Author: rokur
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The XOP Song – Mascot of Barcelona 2013
¡Baila con Xop!: Dancing with Xop, the mascot of the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Spanish version Catalan version
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Emily Seebohm bans social media to avoid past mistakes
Read news.com.au After Seebohm admitted social media played with her mind too much in her final hours before the Olympic final, her coach Matt Brown has cracked down on the use of mobiles for all his squad. His guidelines mirror the reforms set to be enforced by the entire Australian swim team this year. “This…
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Van der Burgh feels hard done by
Read Eye Witness News Olympic medal winner Cameron van der Burgh’s agent and manager Ryk Neethling says the swimmer feels hard done by that he has not been included in the annual list of National Orders. The Presidency on Monday announced the list of recipients which includes van der Burgh’s fellow medal winner Chad le…
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James Magnussen: Swim scandals out of proportion
See sbs.com.au James Magnussen says Australia’s swimming scandals have been blown out of proportion, but promises to change his brazen ways and become a humble champion. […] “I think a lot of it has been blown out of proportion,” Magnussen told reporters in Adelaide on Thursday. “There was a lot more team unity and friendship…
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Barry Murphy almost quit swimming after London 2012
See Independent.ie Irish Olympic swimmer Barry Murphy has revealed how following a less than successful performance at the Olympics last summer, he considered quitting competitive swimming. “I had set out to get to the quarters and semis and to do my best. But I didn’t achieve that, which was hard to take. “I went through…
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CC photo #481: Our flag ‘Merkið’ at the MU 2013
The Faroese flag ‘Merkið‘ (‘the Mark’) looking awesome at the 2013 Faroese Youth Championships. Chosen as CC photo of the day since it is our flag day today ;-)
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Michael Jamieson: “Sign up to SwimBritain”
“Fancy having Olympic silver medalist Michael Jamieson on your SwimBritain team? Sign up today at swimbritain.co.uk”
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Meet the next generation of Aussie swim stars
Mack Horton and other up-and-coming Australian swimmers introducing themselves.
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Underwater Record Gets Examined On ‘Outrageous Acts Of Science’
See Huffington Post In November 2002, Tim Yarrow set a world record for most time spent underwater. He was underwater for 240 hours, beating out the previous record, 212 hours and 30 minutes, set in 1986 by Michael Stephens of Britain. Yarrow, was 30 when he dropped into the water for a week and a…