Author: rokur

On April 11, the Debrecen 2012 organizing committee was approximately halfway through the preparations for the European Championships, or as director of the committee Mr Mihály Orendi puts it: “They usually award a European Championships to a host country two years prior to the beginning of the event. Two years – 730 days. We have had 96 days all in all, which is 13,13 % of the time. This is like a movie is fast forward mode. Which means we have completed a work of one and a half year so far. However, there is still a lot to to…

According to The Daily Mail, British 10K marathon swim gold medal favorite Keri-Anne Payne has generated income of of £500,000 this year from her sponsors, Links of London, British Gas, Speedo, Max Factor and Oral-B. Up £200K from 2011, which compared to a lot of other swimmers wasn’t bad either. Via OpenWaterSwimming.com

The Physilog III pocket-sized inertial navigation system has been designed by Swiss scientists to help Olympic hopefuls analyze their swimming techniques and improve their performance. Worn inside a swimsuit, swimmers and coaches in the Swiss city of Lausanne say it will be a major boost in their efforts to win gold. Read Reuters

Escort boat following the last swimmer at the open water swim on Jóansøka 2011, from across the firth of Tvøroyri in the Faroe Islands. I’m the guy with the camera in the front of the boat.

According to Austrian Times, a Romanian mayor photoshopped pictures of happy swimmers into a half-built swimming pool to justify a 1.5 million GBP EU grant, obviously now facing a fraud inquiry after investigations showed that it has never opened, and isn’t even connected to the water mains and drains. Via Nothing to do with Arbroad.

Great video, Emory now leading the swim team video category.

At the Maria Lenk Trophy in Rio de Janeiro today, Brazil’s Felipe Silva managed an incredible 26.87 in the men’s 50 breaststroke, eclipsing Cameron van der Burgh’s textile best of 26.90 from the Shanghai 2011 World Championships. Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen won the women’s 100 freestyle with a time of 54.37, Cesar Cielo the men’s 100 freestyle in 48.28, Mireia Belmonte the women’s 400 IM in 4:39.41, Thiago Pereira the men’s 400 IM in 4:13.48, Ana Carvalho the women’s 50 breaststroke in 31.78, and Juan Pereyra the men’s 800 freestyle in 7:48.40. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.

Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones talks about what’s he’s looking forward to at Trials this summer and shares his biggest challenge leading up to Omaha. The pools are on their way, by the way, from Genoa Italy, read The Independent.

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