Nice touch, millionaire adventurer Chris Welsh wants to name his Virgin Oceanic sub “Scarlett” after Scarlett Johansson, because that’s how sexy this vehicle is. Welsh plans to pilot the experimental, cutting-edge sub to the bottom of the Mariana Trench sometime this year, in what would be only the second descent to the deepest spot in the world’s oceans, since Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard went down there in the bathyscaphe Trieste back in 1960. Read more here on Slashdot. (Photo of Scarlett Johansson courtesy of John McNab, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, posted here purely for comparison purposes)
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Paul Biedermann before the Istanbul 2009 European Short Course Championships men’s 400 freestyle final. He won the event in a new championships record of 3:34.55.
Find out more about British Backstroke swimmer, European Champion and Commonwealth medalist Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Simmonds, courtesy of BGswimming.
The 31st LEN European Swimming Championships promo video, courtesy of the Hungarian organizers.
Former USC football player and “sprinter” Petro Papadakis going up against Olympic 1500 freestyle champion Oussama Mellouli. Via the17thman
Not very swimming related, other than this ‘city of samba’ will be the host of the 2016 Olympics, and that there is an interesting rescue helicopter in it fishing someone out of the sea. But beautiful, via PetaPixel
Hugh Robertson, minister for sport & the Olympics, has told the UK parliament the London 2012 Olympic Games are likely to come in under budget. “Now 96 per cent complete we remain on time and on budget with more than £500 million of uncommitted contingency remaining,†he said, “this is a good position to be in with 150 days to go and sets us up.†Read Breaking Travel News Photo courtesy of [email protected], CC BY-NC 2.0
Swimming South is in major financial strife following the possible exit of major sponsor Telkom, and funding from National Lottery fund ending in March. But now they get a helping hand from former South African swimmer and now Princess of Monaco Charlene Wittstock, offering them to host the South African Olympic team for free from June 1, ahead of the London 2012 Olympics. South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) CEO Tubby Reddy says: “We only have to cover travel expenses. She will take care of everything else. She’ll provide the facility, nutrition and accommodation.†Eye Witness News, read…
Ouch, the Herald Sun has apparently given up on Ian Thorpe with the Olympic Trials yet to come, and names him the top 3 most unsuccessful comeback behind tennis player Bjorn Borg and boxing legend Muhammad Ali: 3: Ian Thorpe: We may never know the genuine reasons behind his comeback but to date it has been agonising to watch. Hopefully it will be all over soon. (Photo of Ian Thorpe courtesy of Morton Lin, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) USA’s Dara Torres is on the other hand the top 2 most successful comeback, only behind Formula 1 driver Nikki Lauda: 2: Dara…