Swimmer's Daily

Category: Competition

  • My pool is smaller than yours

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    Video from today’s swim meet, here in my hometown. Proudly presenting 16.7 x 7 meters, filled up with people. And still we created a Nordic Junior Champion here, last year.

  • Mellouli was under pressure from Tunesia

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    Tunesian Oussama Mellouli feels reinvigorated now, following the revolution in his home country. He tells The New York Times that the now former government put pressure on him to acknowledge the president after major victories, calling his father to ask why his son didn’t dedicate his medals to the president.

  • What’s in your swim bag?

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    Funny segment on USA Swimming, where they ask some of the stars at the Indianapolis US Grand Prix 2011, what’s in their swim bag. Tyler Clary had an iPad which he uses as an iPod

  • Nervousness is Energy

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    A good read about how even the very best swimmers get nervous before important competitions, but manage to channel that energy into best efforts Being a little nervous is an advantage, not a disadvantage. This is what nervousness is for – to give you energy. Remember this in your next big race – channel the…

  • US Swimmer Fran Crippen dies during race

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    26-year-old American open water swimmer Fran Crippen lost his life today during the FINA Open Water 10K World Cup event in Dubai. He had been showing signs of slowing down during the third lap of five, possibly because the water was too hot, but it was only after all the other competitors had finished, that…

  • Pereira and Alshammar lead the World Cup

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    Brazil’s Thiago Pereira and Sweden’s Therese Alshammar lead the World Cup competition by a mile, now after the first 4 of 7 meets, with 88 and 88 point ahead of runners-up 43 and 50 respectively, and $20.000 and $16.500 in earned prize money. See score and prize money tally here on www.scsom.se.

  • Marshall videotapes his races

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    American backstroker Peter Marshall videotaped his 50 and 100 meter races at the World Cup 2010 event in Beijing, using a GoPro videocamera. Here’s the 100 backstroke … Beijing Race from Peter Marshall on Vimeo.

  • Russia Sets 4×100 Medley WR

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    The Russian team of Stanislav Donets, Sergey Geybel, Evgeny Korotyshkin og Daniil Isotov set a new 4×100 meter short course medley world record on Saturday, at the Salnikov Cup meet in Saint Petersburg. Their time was 3:19.16, where USA the day before swam 3:21.71. Read SwimmingWorld Magazine.

  • 3 WRs On 2nd Day Of Duel

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    On the second day of the Duel in the Pool competition between USA and Italy, Germany and Great Britain’s “E-stars”, USA’s Rebecca Soni set a new short course 100 meter breaststroke world record, with a time of 1.02.70, where Australia’s Leisel Jones’ world record was 1.03.00. USA’s Julia Smit set a new 200 individual medley…