Author: rokur

Via The Daily What

The London 2012 Olympic Village is now officially open for business, looks okay but the beds are tiny by most standards, some of us would call them ‘kid’s size’. They have arrangement for longer beds for ‘extra long beds’ for basketball players, rowers and the like … but really, 172 cm ?!? Read for instance Business Insider, Yahoo! Sport, Gulf News.

Pál Joensen being interviewed by the Swedish national broadcasting company SVT at the Budapest 2010 European Swimming Championships.

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