Category: Equipment
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Backstage with Olympic 100m Breaststroke Queen, Ruta Meilutyte
Footage taken from a recent photoshoot with Olympic & World 100m Breaststroke Champion, Ruta Meilutyte. Ruta talks openly about swimming and her relationship with the water.
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CC photo #675: Different body types at Istanbul 2012
So these two must be Germany’s (in orange) Johannes Dietrich and (in black) Marco di Carli (?) preparing themselves for the men’s 4×50 freestyle final at the LEN 2009 European Short Course Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. A lot bad has been said about the supersuits, but they were also the great equalizer. Behind them Frédérick…
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Nice Arena ad featuring Gregorio Paltrinieri
Title says “Swim to grow – Arena promotes the practice of swimming”. Or something like that.
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Yamamoto Corp launches anti-radiation swimwear for Fukushima workers
Read for instance RT and see yamamoto-bio.com Designed in an effort to protect Fukushima clean-up workers, Osaka-based swimwear company Yamamoto Corporation unveiled the anti-radiation garments on Thursday. The company claims that the wetsuit made from stretchy rubberized kneaded carbon can stop 100 percent of beta radiation. The swimwear – which weighs only three kilograms –…
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Adolph Kiefer – Inventing Molded Swim Goggle Gaskets
1936 Olympic Gold Medalist Backstroker Adolph Kiefer describes inventing the molded swim goggle gasket.
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Olympic Gold Medalist Cullen Jones On Ryan Lochte
Cullen Jones an Gold Medalist Olympic Swimmer discusses his new deal with Speedo, ‘What Would Ryan Lochte Do’, and the Make A Splash foundation.
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Beneath the Peel: Behind the scenes with the Dutch Swim Team
“Great ‘behind the scenes’ footage taken from a recent photoshoot with the Dutch Team in Rome. Watch as Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Jacco Verhaeren and the rest of the team get made-up for the shoot! Looking good guys!”
