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  • Dreams expert Ian Wallace offers advice to callers.

    https://youtu.be/Y48nkI26hWU

  • The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an advert by Taiwanese electronics company HTC featuring Olympic diver Tom Daley, after it implied that one of its mobile phones could be used in swimming pools.

    The ad sees Mr Daley using the HTC U11 to take selfies while diving from a board and landing in the swimming pool below, submerging the phone in the water.

    But a complainant contacted the ASA after noting that while the instructions for the phone stated it was water resistant in fresh water, the ad misleadingly implied the product would also work in a pool with chlorinated water.

    HTC Europe defended the advertisement, saying that, by landing feet first, Mr Daley was able to keep the U11 within the 1m depth required to remain within the phone’s capabilities.

    It added that the handset could work in different liquid environments for various periods of time, but there were too many variations of water temperature and chemical composition to “provide a statement” that the U11 was compatible with most standard swimming pools.

    Read The Telegraph

  • Another Wonderful Day at the pool!

  • The men’s Europa Cup Super Final in Rijeka began with Spain’s stunning 7-goal win over Olympic silver medallist Italy. Olympic champion Serbia didn’t leave too much chance to arch-rival Montenegro while host Croatia blew France away. Hungary and Greece produced the opening day’s best encounter which ended in a thrilling 9-9 draw. 

    1 NAGY HUN HUN – GRE Hungary (white cap) -Vs. Greece (blue cap) LEN Europa Cup Men 2018 finals Water Polo, Pallanuoto Rijeka, CRO Croatia Day01 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    7 RENZUTO IODICE ITA, 5 LARUMBE GONFAUS ESP ITA – ESP Italy (white cap) Vs. Spain (blue cap) LEN Europa Cup Men 2018 finals Water Polo, Pallanuoto Rijeka, CRO Croatia Day01 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    5 FONDELLI ITA ITA – ESP Italy (white cap) Vs. Spain (blue cap) LEN Europa Cup Men 2018 finals Water Polo, Pallanuoto Rijeka, CRO Croatia Day01 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    1 LOPEZ PINEDO ESP ITA – ESP Italy (white cap) Vs. Spain (blue cap) LEN Europa Cup Men 2018 finals Water Polo, Pallanuoto Rijeka, CRO Croatia Day01 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    10 BODEGAS ITA, 2 VELOTTO ITA ITA – ESP Italy (white cap) Vs. Spain (blue cap) LEN Europa Cup Men 2018 finals Water Polo, Pallanuoto Rijeka, CRO Croatia Day01 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    1 DEL LUNGO ITA ITA – ESP Italy (white cap) Vs. Spain (blue cap) LEN Europa Cup Men 2018 finals Water Polo, Pallanuoto Rijeka, CRO Croatia Day01 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
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    11 SETKA CRO, 12 GARCIA GADEA FRA FRA – CRO France (white cap) Vs. Croatia (blue cap) LEN Europa Cup Men 2018 finals Water Polo, Pallanuoto Rijeka, CRO Croatia Day01 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    1 BIJAC CRO FRA – CRO France (white cap) Vs. Croatia (blue cap) LEN Europa Cup Men 2018 finals Water Polo, Pallanuoto Rijeka, CRO Croatia Day01 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    3 FATOVIC CRO FRA – CRO France (white cap) Vs. Croatia (blue cap) LEN Europa Cup Men 2018 finals Water Polo, Pallanuoto Rijeka, CRO Croatia Day01 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
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    6 PIJETLOVIC SRB SRB – MNE Serbia (white cap) Vs. Montenegro (blue cap) LEN Europa Cup Men 2018 finals Water Polo, Pallanuoto Rijeka, CRO Croatia Day01 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    8 DURDIC MNE, 10 FILIPOVIC SRB SRB – MNE Serbia (white cap) Vs. Montenegro (blue cap) LEN Europa Cup Men 2018 finals Water Polo, Pallanuoto Rijeka, CRO Croatia Day01 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    7 JAKSIC SRB, 9 MOURIKIS GRE HUN – GRE Hungary (white cap) -Vs. Greece (blue cap) LEN Europa Cup Men 2018 finals Water Polo, Pallanuoto Rijeka, CRO Croatia Day01 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    MARCZ Coach HUN HUN – GRE Hungary (white cap) -Vs. Greece (blue cap) LEN Europa Cup Men 2018 finals Water Polo, Pallanuoto Rijeka, CRO Croatia Day01 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto
    2 GENIDOUNIAS GRE, 4 ZALANKI HUN HUN – GRE Hungary (white cap) -Vs. Greece (blue cap) LEN Europa Cup Men 2018 finals Water Polo, Pallanuoto Rijeka, CRO Croatia Day01 Photo © Giorgio Scala/Deepbluemedia/Insidefoto

