Month: November 2013
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Swimmer Died After Being Trapped At Tilly Whim Caves
Read BBC A woman has died after becoming trapped in a sea cave off the Dorset coast. A coastguard rescue team was called to Tilly Whim Caves in Durlston, near Swanage, on Saturday afternoon, after a man swimming with her raised the alarm. He was winched to safety but the woman, aged 30, had become…
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CC photo #672: Me being interviewed by Faroese radio
Me being interviewed by our national radio station, after the last meet of this qualification period for the Nordic Juniors, Nordic Champs and European Champs 2013. Bartal excused himself for not getting a better picture of me. I just had to say it like it is, that this is how I look; fat and constantly…
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City of Key West considers monument to Diana Nyad at Smathers Beach
See keynews.com The city of Key West is considering placing a monument of world record swim champ Diana Nyad at Smathers Beach. That’s where Nyad landed on Labor Day after crossing 111 miles of ocean from Cuba without a shark cage. It was her fifth and final attempt to accomplish what no one had done…
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Danish head coach Juba demands rank jump and courage from Great Danes in return for international opportunities
Read Politiken (in Danish) At the first Great Danes assembly, this weekend, Danish national coach Nick Juba listed up a slew of exciting Team Danmark financed challenges abroad, with support from experts in coaching, nutrition and sports psychology, in return for an investment in courage, positive attitude and ambition from the 10-12 talented young Danish…
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Lifeguard Fired After Swimmer Rescue
A story from back in 2012. And crazy. “Lifeguard Tomas Lopez helped save a drowning man and got fired for it. The reason: He left the section of a south Florida beach his company is paid to patrol. The Orlando-based company, Jeff Ellis and Associates, says Lopez broke a company rule and could have put…
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Meet the Girl Who Got Michael Phelps Into Swimming
Read Popsugar Fitness “You watched him win 22 Olympic medals, break numerous world records, and grace the covers of several magazines, but how exactly how did Michael Phelps get into swimming? Enter Hilary Phelps, the oldest sister of the Phelps clan, whose siblings would later follow in her swimming footsteps. But there’s more to her…
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CC photo #671: SuSvim president Marlon Kjærbo visiting all Faroese swimming pools on foot
Marlon Kjærbo, chairman of Suðuroyar Svimjifelag in Vágur, Faroe Islands, here running to Tórshavn as part of a fundraising run between all Faroese swimming pools that are used in competitive swimming. He ran at least a marathon the first day, and has now on the second day clocked 13 hours and 58 minutes and 105,4…
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Can swimming make you smarter? (short answer: yes)
See wbtv.com Pools are a child’s playground. Usually swimming is the lesson kids are learning while in the water. But researchers out of Australia say there are other benefits with the simple strokes kids are getting smarter and YMCA aquatics instructor Saunte Bruton agrees. “It teaches them another way of dealing with being afraid of…
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Australian parents value swimming and water safety lessons above all other extra-curricular activities
See AUSTSWIM Australia were pleased that both parents and non-parents chose “learning to swim†as the most important activity for children aged 5 to 14 years when provided a set of seven popular extra-curricular activities in a recent community survey. In addition, when asked to assess the relative importance of a set of eight water…