Month: April 2014
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Ian Thorpe released from Sydney hospital after battling serious infection
Read for instance The Independent Ian Thorpe has been released from hospital in Sydney following an infection, his manager has revealed. The five-time Olympic champion swimmer had contracted the infection in his shoulder during surgery earlier this year. The 31-year-old’s manager James Erskine told the Australian Associated Press: “It looks as though the infections have…
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Pier Plunging craze now sweeping Norway too
Read The Local A new cold-water bathing craze has spread so fast on Norway’s social media since it was imported from the Faroe Islands a week ago, that the man who started it now fears no one in the entire country will escape. The ‘Jump in the Sea Challenge’ sees victims dared to throw themselves…
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David Epstein: Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?
See TED When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out in this delightfully counter-intuitive talk, we might want to lay off the self-congratulation. Many factors are at play in shattering athletic records, and…
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Until Fairly Recently, The YMCA Actually Required Swimmers To Be Nude
Read Vocativ Last week, I was eating lunch with a friend and her dad in Manhattan on 23rd Street, directly across from what used to be the McBurney YMCA, when my friend’s dad had a sudden recollection. Apparently, in 1968, as part of a freshman requirement for the city college he attended, all male students…
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3 Children ‘Shocked’ in Hialeah Swimming Pool
See NBC Miami A pool at a Hialeah apartment complex was drained Monday after three children were shocked as they swam on Sunday. “When they grabbed on to the metal railing, that’s when they felt the shock and they were paralyzed,†said Mayra Diaz, a cousin of one of the victims.
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Alabama swimmer John Servati killed by Tuscaloosa tornado
See ESPN University of Alabama officials confirmed Tuesday that a member of the school’s men’s swimming and diving team was killed Monday night when violent storms and a tornado struck the Tuscaloosa area. John Servati, 21, a junior swimmer and dean’s list student at Alabama, was killed, according to school officials. “John Servati was an…
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Chad Le Clos pushed down rankings by Michael Phelps
Read BusinessDay Michael Phelps might not have been good enough to win a comeback race in the US at the weekend, but he did shunt Chad le Clos down the world rankings. Ryan Lochte out-swam the American legend at a gala in Phoenix, Arizona, winning the 100m butterfly final in 51.93sec.
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Ian Thorpe expected to ‘leave hospital within days’
The Sydney Morning Herald Swimming great Ian Thorpe should leave hospital within days after successfully fighting a number of serious infections. The 31-year-old five-time Olympic gold medallist fell ill after undergoing a series of surgeries on his shoulder at the start of 2014. The world record-holder has spent the past three weeks receiving treatment and…
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IOC Vice President: Rio 2016 Preparations ‘The Worst I Have Experienced’, And There’s No Plan B
See The Australian Olympic Committee The AOC President and IOC Vice President, John Coates, has described Rio’s preparations for the 2016 Olympics as “the worst I have experienced†and “worse than Athens†(2004). #185023593 / gettyimages.com http://youtu.be/95_u72XT0Mo