    The opening match couldn’t have been any better as it offered some brilliant goals and loads of excitements. Greece enjoyed a great spell in the second period, scoring five goals but Hungary responded well with a 3-0 rush in the third to equalise at 6-6. Still, the Greeks seemed to have the upper hand in the fourth at 7-9 with 5:10 to go but the Magyar side fought hard and saved the match to a 9-9 draw.

    A bit surprisingly, Spain thrashed Italy 11-4 in the second game – it was perhaps the worst performance from the Settebello in this decade. At one point they were 1-8 down, could score only twice in the first three periods. At the same time the Spaniards, host of this summer water polo Europeans in Barcelona in July, opened their campaign with a confidence-boosting win.

    As it was expected, Croatia blew the French away in Group B. The world champions staged a pretty strong start, rushed to a 6-1 lead in eight minutes and rolled on – in an entertaining match they managed to score 20 goals in front.

    The closing encounter of the opening day seemed to be a balanced affair for almost two periods when Montenegro missed a penalty while the Serbs scored a last-grasp goal from a 6 on 5, making it 6-3 instead of 5 4. When the Olympic champion side added another one for 7-3 early in the third that visibly broke the Montenegrins who could never come closer in the second half. 

    Match reports

    Group A: Hungary v Greece 9-9

    Hungary came from behind to save this great game to a draw while Greece wasted a handful of chances to secure its win in the Super Final opener. After a calmer first period which saw a goal apiece and a series of missed 6 on 5s, the Greeks started rolling in the rematch of last summer’s World Championships semi-final. In a rare scene, they netted five goals within a period against the world silver medallists and gained a massive three-goal lead.

    However, the Hungarians – playing the first big tournament in 18 years without an Olympic champion player in their line-up – showed their better half and netted three straight goals in 2:37 minutes to make it 6-6. They even had a shot to take the lead but the crossbar saved the Greeks and Marios Kapotsis sent the ball home at the other end from the distance.

    A nice action goal early in the fourth brought Hungary to even once more but a double in 57 seconds seemed to give the edge for the Greeks at 7-9. However, they couldn’t add any more in the remaining 5:10 minutes and the Magyars managed to equalise – the last blast came from their rocket-launcher Marton Vamos with 47 seconds from time.

    Group A: Italy v Spain 4-11

    By the beginning of the second half both reserve goalkeepers were in the water – but for very different reasons. Italy’s Marco del Luongo put himself in a downward spiral in the first Spanish attack as an easy ball sailed through his hands – and he couldn’t recover from that, later he had to be substituted. By then Spain was far away, as the Spaniards managed to ride the wave, took a 0-3 lead while Dani Lopez delivered a couple of great saves in front of their cage. Italy’s first goal came after 10:44 minutes but that turned out to be an exception as their rivals defended really well and was effective in front, too.

