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At the Seven Hills Trophy meen in Rome today, Japan’s Ryosuke Irie set a new meet record in the men’s 200 backstroke, clocking 1:55.05, and Japan’s Aya Terakawa her second meet record in two days with a time of 2:07.73 in the 200 backstroke. In the men’s 200 breaststroke, Germany’s Marco Koch set a new meet record of 2:08.75. Top 3 finishers plus Nordic finalists Women’s 800 freestyle – OQT 8:33.84 (OST 8:51.82) Lotte Friis (DEN) 8:22.10 Wendy Trott (RSA) 8:25.71 Martina de Memme (ITA) 8:36.67 Men’s 200 backstroke – OQT 1:58.48 (OST 2:02.63) Ryosuke Irie (JPN) 1:55.05 CR Radoslaw…
With local fishermen blaming the endangered Hawaiian monk seals for stealing their catch, government scientists plan to glue submersible cameras onto the seals’ backs, using the footage to prove to fishermen the animals are not harming their way of life, maybe even ending up on reality TV. With the image quality of rugged action cameras these days, I say ‘about time’ :-) Read KFVS 12
Hungary’s Eva Risztov silver medalist in the women’s 1500 freestyle at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships, see result list here.
Two kinds of side stroke, via the17thman
It is official, if these dogs can surf and you not, then you are a klutz. World record attempt apparently later today, via Arbroath
In related news (pointing to that intro), peer pressure is an evil evil thing. But nice video! Via Geekosystem
“I’m such a nerd. Oh my gosh, I am a klutz,†Franklin said. “I know that I was born to be in the water because I can’t walk on land at all–I trip and fall over flat surfaces.” Read more here on Denver Post.
The age-old question, Mythbusters to the rescue !
Tough call, Dan Sliwinksi has withdrawn from the Team GB swimming squad due to injury, which has ruled him out of competing at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Read more here on swimming.org. “It is an athlete’s worst nightmare. I have had a couple of injuries and I need to go back and rebuild the foundations.”