Month: October 2015
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FINA Youtube Live Streaming – FINA/HOSA 10km Marathon SWC – Hong Kong
FINA informs that the last leg of the FINA/HOSA 10km Swimming World Cup 2015 – in Hong Kong (HKG) – on October 17 will be streamed live and free of charge worldwide on the FINAYoutube channel. The race will start at 9:00 local time (GMT+8) Start Lists are available on FINA website here More details about the…
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Scientists Get Caught In Terrifying ‘Underwater Avalanche’
Underwater cave diving is a risky business. Environmental anthropologist Kenny Broad and one of his fellow researchers-cum-explorers know this for a fact after experiencing an “underwater avalanche” — which is when sediment from the walls of the cave collapses in around the divers. The harrowing experience, which took place in one of the Bahamas’ mysterious blue…
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A Bathing Suit that Cleans the Ocean
Want to help clean polluted water? It might be as easy as slipping on this bikini. Mihri and Cengiz Ozkan, professors at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering, along with Ph.D student Daisy Patino and Ph. D graduate Hamed Bay, developed a material named Sponge. The engineer designed it to clean up…
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European Swimming Championships At Wembley (1938)
Titles read: “EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT WEMBLEY”.
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15-Year-Old Omaha Native Qualifies For Olympic Swim Trials
“He picks up the technique and makes it look really, really easy”
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Interview with Alia Atkinson, Team Speedo athlete
She’s a breaststroke world record holder and was the first black woman to win a swimming world title. We meet Team Speedo swim sensation, Alia Atkinson, and quiz the Jamaican athlete on cartoons, sports and her favourite guilty pleasure.
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FINA Swimmers at Thanyapura
Max interviews some of the world’s best swimmers specially chosen by FINA to train at the state of the art Thanyapura, Phuket ahead of the 2016 Olympics.This video gives a sneak peek at their daily routine and the swimmers insights on what it takes to be a young athlete training to be the best in…
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