Month: January 2012
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CC photo #27: Team Biedermann in Szczecin
Just a quick impression from the Szczecin 2011 LEN European Short Course Championships.
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Olivia Smoliga – Swimming for gold
High quality documentary on the swimmer Olivia Smoliga, Illinois Female Swimmer of the Year, holder of 3 state records there and about to represent Glenview Titan Aquatic Club (GTAC) in 4 events at the 2012 Olympic Trials. Olivia Smoliga: Swimming For Gold from Kevin Mathein on Vimeo.
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Paulus Wildeboer on the (former) ‘laziness’ of Jeanette Ottesen
If you can survive the sections where Jeanette speaks in Danish (or even better, understand them :-), there is an interesting interview here (in English) with Paulus Wildeboer, national coach of Denmark, on how Jeanette used to be ‘lazy’, and on how she changed her attitude. What Jeanette says in return, is mostly confirmation of…
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Swimming lowers blood pressure in sedentary over 50s
A study published online in The American Journal of Cardiology suggests that older sedentary adults with elevated blood pressure should consider swimming as a way to bring the pressure down, as an ‘ideal form of exercise’ because it puts little weight-bearing stress on the body and is not likely to lead to overheating.
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Eric Moussambani was a ‘stunning Olympic moment’ according to the Guardian
You might remember him, Eric Moussambani aka ‘Eric the Eel’, who swam the 100 freestyle at the Sydney 2000 Olympics in 1 minute 52.72 seconds, after having been so unsure about the starting procedure, that the two others in the heat false started. The Guardian sees this moment as one of ’50 stunning Olympic moments’…
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Joe Jones logs 100th millionth FINIS Swimsense® yard uploaded
FINIS has announced Joe Jones as the lucky Swimsense® swimmer who uploaded the 100th millionth yard to their Swimsense® Training Log, and awards him an AquaPulse® Heart Rate Monitor in return. Jones himself calls the performance watch ‘godsend’, as he no logger has to count his laps. That’s it, I’m going to get myself one!…
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Guillaume Néry exclusive Sportlife documentary
The Sportlife Saga is about three elements of nature; water, ice and snow. The story of the element water is told by Guillaume Néry, world champion in freediving. Via Vedrana Vidovic
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Soul Surfer – Bethany Hamilton
Meet Bethany Hamilton, a professional surfer from Kauai, Hawaii who lost her arm to a 14-foot tiger shark at the age of thirteen. Video named after her autobiography “Soul Surfer“.
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Behold, a Faroese meteorological tsunami
This is footage from Sørvágur in the Faroe Island on January 18th, 2012, the same day as those storm photos you might remember. It is called a meteotsunami or meteorological tsunami, and is a wave phenomenon of meteorological origin, where traveling air pressure disturbances (in this case a huge atmospheric low pressure) generate barotropic ocean…