Year: 2012
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D’Arcy and Monk in hot water for posing with guns
According to the Herald Sun, Aussie ‘bad boys’ Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk “have sparked outrage after they posed with high-powered weapons in a US gun shop”, to the point where Swimming Australia demanded pictures taken off Facebook and issued this statement, promising a talk with the athletes upon return to Australia: “Swimming Australia became…
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Funny interviews with swimmer Markus Rogan
Hilarious – “Sometimes funny, sometimes philosophical, an interview with Austrian swimmer Markus Rogan is always entertaining to watch.” How is that relationship with Markus Rogan and the individual medley? Well, you know, for 20 years I was always with the same stroke. The backstroke? Ja ja, like being with the same woman for all your…
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100 Black Men of Jackson offering swim classes
A study by USA Swimming found nearly 70% of minority children have low or no swimming ability. 100 Black Men of Jackson hopes to stem the tide of accidental drownings. Read wlbt.com via the17thman
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Streamlined News: Frolander and Muffat make history
Jättebra! Sweden’s Lars Frölander making history by very possibly being selected for his 6th Olympics (!)
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Michael Phelps is ‘the boy in the bubble’
Michael Phelps on how he sleeps in an altitude chamber. Warning: Annoying background music.
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CC photo #159: Iceland ladies before the 2012 Debrecen 4×100 medley relay
They had a chance of qualifying for the Olympics, Iceland’s Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir, Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir, Sarah Blake Bateman and Eva Hannesdóttir. It didn’t go all as planned, but they put an awesome fight, placed 5th and today June 6th it is official that they have qualified. Ãfram Ãsland!
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Lars Frölander most likely qualified for the Olympics
This morning at the Mare Nostrum Canet prelims, Sydney 2000 Olympic Champion Lars Frölander went on to the finals with a 52.36 in the 100 butterfly, fastest of all there and 10th fastest of his career. Most likely qualified for the Olympic Games in London, according to simma.nu/se.
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London 2012 possibly the best Danish Olympics ever
Despite having given up on extra-hard Olympic qualification standards, the international competition especially in Europe has increased so dramatically, that it never has been harder for a Danish athlete to qualify for the Olympic Games. According to Danish Olympic Chef De Mission Jesper Frigast Larsen, those selected are doing so good, injury-free and training well,…