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Physicists intrigued by the story that 29-year-old Harrison Okene survived being trapped in a 4 feet high air pocket for 60 hours underwater off the Nigerian coast, see phys.org and StackExchange Okene was trapped in a capsized boat with an air bubble described as only 4 feet high. Normally, a person would need about 1,000 cubic feet of atmospheric air to survive 60 hours. At a depth of 100 feet, this volume would be compressed by a factor of about 4 by the water pressure, so theoretically an air pocket with dimensions 6x6x6 feet would contain enough oxygen to survive…

36 Hour Charity Swim – A great feat achieved by these two young gentleman (Rich Hill and Greg Kyd) raising over £4000 for two brilliant charities. 36 hours of swimming whittled down into just 3 minutes of footage that is well worth a watch. From the article on avalonleisure.co.uk: By the end of their mammoth challenge they had covered a staggering 109.692 meters in the pool, the equivalent to crossing the English Channel over 3 times.

A ‘honorable mention’ addition to that post the other day, Five of my favorite Swim Good covers. Misfits Dance Crew interpreting ebrahim’s cover of Frank Ocean’s song “Swim Good”.

:-D http://youtu.be/kb0hosxd-ps Via Neatorama

Read MercuryNews and seattlepi The University of Utah should have fired former swim coach Greg Winslow by no later than early 2012 for alcohol abuse that was corrosive to the entire team, an independent investigation has found. According to the findings revealed Tuesday, during his first two years, Winslow used psychological manipulation against his swimmers to motivate by fear. While some swimmers and assistant coaches considered his style to be creative and innovative, others considered it abusive and cruel with one assistant coaching saying, “Greg was a manipulator, not a motivator.” But the review concluded Winslow, 38, did not physically or sexually abuse his swimmers or…

See wkyc The Centers for Disease Control tested a number of public pools and found that 58 percent were positive for E. coli, bacteria normally found in the human gut and feces. Other bacteria that can cause skin rashes was found in 59 percent. Pools don’t put up signs warning of water advisories. Lake Erie’s beaches do. But the naked eye can’t really tell if there are warnings in place.

Read for instance Chicago Tribune, ABC and Bangkok Post Libby Trickett, one of Australia’s most decorated swimmers, has retired due to a wrist injury, Swimming Australia said on Wednesday. The 28-year-old, who was a member of the women’s gold medal winning 4×100 metres freestyle relay team at last year’s London Olympics, has struggled to return to the pool after suffering the injury eight months ago. “There will always be a tinge of sadness to leave the sport that I love, but I have wonderful memories and experiences to draw upon in the future,” Trickett said in a statement. “I feel at peace…

“Watch exclusive backstage footage taken from ‘World Silver 50m Freestyle Medalist’ Francesca Halsall’s recent photoshoot with us in Tenerife.”

So I think this is Konstantinos Markozis going goggle-less in the men’s 100 butterfly at the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. Wow.

UPDATE: Live streaming from the Swimming Championships is available here on ejc2013poznan.eu. They are streaming both from preliminaries and the finals The live webcast will be available during the entire championships from July 10th to 14th with morning sessions at 09:00 and afternoon sessions at 17:00 according to the competition schedule. Original post: The Poznan 2013 European Junior Championships organizers are streaming LIVE in good quality from the Diving Championships, July 3rd to 7th, apparently even from the prelims. This bodes well for the Swimming Championships also ;-) See ejc2013poznan.eu, Start lists and live results here.