Category: Organization
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YMCA – Detroit Swims
See ydetroitswims.org, “In the city of Detroit, 7 out of 10 children cannot swim, putting our children at an unacceptable risk of drowning. No child should fear the water. To teach a child to swim, we need to raise $100 per child. In addition, many children do not have suitable swimwear, so we also need…
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Toronto Swim Club: Why Swim?
Courtesy of Toronto Swim Club Toronto Swim Club: Why Swim? from Melissa Dozois on Vimeo.
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Swimming: A study of biomechanics using underwater motion capture
“A demonstration of how a combined underwater and land-based motion capture system can be used to analyse movements of swimmers. In this video, we’re analysing swimmers in Sweden’s national swim team, studying the start, dive and the first 15 meters underwater. Shot in BorÃ¥s Swimming Arena, Sweden.”
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Bitter battle of words between Leigh Nugent, Swimming Australia and AOC
Yesterday, Australian Olympic Committee boss John Coates ‘put a line through‘ now former Australian Swimming national head coach Leigh Nugent, saying that he has to take a lot of responsibility for the handling of the Pre-Games Stilnox incident, and “just let me say he won’t ever be on one of our teams again. And that’s…
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AOC decides no futher sanctions for ‘Stilnox six’
Read ABC Swimming Australia’s ‘Stilnox six’ have escaped any further punishment from the AOC for their behaviour at London 2012, but have been warned that any further breach of conduct could render them ineligible for the Rio 2016 Olympics. Eamon Sullivan, Matt Targett, James Magnussen, James Roberts, Tommaso D’Orsogna and Cameron McEvoy were involved in…
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Aussie ‘Stilnox six’ face AOC punishment
Read ninemsn Australia’s controversial men’s freestyle relay team will be punished by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) on Friday. The six Australian men’s freestyle swimmers face sanctions including loss of AOC funding as a result of their ill-fated bonding session before last year’s London Olympics. The swimmers – Eamon Sullivan, Matt Targett, James Magnussen, James…
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Drowning confirmed as Vejle Fjord Svøm swimmer’s cause of death
See the Danish Swimming Federation (in Danish) ‘Based on the autopsy, the police announced Wednesday afternoon that the woman who died during the Vejle Fjordsvøm on Sunday, died because of drowning. The Danish Swimming Federation is now awaiting the police’s overall report, including witness interviews.’ Image courtesy of Madis Veskimeister, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Shallow water blackout can kill experienced swimmers
See wbaltv.com It may at first make little sense, how an expert swimmer physically fit and water savvy can drown. It nearly claimed the life of competitive swimmer 15-year-old Chris Pilotte, during practice with a Baltimore County swim team last year. “They realized that I was under water and they pulled me out and did…