distance swimmer Jim Zinger says he created the Swimmer Buddy after his wife expressed concerns about him swimming in open water. It is a belt connected by a 6-foot-long leash to a body board, on which you can attach colourful “noodles” and flags. To be seen and to be able to rest upon if you…

  • Maui swimmer lost an arm and most of his other hand

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    Correction to this story from yesterday, about 41-year-old John Caughlin who was badly hurt after being hit by a boat during the Maui Channel swim on Saturday. He had a lot more than just a hand ‘nearly severed’, read The Daily News of Open Water Swimming: John was taken by Jet ski to shore and…

  • FINA publishes Barcelona 2013 and Kazan 2015 teasers

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    Yup, FINA presenting first Barcelona 2013 and even Kazan 2015 World Championships teasers already now in 2011. I don’t know, don’t get the message in the Barcelona 2013 teaser about how swimmers are not part of this world and ‘swim thousands of kilometers for no real reason’, but am happy to see that Phelps will…

  • Luca Marin on how Federica Pellegrini split up with him

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    Ouch, a hard moment in Shanghai this summer: “On the day when [Pellegrini] won the 400 freestyle, I rushed to her to talk to her and compliment her. We met in her room, but from her mouth came less than I expected – ‘Luca, I do not love you anymore’. She spoke to me, asking…

  • Call for prop guards after swimmer’s hand nearly severed

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    A northern California man’s left hand was partially severed after being struck by an escort boat during the Maui Channel swim last Saturday. There is a call for mandatory propeller guards in the US as in Australia and Singapore, which critics again say slow down a boat’s performance. Read more here on khon2.com.

  • Bovell pulls out of the Pan American Games

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    George Bovell III wil not represent Trinidad and Tobago at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico next month, due to his ongoing recovery from head injuries sustained in a car crash last month. First day back from George Bovell on Vimeo. Bovell was heading to Mayaro to go spear-fishing following a training session…

  • 12-year-old survives being under water for 15 minutes

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    A month ago, 12-year-old Dale Ostrander was pulled lifeless from a beach in southwest Washington after being under water for 15 minutes. Today, he is walking and dressing himself, frustrated that he cannot communicate properly yet, but still remembering his dog, his sisters and movies he’s watched. Via seattlepi.com video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player