Month: April 2013
-
Tyler Clary plans to be a race car driver after Rio
Read Detroit Free Press Clary said, in fact, he will pursue a full-time motor sports career after Rio, either behind the wheel or as part of a pit crew. Even with a plate full of swimming and classes, Clary has participated in a number of racing schools around the country and will run in the…
-
Swim Deep – She Changes The Weather
See Swim Deep on Tumblr and Facebook and Soundcloud SwimDeep from Agile Films on Vimeo.
-
Chloe Sutton Top Kept Secret Tip
“Chloe Sutton shares the top kept secret in Olympic Swimming! This WILL make you swim faster!” Chloe Sutton Top Kept secret tip from Fitter & Faster Swim Tour on Vimeo.
-
Marines Swim to Survive
Marines are amphibious by nature, and at the Marine Corps Water Survival School, they are taught how to master the water, instead of being taken by it. Pfc. John Tucker takes us to Camp Johnson, North Carolina, where Marines attend the rigorous three-week course to become Instructors of Water Survival.
-
Man banned from every pool, sauna and hot tub in Britain after sex assault
Read Wales Online 44-year-old Ali Rashid has been banned from every swimming pool, sauna and hot tub in Britain, public or private to which women have access to for the next five years. This after admitted assaulting a woman in the steam room in a hotel last year. Sentencing him to eight months in jail,…
-
Heidi Klum praises son for remaining calm during riptide incident
See ENews via NDTV “Henry was great. One second everything was fine, and the next second the wave came and swept him in—it happened like that,” said Klum, snapping her fingers. “And he knew what to do. He kind of went under and swam out. It took like four seconds and he was out. I…
-
Sun Yang aiming for four golds at Barcelona 2013
Uh oh, read China Daily Chinese swimmer Sun Yang won gold medals in the 800m and 1,500m freestyles at the FINA World Championships in 2011, but his coach thinks he can win four titles at the event in July. “My target is to help him regain his peak form like he had in London as…
-
James Magnussen pens endorsement with luxury watch brand Maurice Lacroix
Read SportsPro Australian swimmer James Magnussen, who made his Olympic debut at the London 2012 Games, has agreed an endorsement deal with luxury watch brand Maurice Lacroix. Magnussen (centre of picture) will become a brand ambassador of the Swiss firm, having previously held ambassadorial roles with Commonwealth Bank and Samsung in the lead up to…
-
CC photo #465: Power failure at the pool today
Major power failure in the Faroe Islands today; here at Toftir we lost it for two full hours. Practice was interrupted but not stopped, cold showers skipped and even that last single sock found :-)