Month: February 2020
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Johnson and Johnson, Apple team up on new iOS-based heart study
Johnson and Johnson’s pharmaceuticals brand Janssen wants to improve heart health, and for its latest study it’s turning to the iPhone and the Apple Watch to help gain a better understanding of the vital organ. In an announcement Tuesday, the health care giant announced a partnership with Apple on a new Heartline study designed to get more information on heart health…
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Kelsey Wog Wins Another Gold in the 50M Breaststroke | Nicolino’s Play of the Week
The Nicolino’s Play of the Week comes from Bisons fourth-year swimmer Kelsey Wog who captured four gold medals — sweeping the individual events she competed in — at the 2020 U SPORTS Swimming Championships this past weekend.
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If too dangerous, organizers more likely to cancel Olympics than to postpone or move them
A senior member of the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday that if it proves too dangerous to hold the Olympics in Tokyo this summer because of the coronavirus outbreak, organizers are more likely to cancel it altogether than to postpone or move it. Dick Pound, a former Canadian swimming champion who has been on the…
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Mark Spitz at Indiana: NCAA swimming championships (1969-72)
In between Olympics, legendary U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz was a star for Indiana from 1969-72. He finished his Hoosiers career with four team national championships and eight individual NCAA titles. Watch six of those titles here.
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Augusta Lewis Named SCIAC Women’s Swimmer of the Year
Sophomore Augusta Lewis was named the SCIAC Women’s Swimmer of the Year for the second year in a row after winning three individual championships at the 2020 Championships in meet record times, taking the 200 IM, the 400 IM and the 200 breast. She currently ranked No. 4 in the nation in the 400 IM…
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Swimming authorities worked to protect Sun Yang from ban
International swimming authorities worked to protect three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang from being banned from the sport in a doping case, according to a Swiss supreme court document. A verdict in the case against the Chinese swimmer is expected within days from the Court of Arbitration for Sport. But a federal court document shows that swimming governing body FINA…
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Swimming teacher placed on administrative leave after death of Mumford High student
The Detroit Public Schools Community District has placed a swimming teacher on administrative leave after the death of a student.
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10th Trofeo Città di Milano Suspended Due to Coronavirus
‘Considering the developing situation with the “coronavirus”, and especially the temporary measures indicated by the authorities, the organizing committee of the Trofeo Città di Milano has decided to suspend the event scheduled for this weekend 28 February – 1 March 2020.’ See Facebook and trofeocittadimilano.it
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Anders Hofman Laursen completes first-ever Antarctica Ironman
The ‘Iceman’ is the same distance as an Ironman – 3.8K in -2ºC (28.4ºF) water and then 180 km of swimming and a 42.2K marathon on the icy steppes of Antarctica. Unofficial time 40:45:33 according to DR (in Danish), not including a 27-hour snow blizzard bringing the total time up to 72:54:09. Impressive. Anders has…