Year: 2016
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The World’s Most Difficult Dives in La Rochelle | Cliff Diving World Series 2016
La Rochelle, France, the fourth stop of the 2016 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, saw a huge crowd of 70,000 fans gather at the harbour as the world’s elite male divers battled it out from 27 metres in the Bay of Biscay. Watch the clip and relive the top dives from Jonathan Paredes, Kris…
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William Trubridge CNF World Record Freedive 102m
In July 2016, I broke my longstanding (5.5 years!) record in the purest freediving discipline, Constant Weight No Fins, by swimming to 102 meters (334 feet) and back on a single breath of air, and with no propulsive assistance. The dive was televised to breakfast TV in NZ, and sponsored by Steinlager Pure. Featured in…
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The Secrets to Synchronized Swimming
Synchronized swimmers often use a type of gelatine in their hair, but why?
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Meet the swimmers who test swimwear for a living
Former Team GB swimmers Rebecca Turner and Lewis Coleman have a dream job – testing Speedo swimwear and feeding back on the development process to our Aqualab in Nottingham.
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Robbed in Rio: Danish Olympic team hit by thieves
Olympic thieves have robbed Denmark’s team of mobile phones, clothes and sheets, and even had the cheek to deprive Morten Rodtwitt, the country’s Olympic boss of his iPad. “It’s extremely irritating,†Morten Rodtwitt, Denmark’s chef de mission in Rio, told Berlingske. “In connection with the many extra workers, cleaners and housekeepers who have been squeezed…
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Outrage as Olympic swimming pool bans women from ‘men only’ sessions for ‘cultural reasons’ with bathers required to cover ‘navel to knee’
AÂ swimming pool has introduced gender segregated sessions with bathers required to cover up from “navel to knee” for “cultural reasons”. The Inspire Sports Village in Stopsley, Luton, Beds., built using taxpayer-funded Olympic money, will give men exclusive access to the larger 50 metre competitive pool on Friday evenings, while women will be able to use…
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Is it safe to swim in your contacts?
Is it safe to swim in your contacts? Dr. Danielle Trief of ColumbiaDoctors Ophthalmology gives us answers. Learn more at http://www.ColumbiaEye.org