Month: July 2014
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Glasgow 2014: Wales swimmers make YouTube film splash
Team Wales swimmer Jemma Lowe has taken the plunge into the world of video production ahead of the Commonwealth Games. The bronze medallist in Delhi filmed her teammates training in and out of the pool for Glasgow 2014. She set the results to a 1990s dance club hit – aping a similar effort to an…
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Darian Townsend becomes U.S. citizen
When Darian Townsend first came to the United States a decade ago, it was primarily to further his international swimming career. Townsend still is an elite swimmer but when he became an American citizen at a naturalization ceremony Thursday in Phoenix, the reasons transcended his sport. “I didn’t do this for athletics,” the three-time South…
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Goliath Grouper Attacks Spearfisher
Man has exploited the ocean and its creatures for as long as mankind has existed. Now the sea creatures are fighting back. Arif Sabir were spearfishing with friends off the coast of Jupiter, Florida, when they encountered a large Goliath grouper. The men get a short laugh in just before the grouper takes a bite…
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World’s Largest Flying Water Insect Can Cover an Adult Human Face (And Hates Pollution)
The largest flying aquatic insect on record was discovered in China’s Sichuan province. The specimen was delivered to the Insect Museum of West China and determined to be a larger version of the dobsonfly. The creature has a wingspan of 8.27 inches (21 cm). With its wings fully extended, this giant dobsonfly can completely cover an adult…
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Australia clocks 3:30.98 and new World Record in the Women’s 4×100 Free at Glasgow 2014
At the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this evening, Australia’s women’s 4×100 meter freestyle relay set a new world record, clocking 3:30.98 where the Netherlands’ world record from the (supersuited) Rome 2009 World Championships was 3:31.72. Comparative splits Australia 2014 Bronte Campbell: 53.15 Melanie Schlanger: 52.76 Emma McKeon: 52.91 Cate Campbell: 52.16 The Netherlands 2009 Inge Dekker:…
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Watch as RNLI lifeguard rescues screaming boy from rip current
RNLI lifeguards rescued a boy who had been dragged away from Crooklets Beach in Bude, Cornwall, in a very strong rip current while bodyboarding. He was heard screaming for help so lifeguard Joby Wolfenden-Brown paddled out on a rescue board and grabbed the boy, who was exhausted and clearly in a lot of distress. He…
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Selfies delay Commonwealth Games opening ceremony by 45 minutes
So, obviously, thousands of athletes involved in the Glasgow Opening Ceremony last night captured the moment by taking a selfie – or two. Competitors from around the world posted various portraits of themselves and their team mates on social media during the £20million celebration. The competitors, who were chaperoned by Scottish Highland Terriers, took their…
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How does a brain-eating amoeba eat brains?
Last week, nine-year-old Hally Yust died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba infection while swimming near her family’s home in Kansas. The organism responsible, Naegleria fowleri, dwells in warm freshwater lakes and rivers and usually targets children and young adults. Once in the brain it causes a swelling called primary meningoencephalitis. The infection is almost…
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Kazan 2015 celebrates one year to go to World Championships
July 24 marks one year until the 16th FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. To celebrate this occasion, the Kazan 2015 Organising Committee has prepared plenty of pleasant surprises for citizens of Kazan and people visiting the city. A gigantic newspaper painted on the pavement and dedicated to the 2015 FINA World Championships will be…