Year: 2014
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Round Copenhagen 2014 Recap Video
“Christiansborg Rundt 2014”, in Copenhagen, Denmark http://vimeo.com/104914003
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Ross Murdoch meets five-year-old fan after letter appeal
Swimming star Ross Murdoch received the fan mail from the mystery young fan after his gold medal win. Murdoch then took to Twitter in an effort to track down the five-year-old, known only as Brian. The 20-year-old Commonwealth gold medal winner called on his followers to help him trace the youngster to show him where…
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Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 56.86 and New 100 IM Short Course World Record
At the FINA/Mastbank Swimming World Cup leg in Dubai this morning, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu set a new short course world record yet again, clocking incredible 56.86 in the 100 meter short course individual medley, where her world record from Doha last Thursday was 57.25. First woman ever under 57 in the 100 IM, and her…
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Ice-swimming grannies defy age and cold in Patagonia
At 67 years old, grandmother Margot Anderson could be enjoying the quiet retired life at home in England. Instead, she works a string of part-time jobs so she can afford to be standing at the foot of a pale blue glacier in Patagonia, about to jump into near-freezing water with 53 other extreme swimmers from…
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Daniel Gyurta (HUN) 2:00.48 and New 200 Breast Short Course World Record
At the FINA/Mastbank Swimming World Cup leg in Dubai today, Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta set a new 200 meter short course breaststroke world record, clocking 2:00.48 where his own world record from the Istanbul 2009 World Short Course Championships was 2:00.67. See the result list here. Featured image of Gyurta at the Bergen Swim Festival 2014…
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Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 2:02.13 and New 200 IM Short Course World Record
At the FINA/Mastbank Swimming World Cup leg in Dubai today, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu took another good chunk of her 200 individual medley short course world record, clocking 2:02.13 where her record from the Doha leg a few days ago was 2:02.61. See the result list here. Image courtesy of Doha Stadium Plus Qatar, CC BY 2.0
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A Liquid Fear – New Yorker Faces His Aquaphobia, One Stroke at a Time
On the morning before he was to report to the pool, Attis Clopton sat in a storefront breakfast spot near his Brooklyn apartment munching a glazed doughnut. He was worrying. It was a glorious day, blue sky and hot. The kind when they say the only sensible place to be is in the water. But,…
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Lewis Pugh to complete final leg of seven swims in all Seven Seas
Lewis Pugh, the UN Patron of the Oceans and renowned endurance swimmer, will complete the final leg of his Seven Seas Campaign by swimming up the Thames. Nicknamed the Human Polar Bear for his ability to swim long distances in freezing waters, Lewis is swimming from Southend to Gravesend before swimming to the Thames Barrier.…