Category: Wow
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33̬ Trofeu Ciutat de Barcelona 2012 РRecap Day 1
Brilliant summary video here from the first day of the Mare Nostrum 2012 meet in Barcelona today, courtesy of the host Club Natació Sant Andreu.
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Wow, the London 2012 victory ceremony uniforms are, ehm, ‘special’
They are not impressed on Jezebel, calling the medal presenters’ uniforms ‘overly fussy’ and ‘something to wear if aliens ever land on earth’. Supposed to “represent London and its architecture with a modern twist.” You decide. Image courtesy of LOCOG
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Windle youngest ever to qualify for the US Olympic diving trials, is awesome
13-year-old Jordan Pisey Windle is the youngest ever to qualify for the U.S. Olympic diving trials, held in Seattle later this month. Adopted from Cambodia as a baby and raised by two dads, he recently released his own “It Gets Better” spot, and will serve as the grand marshal for Central Indian’s upcoming Pride Parade.…
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Lost in space with jellyfish
Nana Trongratanawong gopro-ing herself while snorkeling in Jellyfish Lake in Palau. She has another nice video on Vimeo filming mantas
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Crazy Russian gymnasts working out on a construction crane
Totally in the ‘Can you do this?‘ category, but please don’t !! Via Neatorama
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Behold, Adrian & Co’s 5,000 square feet ‘fortress of focus’
In a luxurious, cliff-hanging mansion in the Oakland hills, Cal graduates Nathan Adrian, Will Copeland, Graeme Moore (RSA) and Sean Mahoney have lived for a year, in a 5,000 square feet, six bedrooms temporary home with a living room in which you could (and they did) play badminton. They call it ‘The Mansh’, and share…
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U.S. Olympic swimmers float on cash
“Americans love to swim: 93 million people do so and spend $1.4 billion on suits every year. For professional swimmers, this means both lucrative sponsorship and a deep-pocketed support organization — USA Swimming raises about $100 million a year, from its nearly 300,000 members’ registration fees, taking a share of about a sixth of that…
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Excelade, the hot thing on deck this morning
So Danish / Icelandic coach Mads Claussen of Reach Elite showed me this new iPhone / iPad app this morning called Excelade, that allows you to video record and analyse technique in sports, and share it online from within the app, with precision slow-motion, side-by-side comparison and ability to record a review. At the cost…
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Behold, the Sea Lion amphibious sports car
125 mph on land, 60 mph on sea, you need this :-) Read more here on MailOnline