Month: March 2012
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Ian Thorpe now pessimistic about his Olympic chances
A week before the Australian Olympic trials, Thorpe has told Australia’s Network Ten that he doesn’t have high expectations of making the team after modest results in lead-up event. “The most realistic outcome of this is that I will most likely fail. … I wish I had another six months to do this,” he said…
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CC photo #68: Liam Tancock 50 backstroke world champ at Rome 2009
Great Britain’s Liam Tancock on the Rome 2009 World Aquatics Championships podium, after having won the 50 meter backstroke in 24.04. I sat right next to Team GB (and his girlfriend), which probably explains why he turned this way :-)
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Ditched kite surfer fends of sharks with a knife for 2 days in Red Sea
Janek Lisewski, 42, a kite surfing champion from Poland, was two-thirds of the way through a 124-mile trip between Egypt and Saudi Arabia when the wind died down and deflated his kite. He survived by drinking energy drinks and two energy bars. He used a knife to fend off sharks. “I was stabbing them in…
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Another storm, another windmill
Two down, two to go. I think we can conclude that there is plenty of wind energy here in the Faroe Islands, only problems harnessing it
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Szczecin 2011 video recap
Really nice video here, from the Szczcecin 2011 European Short Course Championships.
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Brits fill 8 more spots on Olympic roster
On this fourth day of the British Olympic Trials, Rebecca Turner qualified in the 200 freestyle with a 1:57.65, ahead of Caitlin McClatchey in 1:58.07, Eleanor Faulkner in 1:58.39 and Joanne Jackson in 1:58.70, who’ll qualify as relay swimmers. In the men’s 200 butterfly, Joe Roebuck secured himself a 2nd spot on the roster with a winning…
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Dr Gharavi launches revolutionary 4D PRO ReAction Trainer
You might remember Dr Homayun Gharavi MD PhD Phd, the team doctor and internationally renowned fitness coach from Germany who visited Pál & Jón in Suðuroy back in October, and whom I afterwards interviewed on the boat ride back to civilization. Well, after working with rigid suspension training systems for many years, he’s concluded that…
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Bochmann suffers London 2012 Olympic heartbreak
You might remember the story about Norwich swimmer Anne Bochmann, who aggravated an injury by hoovering back in January. Well, she didn’t make it, it seems, missing out on both the 200 freestyle and medley finals at the British Gas Swimming Championships yesterday, having already missed out on the 400 freestyle final, Sunday. Read EDP24
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CC photo #67: A president and his champion
Pál Joensen going out hard in the Budapest 2010 European Championships 800 freestyle prelims, using same tactics as when winning silver in the 1500 the day before. Guy standing is Jon Hestoy, president of the Faroese swimming federation, well placed in the VVIP seating area (yup, those are two V’s for Very Very). Sorry for…