Month: January 2014
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Jaring Timmerman, age 104, sets 2 world swimming records
See CBC and WPTV A 104-year-old Winnipeg man swam his way into the record books, finishing two races and becoming the world’s oldest masters swimmer. Pan Am Pool was packed with family members, friends and swimming fans who cheered on Jaring Timmerman as he completed the 50-metre backstroke and 50-metre freestyle races at a masters…
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Swim coach says backyard pool ban would defeat the purpose
Read The Gympie Times A Sunshine Coast veteran swim coach has poured cold water on suggestions to ban backyard pools. This week an Australian mummy blogger caused outrage when she suggested swimming pools in Australian homes should be banned because they presented an unacceptable risk to children. Jo Abi wrote in her iVillage column that if…
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Korean officials found guilty of forging documents for the Gwangju 2019 World Aquatics Championships bid
Read Reuters Two South Korean government officials were handed suspended six-month prison sentences on Friday after they were found guilty of forging documents for southern city Gwangju’s successful bid to host the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Last September, bidding committee director Kim Yoon-seok and a female official identified by the surname Han were indicted for…
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The World’s Clearest Water to Swim in is in Iceland
Swimming between tectonic plates (video autoplays, therefore pushed below the break)
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St. Petersburg Master Swimmers train in the cold temperatures
See ABC Action News Why wait until summer to swim? The St. Petersburg Master Swimmers made daily laps in a pool with water around 81-degrees; while the air temperature hovered around 47-degrees. The group of about 50 people jump into the pool around 5:30 each morning and swim until 7:00. “We’re crazy! We know it,”…
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U.S. Olympic Training Center Installs Endless Pools Elite Model
Read PR Web The Endless Pool Elite is the latest high tech addition to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, the flagship training center of the U.S. Olympic Committee. The facility’s aquatic center, used for instruction and development of Team USA’s world-class swimmers, triathletes and paralympians, now boasts the most advanced counter-current swimming…
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Coroner pays tribute to Channel swimmer Susan Taylor
Read The Hinckley Times A coroner has praised the selflessness of a charity fundraiser who collapsed and died as she neared the end of her attempt to swim the English Channel. Susan Taylor was trying to fulfil a childhood ambition, as well as raising funds for a children’s hospice, when she was taken ill a…
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2014 Christmas Swims in Russia, Saratov, Volga river
christening ice swimming Saratov 2014 from Dmitry Kedrov on Vimeo.
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FINA provisionally suspends Russian swimmers Yuliya Efimova and Sergey Makov
See fina.org Provisional Suspension – Yuliya Efimova (RUS) On October 31, 2013 a swimmer Yuliya Efimova (RUS) was tested positive to the substance 7-keto-DHEA (Class S.1.1.b Endogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids) with the occasion of the FINA out-of-competition doping control test in Los Angeles (USA). Following the results management process and in accordance with the FINA DC Rule 7.1.11, the…