    Italy’s misery just got worse in the third, they couldn’t even make advantage of Dani Lopez’s sad finger injury which forced him to sit out for the second half. His substitute Eduardo Bejar began with some fine stops to further strengthen his team’s confidence and his mates rolled on, scoring from counters, 6 on 5s to go 1-8 up. The Italians could score once more after another 10:30 minutes but they visibly fell apart while Spain kept its disciplined play and was 2-10 up early in the last quarter, putting Italy’s worst beating in recent years in sight. It finished when seven goals separated the sides, still, Sandro Campagna had to admit that he hadn’t seen his Italian team playing that bad in recent years.

    Group B: France v Croatia 5-20

    It was a lopsided match right from the beginning. Croatia scored three goals in its first three possessions and rushed to a 1-6 lead by the end of the first period. The two sides represented different quality, the world champion Croats were better in each element of the game and dominated physically as well. It’s a telling number that the hosts were 20 for 27 in making their shots. Remi Garsau could produce three saves in the game and their team-mates didn’t help him in defence as the Croatian super-shooters made most of their chances from the centre, the perimeter and 6 on 5s.

    Group B: Serbia v Montenegro 9-5

    In the heavy-weight bout of the opening day Serbia didn’t leave too much chance to its ‘brothers’. Montenegro opened the scoring with a fine goal from the centre and had a man-up to double this lead, instead the Serbs equalised at the other end from a perfectly carved 6 on 5. It was a balanced opening period, still, the usual big blast from Filip Filipovic in an extra put the Olympic champions ahead with 5 seconds from time.

    In the second the Serbs started dominating, Dusko Pijetlovic netted a man-up than lobbed magnificently from the centre while Branislav Mitrovic stopped a penalty. It could have been 5-4, instead 6-3 appeared on the scoreboard in the middle break since Gavril Subotic put away the ball from a 6 on 5, just beating the buzzer. The third began with a Serbian penalty, Filipovic buried it to make it 7-3 while the Montenegrins missed their next 6 on 5, providing a sharp contrast on how effectively the sides dealt with their key opportunities. As a consequence it stood 8-4 before the last period and that prepared the field for eight calm minutes, producing one goal apiece.

    LEN Europa Cup Super Final – Day 1

    Group A

    Hungary v Greece 9-9
    Italy v Spain 4-11

    Standings

    1. Spain 3, 2-3. Greece, Hungary 1-1, 4. Italy 0

    Group B

    France v Croatia 5-20
    Serbia v Montenegro 9-5 

    Standings

    1. Croatia 3, 2. Serbia 3, 3. Montenegro 0, 4. France 0

    Remaining schedule

    Friday, 6 April

    16:00 Hungary v Italy
    17:30 Croatia v Montenegro
    19:00 Serbia v France
    20:30 Spain v Greece

    Saturday, 7 April

    16:00 Italy v Greece
    17:30 France v Montenegro
    19:00 Serbia v Croatia
    20:30 Hungary v Spain

    Sunday, 8 April 2018

    16:00 For places 7-8
    17:30 For places 5-6
    19:00 Bronze Medal Game
    20:30 Men’s Europa Cup Final

    For free live streaming of each game, live scoring, stats and play-by-play action visit www.len.eu

    Press release from LEN

  • Gold Coast – South Africa’s Chad le Clos said on Thursday he would rather come second in the Commonwealth Games 50m butterfly after gold medal favourite Ben Proud was disqualified for a false start.

    Proud dominated Le Clos in their heat and clocked what would have been a Games record 22:84 seconds, but England’s defending champion was adjudged to have moved early on the blocks.

    It left Le Clos as the fastest swimmer in the morning’s prelims in Gold Coast with a time of 23.53. But the four-time world champion insisted he would prefer to line up against Proud than go for gold without him.

    “Absolutely, I’d rather come second – straight up,” Le Clos said.

    “I’d rather come second to somebody that deserves to win, but we’ll see what happens.”

    “I didn’t see him flinch at all,” added Le Clos, who is contesting seven events in Australia as he bids to become the most successful athlete in Commonwealth Games history.

