Category: Competition
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Joeri Verlinden postpones comeback due to cardiac arrhrythmia
Holland Swimming has the story Dutch swimmer Joeri Verlinden has been forced to postpone his return to competitive swimming, due to cardiac arrhythmia discovered during a regular medical examination. He stops immediately, will be taking the next few weeks off, and will therefore not participate in the national swim team training camp in Thailand, Januar…
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Tom Shields on The Morning Swim Show
In the first part of this two-part interview, Tom Shields talks about his new life as a postgrad swimmer and why he says he’s more nervous about swimming than when he was in high school or when representing Cal-Berkeley. In the second part of this two-part interview with Tom Shields, the American record holder relives…
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James Magnussen, YOUR TIME IS NOW
“Discover what drives our brand ambassador James Magnussen to reach the top as 100m freestyle world champion during an interview by the Swiss waters.”
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Park Tae-hwan heads to Australia for intensive training
See arirang ‘Marine Boy’ Park Tae-hwan is headed to Australia to get a start on training for the 2014 Asian Games. His management announced that he’ll head to Brisbane on the 11th for an eight-week, intensive training session with coach Michael Bohl. The goal will be to get back into top swimming shape, as he…
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Academic issue lands UGA swim coach Jack Bauerle (and swimmer Chase Kalisz) in hot water
Read The Atlanta Journal-Constitution In the record books, Georgia swimming and diving coach Jack Bauerle won his 500th and 501st career victories in a dual men’s and women’s meet against N.C. State at UGA’s Gabrielson Natatorium this past Saturday. But Bauerle actually was not in attendance. Neither was his top male swimmer. An academic eligibility issue has left…
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FINA Aquatic Family selects 11 Athletes of the Year 2013
See fina.org After a memorable year in terms of performances, the FINA Family voted for the “Athletes of the Year 2013â€, having chosen 11 exceptional competitors in the six FINA disciplines. Organised by the “FINA Aquatics World Magazineâ€, this selection had a important participation of 674 voters, coming from the FINA National Federations, FINA Committees,…
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2014 is Chad Le Clos’ year
Read City Press The young swimmer recently said that his next goal is to break one of Michael Phelps’ world long course records and he is hoping to achieve this at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, or perhaps at the next World Championships that will be held in Kazan, Russia, in 2015. “It is…
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Swimmers brave icy waters for start of Harbin’s Ice Festival
“700 swimming enthusiasts braved icy waters to compete in an ice swimming competition ahead of Harbin’s annual Ice Festival.”
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FINA announces 2014 World Cup stops; Europe loses Berlin
See fina.org The 2014 FINA Swimming World Cup calendar is now official, including two stops in Arabia in late August, one in Hong Kong late December, two in Europe early October, and three in the Far East late October / early November. Berlin is out, Germany according to SwimmingWorld without a World Cup stop for…