Category: Competition
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Check out “Secret Swims” and “Swim the Costa Brava”
See swimthecostabrava.com, they have an interesting open water swimming event coming up in 76 days (21-22 September 2012), and regular “Secret Swims” training sessions every Saturday and Sunday. This season our technical team offers all open water lovers the possibility to indulge in a different type of training in the most spectacular spots off the…
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31-year-old Thorpe thinks of himself as a 26-year-old athlete
Read Hürriyet Daily News Upon a question about how he felt while swimming, Thorpe said he did not consider himself 30 years old in sport because of the four years of retirement, in which he did not compete in any races. Rather, he said he thought of himself as a 26-year-old athlete. “I kind of…
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94th Estonian Swimming Championships
Hey, I know that guy with the moustache, Riho Aljand! :-) 94. Eesti meistrivõistlused ujumises from A4 Media on Vimeo.
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Eve and Candace Present: Getting to Know Tom Shields
“Eve and Candace caught Tom Shields after a panel at Nationals. As one of our new favorite swimmer babies, we wanted to get to know him a little better and asked a few simple questions.”
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Coach Jon Rudd: Ruta Meilutyte ‘can become all-time great’
See the BBC Lithuanian Olympic gold medallist Ruta Meilutyte can become the greatest female breaststroke swimmer of all time, according to her coach Jon Rudd.
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CC photo #551: Pál racing past the Szczecin 2050 ad at Szczecin 2011
A photo from the LEN 2011 European Short Course Championships in Szczecin, Poland. Faroe Island’s Pál Joensen racing past the Szczecin Project 2050 ad during warmup on the last day of the meet.
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Ian Thorpe looking forward to the 25th Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim
Read GiveMeSport The former Australian free-style swimmer Ian Thorpe is heading to one of the world’s greatest open water swimming competitions – the Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim. Thorpedo, who has set numerous world records throughout his glittering swimming career, stated his excitement at being involved in the event via Twitter. Excited about heading to #Istanbul next…
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CC photo #550: Jennie Johansson before the Debrecen 2012 women’s 100 breast final
Sweden’s Jennie Johansson focusing before the women’s 100 meter breaststroke final at the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. She won silver behind Germany’s Sarah Poewe, see the result list here.