Author: rokur

Notice, my Italian is no-existent, but the message in this article seems clear enough, even through Google Translate: “How was it possible that nobody has ever had suspicions about an individual who went alone to the fields of training and transfers of the company and also slept in the room with this or that guy?”. The question arises whether a reader sent in a letter to the press in recent days about the arrest of Flavio Bomio, ‘former president and former coach of the “swimming Company Bellinzona,” sued for acts of pedophilia. The question really if you put it in…

Kenyan documentary Papa Shillingi was awarded the prestigious Golden Sea Star at 10. International Underwater Film Festival in Düsseldorf recently. Produced by Volker Bassen together with Katrin Ender, entirely shoot in Diani Beach, Kenya. “We wanted the film to promote Kenya as a unique tourist destination. There are no other countries in the world where you can swim with the biggest fish on the planet in the morning, and track the biggest land-animal, the elephant, in the afternoon. It is an unbeatable combination.” Via The Star

Scientists from EPFL’s Laboratory of Movement Analysis and Measurement (LMAM) have developed waterproof inertial systems to be sewn into full-body swimming suits, equipped with accelerometers and gyroscope, which can analyze the strengths and weaknesses of elite-level swimmers during workout sessions. Parameters are for instance instantaneous swimming speed and coordination, and the swimmer’s gas exchange by using a modified snorkel. “This system, called Physilog III, has a number of advantages over the conventional cameras that coaches have been using up to this point,” explains Farzin Dadashi, a PhD student who’s in charge of the project. “A camera can only focus on…

Got this link from a source in London, revealing that, yes, the 23rd James Bond film Skyfall will involve some swimming, or at least some sitting by the pool. Due out in October-December this year.

I’m speechless, so go read Chris DeSantis’ post here on The Swim Brief

The LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships pool in Rijeka, Croatia. Absolutely beautiful, and what an atmosphere it was, with all those records (never mind the suits :-)

Good to see that they’ve got the OMEGA OSB11 starting blocks in the game, but … what’s with those briefs, and where are the ‘racing systems’ ? :-P

Rikke Møller Petersen and Lotte Friis presenting the altitude tent here, that they are supposed to sleep in together for two weeks, boosting the Sierra Nevada altitude from approximately 2500 meters (8200 feet) to about 3000 (9850 feet). Maybe (and I’m speculating here) it has something to do with stabilizing altitude also, with the perceived altitude at Sierra Nevada varying a lot because of the mountains (2300 meters one day, 2700 the next), compared to much more stable altitude at camps on big plateaus like Flagstaff, Arizona.

That can’t be, USA – if you can’t solve that problem, then send him to me ;-) I Can’t Swim from zoneCG on Vimeo. I think this is the song he talks about, see also www.dillonhodges.com

Kyle Bruinooge dives behind the scenes and takes a look at the training work out by the women’s and men’s Westminster College Titan Swim Team. Swim Team Training PKG (Final) from WCN 24/7 on VIMEO on Vimeo.