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  • Read Team Danmark (in Danish), I have tried to translate it here below:

    ‘There is very little information on how the coronavirus affects athletes in hard training. But athletes and everybody else should not be doing extremely exhausting training at the moment, as this can possibly result in an increased risk of infections.’

    ‘Studies have been made in the past that support the theory that there can be a so-called ‘open window’ after very hard training (ie extremely exhausting training) where the immune system may be weakened in the hours after training. The theory is that you after hard training is more susceptible to infections, and the theory is supported with studies on marathon runners, which show increased prevalence of respiratory tract infections in the days following a race.’

    ‘That is why Team Denmark recommends that you do have extremely hard practices during these weeks and that you as always are careful with regards to overtraining. This advice is regardless of whether you have contracted the coronavirus or not, explains the Team Denmark director, Lone Hansen.’

    I (Rókur) would like to add to this story, that any alternative training that you start doing now in principle is something that your body is not used to, and that you, therefore, have to then be even more careful.

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  • Need to relax for a bit? We feel you. Take a deep breath, and dive into the soothing warm waters off the coast of the Bahamas. Thanks to the magic of the TurtleCam, we’re swimming with green sea turtles. The camera was placed on the turtle’s back by biologist Nathan Robinson and his team from the Cape Eleuthera Institute. The scientists are studying these endangered animals to help protect their species. And don’t worry, the device is completely harmless—it eventually pops off the turtle’s back and floats to the surface of the ocean.

    You can watch the Great Big Story all about these sea turtles right here: https://greatbig.is/2IVaA8s

  • You have a lot of questions about the COVID-19 pandemic and we’re doing our best to get answers for you during our 7 p.m. newscast.

  • Rachel Davies has lived and worked in Abisko, Swedish Lapland for some years. And being a swimmer this means she had to adopt to cold water. So she did.

  • Bronte Campbell said she would only withdraw from the Games under the most extreme of circumstances and if that meant catching coronavirus in Japan, that was a risk worth taking. She said the virus seemed to be spreading in any case, so the rewards were worthy of the gamble.

    “I don’t think that if they say, ‘there’s a risk to you’, that lots of athletes are going to pull out. It would take a lot for me to not want to go an Olympics. Hopefully, I would get it after I competed. But if we are going to be talking about so many people in the world getting it anyway, going to the Olympics is worth it.

    “I know it’s different from Zika but we are willing to risk a lot. I already put my health and body on the line a lot with swimming. The way the virus is going, it doesn’t seem like fit younger people are at a massive risk.

    “The only way I won’t be swimming at the Olympics is if they don’t let me go or it is canceled. That’s it.”

    Read The Sydney Morning Herald

  • Can’t go to the pool due to COVID-19? Here are 7 tips to start wild swimming in cold water instead. Story: https://simon-willis.blogspot.com/202…

  • Major sports events are being postponed and cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has insisted that the Summer Olympics will go ahead as scheduled, kicking off on July 24. However, Japanese citizens are not so hopeful. A survey by Kyodo News revealed that close to 70% don’t expect the Games to go ahead. Mr Abe said he has secured the support from G7 leaders for a “complete” Olympic Games with spectators present.

  • Swimming pool accidents can happen quickly, and most people never see them coming! The intelligent MOBOTIX & SwimEye solution detects persons lying on the pool floor within 5-20 seconds and automatically triggers an alarm in an emergency. The unique system helps lifeguards improve their reaction-time, as they initiate a rescue. Read the full story here https://www.mobotix.com/en/swimeye

  • In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the International Olympic Committee reiterated Tuesday that it believes there is “no need for any drastic decisions” regarding the viability of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, scheduled to begin July 24.

    But it also acknowledged that Olympic qualifying procedures in several sports will be modified — and soon.

    In a statement released Tuesday, the IOC said it is working with international sports federations on adjustments to Olympic qualifying processes, which it said will be finalized by the start of April.

    Though the qualification procedures vary from sport to sport, the IOC also issued guidelines for all changes — including a reliance upon “on-field results.” Any alterations to Olympic qualification processes must be based upon rankings from the international federation or historical results, it said, and the changes must “reflect, where possible, the existing principles of the respective qualification systems.”

    Read USA Today