Reigning world-champion breaststroker Christian Sprenger is determined to shake off a major shoulder injury in time for what will likely be his last Olympic Games. The 28-year-old fell apart at Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games, failing to make the 100m breaststroke final and swimming three seconds under his personal best. He blamed shoulder issues, which had started six weeks before the Games, but was unable to get the scans needed to diagnose the problem. The injury, which turned out to be tearing inside his shoulder tendon, ruled him out of the Pan Pacific championships a month after his disappointing Glasgow performance. After…
Author: rokur
rokur
Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT consultant, spare-time swimming aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters and a wife. President of the Faroe Islands Aquatics Federation. Likes to run :-)
Gavin Free captured footage of Dan Gruchy doing side flops and back flops into a swimming pool in the latest video by The Slow Mo Guys. The episode was filmed at 1,600 frames per second using a Phantom Flex camera. See Laughing Squid http://youtu.be/2kH9-yyUzew
You play as a luminous jellyfish at the bottom of an oceanic abyss. Your task is to weave through the narrow workings of the caverns to find light sources. You need this light in order to live a little longer, so it’s a constant race against time. Unfortunately for this fragile creature of the deep, the fading light isn’t the only threat to its ongoing existence. See Pocket Gamer http://youtu.be/JaZ8BqxxmFo
Chloe McCardel started her solo swim from Lighthouse Beach, Eleuthera at 7.45 on Monday morning. She hopes to finish some 48 hours later in Nassau. The 29-year-old athlete from Melbourne is making the attempt under Marathon Swimmers Federation rules, which means she can’t intentionally touch her support boat or hold on to anything. McCardel last year gave up her quest to swim from Cuba to Florida because of painful jellyfish stings. She went about 11 hours and 14 miles into the 110-mile journey in the Florida Straits before abandoning the attempt. Follow her progress here Read for instance Tribune 242…
Probably not intended, but still :-) Smartphones can be a hazard when in the wrong hands; this fact has been established by distracted users spanning the globe. Some people, caught up in the task at hand, wander into traffic, into closed doors, trip on curbs, and other sorts of humiliating things. While being absorbed in messaging is often the cause, the compulsion to take a selfie during any moment that is possibly noteworthy has led to some unfortunate situations of its own. Take, for instance, the man in the video below. We don’t know who he is. We don’t know…
University of California Swimming alum Natalie Coughlin, winner of more Olympic medals than any American woman in history, is honored at California Memorial Stadium during the Cal-UCLA game. October 18, 2014. Berkeley, California. http://youtu.be/IuJ9md2yOD4
We speak to Lithuania’s RÅ«ta MeilutytÄ—, swimming gold medal winner from the London 2012 Olympics and Nanjing 2014 Youth Games about her incredible achievements in the pool, dealing with success at such a young age and her plans for Rio 2016. http://youtu.be/x_qkSUxAuvc
A man was rescued around midnight Sunday after he attempted to swim across Lake Norman following a fight with his brother on a jet ski, deputies said. The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office said it received a call just before 9 p.m. Saturday. The caller stated a man had swam up to the shore at his Mooresville property and asked how to get to Denver. See wsoctv.com
An aerial drone has captured amazing footage off the coast of Mexico that shows whale sharks swimming close to giant manta rays, all while human divers move among them and observe the animals. The video was caught using a quadcopter drone, according to Shark Attack News. Filmed in Isla Mujeres, Mexico, the footage was taken from several hundred feet in the air, allowing the giant whale sharks and manta rays to fit together in the frame. As the mantas move among the large sharks in the minute long video, a group of human divers can be seen observing the animals,…
Il Mattino reported that the amorous couple were making the most of a warm day, and a practically deserted beach, when they decided to take a dip in the ocean at Porto San Giorgio to express their love. But their lovemaking came to an embarrassing end when the man was unable to extricate himself from the woman due to suction, the newspaper said. They remained in the water until they caught the attention of a woman walking along the beach, who gave them a towel after they struggled back to the shore. A doctor was called and they were taken…