Year: 2012
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Stephanie Rice chilling in an ice bath
Comment “Ice bath pain 11 degrees“, sure hope those are Celcius and not Fahrenheit! :-)
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Audi lane assist with Ian Thorpe
Casemovie of a promotion for the Audi lane assist in several swiss swimmtraining-camps
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Poolside video with Hannah Miley and her dad
While the 22-year-old is an integral part of the British Swimming team she is actually trained by her father Patrick and chooses to stay up in Aberdeen as opposed to training at one of the National Performance Centres like the rest of the British Swimming team.
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The journey of Huegill, Sullivan and the Aboods
A year ago ago Gregg Porteus decided to follow the progress of NSWIS swimmers Geoff Huegill, Eamon Sullivan and the Abood brothers Matt and Andrew as they prepare for the Olympic trials starting in Adelaide today. Read here on The Telegraph VIDEO: Australian Olympic swimming hopefuls
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Thorpe defends cost of comeback, is ready to go
Already under enormous pressure as the headline act of this week’s Australian national trials, Ian Thorpe was forced to wade into controversy today over preferential payments. But there wasn’t any, he says, “Firstly, I haven’t been paid a cent, its been clarified by a number of people that what’s been reported isn’t factual.” … “There…
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CC photo #75: Flags around the Tašmajdan pool in Beograd 2008
A photo taken with my Sony Handycam during the 2008 European Junior Swimming Championships opening ceremony in Belgrade, Serbia. See www.tasmajdan.rs
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Leisel Jones battling ear infection ahead of trials
Leisel Jones who is attempting to become the first Australian to compete at four Games revealed Tuesday that she had been battling an ear infection since the New South Wales titles last month, where she was well below her best. She says her ear is “95 percent” but admits it is not the ideal lead-up…
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7News: Shark feeding frenzy off Perth
Beaches off Perth, Australia, were closed Monday because of the sighting by a helicopter crew of a massive shark feeding frenzy. Video footage shows dozens of sharks, mostly blacktip and bronze whalers, in a spectacular assault on schooling bait fish and small tuna. See GrindTV
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Video: British Trials 2012 Mens 50 freestyle final
Pretty good video here shot on an iPhone 4 at the British Olympic Trials on Friday, 9 March 2012. If you look closely, you’ll notice a flash of red light on one of the center lanes at 0:31, that must be the light signal that Craig Lord mentions here on SwimNews: The first swimmer home…