Year: 2012
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Life is Worth Swimming Trailer
The Race Club presents Life is Worth Swimming. Own it on DVD September 2012. Narrated by: Gary Hall Sr. Starring: George Bovell and Bobby Savulich. See The Race Club
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Burroughs and Goudarszhi illustrating what the Olympics are all about
Or at least ‘should be all about’. Via Buzzfeed Who’s says Iran and America don’t get along? Maybe I should be president! twitter.com/alliseeisgold/… — Jordan Burroughs (@alliseeisgold) August 11, 2012
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Inside Tracker, a service used by Olympians to improve internal health (and thereby performance)
To help prepare for track meets, competitive 5K races and especially the Olympics, Boston-based runner Ruben Sanca runs 116 miles per week, takes vitamins and mostly watches his diet. But he would still feel fatigued after training runs. Then a blood analysis and a special software program revealed his internal chemistry needed some adjusting. Read…
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Behold the amazing Twinscam used to show synchronized swimming at London 2012
Synchronized swimming has never looked so good thanks to the Twinscam, invented by Japanese broadcaster NHK in 2010, simultaneously showing swimmer’s torsos above water and their legs below it. A solution to a common problem in water events, that because of the way light refracts and reflects differently above and below water, heavy image processing…
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Ryan Lochte interviewed by TMZ
Warning, it goes something like this: “I’ve got a million questions for you … but, uhm, can we start with sex?”. Via K945
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CC photo #226: Cecilia being interviewed after Nólsoyarsvimjingin 2012
Cecilia Wigant Eysturdal being interviewed in Nólsoy by IMG / Trans World Sport after winning the annual open water race from Tórshavn to Nólsoy, Saturday, August 11th, 2012. Jon Hestoy, President of the Faroese Swimming Association, also filming with his GoPro, I’m working on merging our videos.
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Naked man rescued from shark infested waters
As sharks circled all around, rescuers pulled a fisherman from the waters off the coast of Western Australia. The man was one of two who were plucked from the ocean after being spotted by a television helicopter in a dramatic rescue involving five aircraft and five boats. It came after three men failed to return…
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OMEGA House「Swimmers Night at London 2012ã€
Featuring Chad Le Clos, Alexander Popov, Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin and others, via SCAQ Blog
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Man tries to dive through rubber ring
Seems a little tight, you’ll have to watch the video to see if he makes it :-)