Month: March 2012
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Wow, the highest shallow dive world record is 11.20 m (36 ft 8.96 in)
The highest shallow dive was from a height of 11.20 m (36 ft 8.94 in) into 30 cm (12 in) of water and was achieved by Darren Taylor (a.k.a. Professor Splash, USA) in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China, on 26 November 2011. See the Guinness Book of World Records.
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World’s first live Google+ underwater hangout from Great Barrier reef this Friday
Award winning documentarian Richard Fitzpatrick, together with the team from the Catlin Seaview Survey, will be hanging out on Google+ from beneath the sea LIVE from the Great Barrier Reef this Friday March 30 at 3:45 p.m. Sydney Time (that’s early Friday morning 04:45.00 UTC in Europe). Leave your questions and comments for the divers…
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Why do deep-sea explorers wear those tiny wool caps ?
Interesting fact here on Slate: Because it’s practically freezing down there. The water temperature at the bottom of the ocean usually hovers around 37 degrees Fahrenheit, and most deep-sea exploration vehicles don’t have climate control. Explorers tend to bring hats, gloves, long johns, and other warm layers, which they pull on as they descend and…
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Mission Viejo coach accused of sexual abuse, kept a journal over sexual encounters
News broke last week that former Mission Viejo Nadadores assistant coach Daniel Ad’m Dusenbury “may face a lifetime ban from swimming following allegations that he had sex with an underage female Nadadores swimmer” according to the Orange County Register. Interviews with Nadadores officials, parents and others indicate that Nadadores coaches and officials may have suspected…
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Canadian Trials Day 1: Brittany MacLean sets Canadian record
At the Canadian Olympic trials yesterday, Brittany MacLean clocked 4:06.08 in the women’s 400 freestyle to lower the previous mark of 4:07.32 set by Brittany Reimer at the 2005 world championships in Montreal. MacLean qualified easily for the Olympics, along with Savannah King in 4:07.02. Scott Dickens qualified with a 1:00.42 in the men’s 100…
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100-year-old Vasili Krapivin sets swimming record
It took Vasili Krapivin 50 seconds to swim 25 meters during an open tournament in Sochi, Russia, having had the category “100 years or older” added to the swimming championships program especially for him. Born in 1912, he worked in the coal mines from the age of 18, graduated from the Tomsk Polytechnical Institute in…
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Czech swimmer Michal Rubacek gets 2-year ban for doping
Czech swimmer Michal Rubacek has been suspended two years for testing positive for the banned stimulant methylhexanamine at the Czech championshipos in December 2011, meaning he will miss the London Olympics after competing at the games in Athens and Beijing. He holds the Czech records in the 50 and 100 meter butterfly. Read more here…
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German broadcasters send “mammoth” team to Debrecen 2012
At the “Broadcasters’ Meeting” yesterday, it was revealed that the surroundings of the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships pool will be covered with temporary grandstands for the athletes and media, as part of the struggle to have as many seats as possible for the fans. László Szakadáti, director of LEN said: “The pool is not…
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CC photo #88: Frédérick Bousquet at the Roma 09 World Championships
A smart looking Frédérick Bousquet on deck at the FINA 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy. Jeez, I can’t get over that he missed out on the London 2012 Olympics.