Month: January 2012
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A conversation with Tyler Clary
National Team member and Olympic hopeful Tyler Clary shares his thoughts on challenges and dealing with pressure leading up the 2012 Olympics Trial on Omaha, Nebraska. Ouch, he dislocated his shoulder at the Duel in the Pool in December, something that ‘happens from time to time’ as he has ‘super-loose’ shoulders. Still, ouch.
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CC photo #28: Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto ready for Roma 09
The beautiful Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto indoor aquatics centre at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, during the 13th FINA World Aquatics Championships in Rome 2009. Inaugurated in 1959, designed by architects Enrico Del Debbio and Aniballe Vitellozzi to host the swimming, diving, water polo, and swimming portion of the modern pentathlon events for the…
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Soldier proposes (out) through aquarium window
Jake Schultheis “captured his only fish in the sea” with a pre-staged marriage proposal for girlfriend Cassidi Humphries on Thursday morning, a news release from the Virginia Aquarium said. It took a moment for Humphries to realize the message was intended just for her, but she got it when he got down on one knee,…
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Altitude training not helping Australian elite swimmers
The Australian Institute of Sport, working with Australia’s national swim team, has just published a new study of altitude training in the Europe Journal of Applied Physiology, where they took 37 elite swimmers and divided them into three groups: Classic altitude training: three weeks in Sierra Nevada, Spain (2,320 meters) LHTL, spending at least 14…
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Stress in Namibia with London 2012 deadlines approaching
A statement by Namibia Swimming Union president Klaus Laborn has come under fire, that Nambian swimmers haven’t got enough time left to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics. “We will not have Namibian swimmers qualifying for the Olympics. They are far away from the qualifying times, the spaces are limited and the time to qualify…
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Thorpe & team draw out emergency plan to save his Olympic participation
Ian Thorpe has made late changes to his training regime in an effort to find form before the Olympic trials in March, following disappointing performances at the Victoria State Championships last week. He sat down with coach Gennadi Touretski, national head coach Leigh Nugent and performance science manager Bernard Savage to analyse his performance, and…
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Indonesia performs underwater Chinese opera (with dolphins)
To celebrate the Lunar New Year in 2012, the love story of Sampek Engtay was presented by Ocean Dream Samudra in Jakarta. “Who does not know about the Chinese legend of Sampek Engtay?” :-P Via NTDTV
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Autistic swimmer leads ‘normal’ swim team to first win
Hunter Develice trains just like any other swimmer on the Fond du Lac swimming team, but faces an extra obstacle on the way to the pool, as he was diagnosed with autism at the age of 4. “There were some people that told us a school swim team, maybe he should be just in a…
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Dolphin plays with plastic bag, shame on us
Underwater photographer Paul Johnson witnessed how spinner dolphin’s play with large bag turned near-deadly, read Ynet. Reminds me of this video Rise Above Plastic – Plastic Kills! from Surfrider Foundation on Vimeo.