Year: 2011
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First documented cookiecutter shark attack on a live human
This scientific paper details the first documented attack on a live human by a cookiecutter shark, named so because it uses its large bottom jaw teeth to bite out a cookie-cutter shaped piece of flesh from its victim. In this particular case from 2009, the shark first tried to carve out a piece of the…
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Sun Yang sees Park Tae-hwan as toughest opponent
They will only meet in the 400 freestyle, with China’s Sun Yang racing the 400, 800 and 1500 at the upcoming Shanghai 2011 World Championships, and South Korea’s Park Tae-hwan the 100, 200 and 400. But ouch, Mellouli and the rest, Yang wants the 400 gold medal the most, because he feels that Park will…
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How to spot symptoms of dry and delayed drowning
Swallowing even a small amount of water into your lungs is serious, children have been known to have died up to 24 hours after getting water into their system. There might be some differentiation between ‘dry’ and ‘delayed’ drowning, but the symptoms are in both cases tiredness, coughing, paleness, and trouble with breathing, and the…
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Lab now denies having contaminated Cielo’s supplement
Yesterday, we heard that César Cielo’s supplement contamination had been found and confirmed to be from the pharmacy where his usual supplement was prepared. Today, however, the pharmacy denies accordingly to swim.com.br, saying that they always take very careful sanitation measures, including never using the same tray on the same day, and that the cross-contamination was…
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Shanghai 2011: Which world records are most likely to fall?
Exciting list here on The Swimmers Circle, where Braden Keith has French swimmer Camille Lacourt most likely to set a world record in the short backstroke distances, then USA’s Rebecca Soni in the 200 breaststroke, Sun Yang in the 1500 freestyle, Ryan Lochte in the 200 IM, Soni again in the 100 breaststroke, and then…
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Zhang dropped for world title defence
China’s Zhang Lin will not defend his 800 metres freestyle title at this month’s world championships in Shanghai because he is “out of shape”. “He is still far from his top form and is in an adjustment period now,” said national coach Yao Zhengjie, who has limited China’s most recognisable swimmer to just one individual…
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Coaches in the know: Jon Urbanchek
Now we’re talking, a marvelous and generous coach who sets time aside to help out coaches even here in tiny Faroe Islands.
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A deMonaco watch made in Charlene Wittstock’s honor
Wow, if it doesn’t work out between Charlene and Prince Albert II of Monaco, I think that she should go for this Ateliers deMonaco watch-maker, for being the obviously in-love, over-romantic Cyrano de Bergerac poet of watch-making. I mean, what woman wouldn’t fall for thoughts, commitments and words like these? Via blogs.forbes.com In fact, according…