Month: October 2014
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Michael Phelps taking time away from swimming after DUI arrest, to ‘attend a program’
Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps is taking “some time away” from swimming and is entering a six-week, in-patient program less than a week after being arrested for driving under the influence in Baltimore. “The past few days have been extremely difficult,” Phelps said in a statement. “I recognize that this is not my first lapse…
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Swimming Associated With Fewer Falls In Older Men
Medical Research: What are the main findings of the study? Dr. Merom: In a cohort of 1667 older Australian men (mean age 76.8 years) data on incident falls were collected every four months by telephone interview. We compared the rate of falling over 48 months of follow-up of men who participated in golf, Calisthenics, lawn…
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Man running in inflatable bubble rescued off coast of Florida
An ultra-marathoner trying to “run” from Florida to Bermuda in a human-powered inflatable bubble was rescued Saturday morning after he signaled for help, the Coast Guard said. Reza Baluchi, according to his website, has set a goal of running across more than 190 recognized nations to encourage world peace. CNN ran a story about him…
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Danish Scientists Create Crystal Which Would Allow Breathing Underwater
Scientists at the University of Southern Denmark have synthesized a crystal which could allow people to breathe underwater. Dubbed the Aquaman Crystal – perhaps by fans of the DC superhero – but really called the less catchy “[{(bpbp)Co2II(NO3)}2(NH2bdc)](NO3)2 * 2H2O”, just a spoonful bucketful [corrected by them in a youtube comment, ed.] of the material can absorb…
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Chad Le Clos reveals how he upstaged an Olympic legend
When Michael Phelps stepped onto the starting block in Lane 6 for the 200m butterfly final at London 2012 he had in his sights a 15th Olympic title and a third consecutive gold in the event. Standing next to him in Lane 5 was a 20-year-old South African by the name of Chad Le Clos,…
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East Tennessee professors to spend 73 days in underwater lab
Two professors at an East Tennessee community college plan to spend 73 days in an underwater laboratory in a unique educational endeavor that will also attempt to break a world record. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that beginning Friday, 63-year-old Bruce Cantrell and 25-year-old Jessica Fain will live in a special habitat called Jules Undersea…
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Freediving the plane wreck at NDAC
Freedivers Tim Money and Daan Verhoeven at the NDAC in Chepstow, diving the plane wreck. Tim discovers that his monofin is wider than the door to the cockpit, and momentarily gets stuck. Courtesy of Daan Verhoeven on YouTube
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LEN moves its HQ to Geneva
The LEN Congress held at Lake Garda (ITA) approved the LEN Bureau’s proposal to move the organisation’s headquarters from Luxembourg (LUX) to Geneva (SUI). LEN President Paolo Barelli presented his vision on LEN stepping into an extensive development period from the summer of 2015. At the annual Congress held at Lake Garda (ITA) delegates of…
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Mermaid Ilaria Molinari trying out the Y-40 Deep Joy deepest pool in the world
Via SwimmingWorld A week ago, we reported on the pool being completed along with some amazing video footage from the facility. Today, we’re back with another beautiful image from this artistic location as Ilaria Molinari took to the pool in a mermaid outfit.