Author: rokur
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Sette Colli 2012 day 2: Terakawa and Marin set meet records
At the Seven Hills Trophy meet in Rome today, Japan’s Aya Terakawa set a new meet record in the women’s 100 backstroke, clocking 59.42 well under the Olympic Qualifying Time. Italy’s Luca Marin set an impressive new meet record in the men’s 400 IM, clocking 4:12.04 where the OQT is 4:16.46. The women’s 100 freestyle…
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BP Team USA – Rebecca Soni (and Dave Salo)
Two nice videos featuring Rebecca Soni and coach Dave Salo, courtesy of BP Team USA, via the17thman Training Days What fuels me
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Into the Water- Teaching swimmers at the Richmond Aquatics Partnership
See Greater Richmond Aquatic Partnership
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David Blaine “dressed for dinner” with a great white
Behold the illusionist / endurance artist David Blaine swimming with great whites all dressed up. An illusion? Via Huffington Post
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CC photo #166: Hetland looking a bit beat at Rijeka 2008
Norway’s Aleksander Hetland after the men’s 100 breaststroke semi-finals at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Championships. See result list here.
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Swim the Island
A promo for the “Swim The Island” event in Italy on 22 September 2012. Tempted? Swim the Island from Alessandro Beltrame on Vimeo.
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9-year-old Jordan Freer makes Alcatraz swim
Last month 9-year-old Jordan Freer made the 1.5-mile swim from just off the shore of Alcatraz Island to Crissy Beach as part of the Orca Alcatraz Swim Challenge. Jordan is thought to be the youngest ever female to brave the chilly waters. Read Auburn Journal. “It was cold and it was really, really choppy,†Freer…
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Sette Colli 2012 day 1: Van Der Burgh sets meet record
At the Seven Hills Trophy meet in Rome today, South Africa’s Cameron Van Der Burgh set a new meet record in the men’s 100 breaststroke, clocking 1.00.39 well under the Olympic qualifying standard of 1:00.79. Italy’s Federica Pellegrini won a tight tussle against Denmark’s Lotte Friis in the women’s 400 freestyle, 4:06.03 to 4:06.15, and…
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What happens when you crack an egg 20 meters underwater?
The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences presents “The Egg”, a video short from the 2011 BIOS Explorer program’s “Water Moves” series. For more information about why the egg behaves like it does, as well as further videos in the series, visit www.bios.edu