Author: rokur
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Mireia Belmonte 3:54.52 and new 400 free SC World Record at Berlin 2013 World Cup
Spain’s Mireia Belmonte today managed to break the women’s short course meter world record in the 400 meter freestyle also, clocking 3:54.52 at the FINA 2013 World Cup meet in Berlin, Germany where Camille Muffat’s world record from the Chartres Europeans in November 2012 was 3:54.85. That is two world records in two days, both…
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Katinka Hosszú 4:20.85 and new 400 IM SC World Record at Berlin 2013 World Cup
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszú set yet another world record this afternoon, when she at the FINA 2013 World Cup meet in Berlin, Germany clocked 4:20.85. The old record Julia Smit’s 4:21.04 from the Dual in the Pool between Europe and USA back in December 2009. Hosszú has now set 6 world records in 5 days, including…
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7-year-old Sophia Martinez loves swimming with the whale sharks
See CBSLocal.com Seven-year-old Sophia Martinez from Alamo, TX went diving with her dad at Isla Mujeres off the coast of Mexico. It wasn’t your average dip in the ocean. Sophia went swimming with sharks. Big sharks. 20-ton whale sharks to be specific. And manta rays.
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Katinka Hosszú 57.45 and new 100 IM SC World Record at Berlin 2013 World Cup
At around 09:59 local time in Germany this morning, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszú set yet another world record, clocking 57.45 at the FINA 2013 World Cup leg in Berlin, where her world record from Eindhoven Thursday was 57.50. This is her fifth world record this week, and she has finals again this evening. See the result…
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Mireia Belmonte 7:59.34 and first woman ever under 8 min in the 800 free
Tonight at the FINA 2013 World Cup leg in Berlin, Germany, Spain’s Mireia Belmonte broke the women’s 800 meter freestyle World record, clocking 7:59.34 to become the first woman ever under 8 minutes in the 800 free. Old record was Camille Muffat’s 8:01.06 from November 2012. See the result list here.
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CC photo #587: “Svimjihøllin á Oyrunum” coming along nicely
A photo I took yesterday, the ‘Pál pool’ taking shape in Vágur, Faroe Islands, which will be our first 50 meter pool ever. See www.svimjihollin.com
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Systematically fluctuating split times suggest ‘whirlpool’ current at BCN2013
Upon arrival to the Faroes again, my dear brother Bartal points out an interesting systematic variation in the split times from the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships, that Danish Eurosport commentators pointed out and he then dug into analytically. That there seems to have been a rotating current in the Barcelona pool, that made swimmers…