    “No one likes to see that. As you can see he’s clearly the best 50m fly swimmer in the world. Hopefully they can overturn that, but it is what it is. Whether he’s there or not, I’m going to swim to win.”

    Read Sport24

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  • Courtesy of Reviews for Product

    History

    History Of Swimming

    In October 1933, about 10,000 years old cave and Rock swimming art were originated by Hungarian explorer ‘Laszloalmasy’. It is named due to portraits of people with bent limbs and contains painted rocks pictures. In Mehenjo Daro Pakistan, ‘Great Bath’ was the first swimming pool since 2800.

    Books

    In 1953: The first swimming book named ‘Colymbetes’ was written by German professor Nikolauswynmann. His main purpose was to minimize the danger.

    In 1587: A swimming book was also written by Everard Digby whose aim was that Humans can swim better than fishes.

    In 1595: A book was written on how to swim by Christopher Middleton which includes different examples of various types of swimming.

    In 1603: Dig by introduced a book where it was mentioned most important forms of swimming.

    In 1696: Melchisedechthevenot, a French author wrote a book which includes the art of swimming. It is similar to the latest breaststroke.

    In 1793: Gutsmuths which is from schnepfenthal located I Germany wrote a gymnastic book which includes an important section of swimming.

    In 1794: Kanonikusoronzio de Bernadi which is from Italy wrote a swimming book whose main focus was on floating practices.

    In 1798: A book named ‘Kleineslehrbuchder’ was written by Gutsmuths who recommended to use fishing rod while learning swimming. It also includes how to learn swimming.

    Competition

    In 1800: In the early 1800S in England, the swimming arises as a competitive sport.

    In 1828: The St. George Bath was the first indoor swimming pool that was opened to the public.

    In 1794: The two-volume book about the swimming was written by Kanonikusoronzio de Bernadi which was from Italy which includes floating practices.

    In 1830: In about 1830, competitive swimming arises in Britain that uses mainly breaststroke.

    In 1840: The British introduced speeder sidestroke where the swimmer lies on one side.

    In 1875: Between France and England, Matthew captain was the very first man to swim the English channel.

    In 1926: The Gertrude Ederle was the first woman in the year 1926 that swim through English channel and made the contemporary record in that.

    In 1928: The David Armbruster, a coach at the University, began the scientific study of swimming in the year 1928 that filmed underwater swimming.

    In 1934: Armbuster made a method to develop overwater swimming that brings the arm in the forward direction.

    In 1935: Jack Seig, a scientist developed a new technique for fishtail swimming that involves swimming through face down.

    In 1935: During official swimming competition, men wore the topless swimsuit for the first time.

    In 1943: Bikini was introduced in Paris as the US reduced the fabric of swimsuit by 10 percent that results in the two-piece swimsuit.

    In 1956: Flip turn was first introduced during the games in Melbourne.

    In 1991: The rules of swimming was changed so that to make sure the safety and health of swimmers.

    In 2005: Fina introduced underwater dolphin kick along with the breaststroke motion.

    In 2010: From Fina competition, body skins were banned after the demand of many federal swimmers.

    Reference Links:-

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_swimming

    https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ikv9cLfBsNMC

    https://www.livestrong.com/article/342427-the-history-of-competitive-swimming/

     

  • How well do our #OurTeamGC know their roomates? Find out all the goss.

  • The annual April Fool’s Day Swim for charity, sponsored by the Chatham Cape Cod fire department, was held on April 2nd this year due to the 1st falling on Easter Sunday. Despite a day of snow and drizzle and 39 ° water temperature at Hardings Beach, about 50 brave people took the plunge and had a great time doing it. Shot and edited with a Galaxy S8 in slow motion mode.

    https://youtu.be/eIVTGzWve5w

  • This is a video from Cape Shanck, Victoria, Australia (about an hour and a half south of Melbourne) of a diver who looks up to realize there’s a great white swimming right above him.

    See Geekologie