Month: July 2012
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Palfrey aborts Cuba-Florida swim due to strong current
Last night at about midnight after having swum for more than 40 hours, 49-year-old Penny Palfrey was pulled out of her swim from Cuba to Florida “due to a strong southeast current that made it impossible for her to continue her swim.” Read for instance the Washington Post.
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CC photo #183: Young officials at a SuSvim masters meet
Masters swimming is in its infancy here in the Faroe Islands, with the annual Faroese championships only two years old, and competitions scarce. We are also not really ‘there’ yet when it comes to making this part of competitive really serious, proven for instance by the fact that we typically switch roles and let the…
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Hackett admits abuse of Stilnox at the end of his swimming career
Olympic champion Grant Hackett battled a “heavy” reliance on the controversial sleeping pill Stilnox towards the end of his swimming career, an investigation has revealed. The pills were administered by swimming officials during meets, including the Olympics. “At one point they scared me,” he said. “They’re evil. The overuse was because of a shoulder injury…