Year: 2014
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BLN2014 Travel Journal Day 1: Planes, Trains & Automobiles
So I have travelled all day today, and am knackered. Pál says breakfast is at 7 AM, which is 6 AM in the time zone I left this morning, so I’d better go to bed now. Just a few words before bedtime.
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LEN to Live Stream ‘each and every session’ of Berlin 2014
Interesting detail out of a LEN press release today LEN Sports Office Manager Marco Birri revealed that LEN would provide live streaming of each and every session of all four disciplines. “We will even have cameras broadcasting those events which are not covered by the host broadcaster, including the synchro preliminaries.†The live webcasting will…
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Chad Le Clos prepares to compete
Olympic champion Chad Le Clos walks us through his preparation for competition including his coaches final words before he won gold at the London 2012 Games.
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Special Highlight Shots – 2014 Phillips 66 National Championships
Some slow motion highlights of the 2014 Phillips 66 National Championships – produced by takeitlive.tv
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Matthew Pinsent meets Chad & Bert Le Clos
4-time Olympic rowing gold medalist Matthew Pinsent travels to South Africa to meet with Olympic champion Chad Le Clos, discussing Chad’s training schedule his coaching and family life in this amazing interview.
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Freediver David Helder controls water by shooting vortexes with his mouth
French freediver David Helder has been diving for over 35 years, and somewhere along the way he discovered a strange ability. Like a dolphin, Helder can blow perfectly controlled bubble rings underwater. While many divers have playfully experimented with blowing these whirling vortexes, Helder has dedicated significant time to perfecting the technique which he uses…
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9-year-old boy fights off alligator while swimming in Florida
A young boy who survived a terrifying gator attack is now talking about that ordeal. James Barney, 9, was still recovering from surgery when he was wheeled into a news conference at Orlando’s Arnold Palmer Hospital. “It was a pretty big tooth,” he said. “They said the alligator was about 9 foot.” See 7online.com
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Katie Ledecky 3:58.86 and World Record in the 400 free
Read SwimmingWorld Ledecky raced her way to a 3:58.86 to win the middle distance event, and down Federica Pellegrini’s world record (3:59.15) and her own American record (3:59.82) as she blasted through the 3:59 barrier. Ledecky, who already holds the world records in the 800 (8:11.00) and 1500 (15:34.23) freestyle events, becomes the first swimmer…
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Ellen Olsson doubles at 2014 Nordic Open Water Champs
Read SwimmingWorld Kangasala, Finland, August 9. Yesterday and today, lake Vesijarvi in Finland was venue of the2014 Nordic Open Water Championships, arranged by the Kuohu swim club in Kangasala as part of the annual Finnish championships. Sweden’s Ellen Olsson won both the women’s 5 and 10 K events, with a convincing lead especially in the 10…