Author: rokur

Stephen Embry, now 55 years old, says he is dealing with demons that have haunted him since he was 12. He says he was sexually molested by a university swimming coach, Benn Merit at a Harvard pool. Merit committed suicide in his Bilerica home in 1996, after another man, an older brother of one of Embry’s childhood friends, had filed a lawsuit alleging sexual assault at the same Harvard pool by Merit. Read NECN

Wow, via SCAQ Blog.

Sweden’s Martina Granström on the medal podium at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. Here from when she won bronze in the 200 butterfly on day 7, she also won a silver medal in the 100 butterfly on day 5.

Ahh, just like home for some of us ;-) Tennis fans have likely noticed how often the retractable roof has been closed at Wimbledon over the last two weeks. There have been frequent weather-related delays, and the Met office (The United Kingdom’s national weather forecaster) is predicting more of the same for the coming month. Rain isn’t exactly rare in London this time of year. The average August in London receives just under two inches of rain. London just set a record for the wettest June on record, and July is off to a wet start. Read the Bleacher Report

Daniel Fox having fun with his GoPro camera during an Atlantic crossing in 2012. Atlantic Crossing 2012 from Daniel Fox on Vimeo.

Via Mashable

WADA president John Fahey urged drug cheats Tuesday to withdraw from their Olympic teams and stay away from the Games, as they will otherwise face the strictest anti-doping program in Olympic history and stand only a small chance of escaping detection. Read TribLive “I say this in the clearest way possible: If you are a doping athlete and you are planning to compete in London, then you must withdraw from your Olympic team,” Fahey said in a statement, less than three weeks before the opening ceremony. “Even if a doping athlete were to win a medal, he or she would…

Team Malawi have arrived to UK ahead of the Summer Games, as you can see from the rain :-P Malawi Swim Coach and his 50m Freestyle Hopes from Planet Sport on Vimeo.

Anyone excited yet ? Televisacion de los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012 from Swim Crunch on Vimeo.

Yeah I know, I’m late here. Tyler Clary called out Michael Phelps, yesterday, saying he saw a real lack of preparation when he trained with Phelps, and that Phelps ‘has basically been asking to get beat for the longest time.’ Phelps gets upset, other people too while others say Clary is right, then Clary says sorry. https://twitter.com/TylerClary/status/222770283109552129 Not really a story to me, until this paragraph out off Barstool Sports. We talkin bout swim practice. Not a swim game. Not a swim game. We talkin about swim practice. Just when I thought swimming couldn’t get any gayer, we got this…