Swimmer's Daily

  • Lara Brickhouse, Michele Mazey and Jonathan Wells started the adapted aquatics program last year. The goal is to teach water safety and aquatic survival skills to students with special needs throughout the Pitt County school system.

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  • An international doping hearing for South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan has been postponed, officials here said on Friday.

    The Korea Swimming Federation (KSF) said FINA, the international governing body of swimming, has put off the hearing originally scheduled for Feb. 27 in Lausanne, Switzerland. No new date has been set, the KSF added.

    The KSF explained that Park had asked FINA to delay the hearing because he needed more time to prepare.

    Park, a four-time Olympic medalist and two-time world champ, tested positive for testosterone, a substance banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), after submitting two urine samples to FINA on Sept. 3.

    Earlier this month, prosecutors in Seoul indicted the doctor who apparently injected the banned substance into Park on charges of professional negligence.

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    Photo by KOREA.NET – Official page of the Republic of Korea

  • I often (OK always) take cameras down to Sydney’s famous Sea pools for the first quick and dirty test. Why? I find that working quick, in the near dark, run and gun style with little research or prep is a great test for any camera. I get to see how easily I can move around with the camera and how straightforward it is to change speeds, ISO and shutters on the fly. Being forced to shoot hand held gives me a great idea of the camera’s ergonomics and how easy it is to use in different shooting positions. Usually on a commercial shoot I have the luxury of a 1st AC to pull focus. Going handheld and focussing myself gives me a better insight into how good the EVF or monitor is, and how good any peaking or focus aids are. Finally the Sea pools are a visual challenge for any camera – the combination of people and water in harsh, unforgiving light is a great test. I get to examine sharpness, slow motion artefacts and dynamic range all in one location.

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  • Disgorging is part of the traditional method for either sparkling wine or Champagne where you remove the yeast sediment. After the second fermentation, the wine rests on lees (dead yeast cells.) In most wineries, the yeast cells are disgorged, generally by freezing the yeast plug and removing it, before final corking and caging.

    But Movia Puro Rose is one of the few wines that left this process out. When you order a bottle in a restaurant, the bottle is disgorged tableside underwater.

    Consider it a science experiment. When the neck is immersed in water, the cage is removed. From there, you’ll wait in eager anticipation as pressure builds up. Then, the cork pops out, along with the yeast plug.

    The wine is then poured and ready to drink, free of any yeast sediment. Supposedly the extra time on the yeast lends itself to a creamier wine. We’ll let you be the decider. If anything, it makes the evening more fun.

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  • Olympic gold medalists Cullen Jones and Ryan Lochte talk about why they swim. #FunnestSport

    Courtesy of USA Swimming on YouTube

  • The Santa Clara Gold Rush, narrated by Bing Crosby and produced in 1968 tells the story of how George Haines helped to make Santa Clara world renown in the sport of swimming.

    Courtesy of swimminghalloffame on YouTube

  • Olympic silver medallist Keri-anne Payne and her Warrender teammate, IPC Swimming European silver medallist Scott Quin look ahead to this summer’s IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow with just 150 days to go.

    Courtesy of BritishSwimming on YouTube

  • To celebrate Saint Valentines Day we present to you the Longest Underwater Kiss (mouth to mouth breathing)!

    Antonio de la Rosa Suarez (Spain) was able to stay underwater sat at the bottom of a tank for 7 min 1 sec by being given air through kisses from Esperanza Ruiz Aranda and Sonia Matesanz (both Spain) who took it in turns to swim down to him. The attempt was made on the set of ‘Guinness World Records’ in Madrid, Spain, on 28 January 2009.

    The record has since been broken by Nikolay Linder (Germany) at the Tauchcenter Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany on 18 March 2012 with a time of 20 minutes and 11 seconds.

    Courtesy of Guinness World Records on YouTube

    http://youtu.be/h0cQWhaWTFs

  • A bird’s eye look at the opening night of the 2015 Arena Pro Swim at Orlando at the YMCA Aquatic Center.

    Courtesy of USA Swimming on YouTube