Author: rokur

Late to the party here, I know, with not much more than an hour to go. The US Olympic Trials finals starting with the men’s 400 IM, see event schedule here. Tom has all relevant links here on Speed Endurance Swimming Blog, including a link to live video.

Interesting way of judging water quality, courtesy of Wired via Lifehacker. There are more scientific ways too in . “Stoneflies (Order Plecoptera), Mayflies (Order Ephemeroptera) and Caddisfly (Order Tricoptera) are as suitable swimming pals as dolphins. Trout fishermen have been using these species as an indicator of good fishing for ages. These insects need healthy water to survive, so just by finding some of them in your recreational site, chances are high that the water quality is good.” (Photo of Mayfly courtesy of Richard Bartz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5

OneWorldOneOcean via Laughin Squid.

Lots of Australian articles today, asking for instance “Grant Hackett is ’embarrassed’. But is he sorry?”, “Does Grant Hackett deserve sympathy and forgiveness? Or does he deserve an Oscar?”, “Remorse or damage control” and “What’s Grant Hackett not telling us?”. With tough talk on Twitter too, apparently it didn’t go well.

One of the big thinkers of our sport passed away yesterday, 85-year-old Cecil Colwin out of South Africa, for 26 years placing fellow countrymen on every Olympic team until South Africa was banned from Olympic competition. Read for instance here on SwimNews. https://twitter.com/rykneethling/status/217242738121392128

Yup, that is how you do it, Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. Event must be the women’s 50 butterfly semi-final, which she eventually won. Here is Sarah on Swedish breakfast TV (today?), assessing her chances of winning medals at the London Olympics. If you can understand Swedish, you’ll be okay ;-)

Sweet, Garmin today announced their $150 Garmin Swimâ„¢, a training watch designed specifically for swimmers that lets users track stroke type, stroke count, distance, pace, lengths and much more, with the ability to upload all swim data to Garmin Connectâ„¢ for free online analysis, all in a stylish thin watch with a battery that lasts for a year. “Garmin Swim will quickly replace the log books and journals so many swimmers have come to rely on for tracking their progress,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin’s vice president of worldwide sales. “At a glance, swimmers will know their time, distance, pace and…

Via Hollandswimming, behold the Open EDF 2012 teaser.

According to aoh.dk, the city council of Herning, Denmark has voted yes to host the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships, in the indoor arena Jyske Bank Boxen. It was a split decision with the Social Democrats voting no, saying that the DKK 5 million investment could be used better elsewhere, but the majority voted yes.Via swimnews.dk. (Photo courtesy of T-Stone, Wikimedia Commons)

Wow, if you’re a UK resident who missed out a ticket to the London 2012 Olympics, free tickets are (still) available for Super Hi-Vision screenings at the BBC Radio Theatre, BBC Scotland (Glasgow) and the National Media Museum in Bradford. Before the games get started, the Radio Theater is screening a London Prepares promo from July 23rd to the 28th. During the games (July 28th – August 12th) all will have highlights of the previous day’s action from the Aquatic Centre, Olympic Stadium, Velodrome, and Basketball Arena plus clips of the Opening Ceremony. The lone live feed is scheduled for…