No one would have blamed Matt Abood if, during the course of his unlucky journey, he decided that it was all too hard and gave swimming away. The freestyle sprinter has made three world championship teams for Australia and was a member of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay team that won gold in Shanghai in 2011, but has never swum at an Olympic or Commonwealth Games.
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Eamon Sullivan retires dues to ongoing shoulder problems
Former freestyle world record holder Eamon Sullivan has announced his immediate retirement from competitive swimming due to ongoing shoulder injury concerns.
Once holder of the 50m and 100m freestyle world records, West Australian Sullivan – who won two Olympic silver medals in Beijing – had been plagued by shoulder issues in recent times.
The 28-year-old had been hoping surgery – which caused him to withdraw from the Glasgow Commonwealth Games team – would extend his swimming career until the 2016 Olympics.
Read ABC
http://youtu.be/tv-x6UcfB9g
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Swimming Australia #OurTeam Fast Facts 4
When they are not training or racing ‪#‎OurTeam‬ surfs, dunks, sleeps, eats, rests, rides, walks, slides, shops, cooks, tweets and dreams about what it means to ‪#‎Swim4Gold
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Ellie Simmonds Reveals How To Swim Happy
This summer, Ellie Simmonds is encouraging the nation to get back in the water and rediscover their love of swimming with an exclusive SwimBritain training session.
A new four-week study by British Gas SwimBritain reveals that swimming increases sleep quality, energy levels and fitness. In fact, it can improve well-being by 20% after only one 30 minute session – just one more reason to join Ellie and get back in the pool.
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Camille Muffat retires after quarrel with coach
Read NBC Sports and original story on L’Equipe
France’s Camille Muffat, a rival to U.S. stars Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky, has abruptly retired due to a dispute with her coach, according to L’Equipe.
“I have taken a big decision to stop swimming,†she said, according to L’Equipe, translated by Agence France-Presse. “[The disagreement with coach Fabrice Pellerin] will stay between us like many other things, good or bad, but I mention that because that was what started things off.â€
Image courtesy of Jmex, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Ian Thorpe comes out as gay
Photo by Doha Stadium Plus, CC BY 2.0 After years of dismissing speculation about his sexuality, Ian Thorpe has revealed he is gay.Thorpe made the admission in a tell-all interview with Sir Michael Parkinson, News Corp reports.
The interview, which will air on Sunday night on Channel Ten, has been described by Sir Michael as one he had wanted to do for a long time.
Read The Sydney Morning Herald
http://youtu.be/cKeGH7FaAYA
Here is the full interview
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Life is hard without internet :-)
Sorry about this site being so dead these days. I’m on a family holiday to Lake Garda in Italy and back, which meant that there wasn’t time while driving, and then unfortunately bad internet here at the camp site. We will be back in Denmark late Saturday, though still on holiday. In the meantime, please enjoy this sloth we saw in Randers Regnskov in Denmark, that was way more active than me ! :-)
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Sarah Sjöström 24.43 and New 50 Fly World Record
At the Swedish national championships, yesterday, Sarah Sjöström absolutely demolished the women’s 50 meter butterfly world record, clocking 24.43 seconds where Therese Alshammer’s world record from the Rome 2009 World Championships was 25.07 seconds. That is the 7th biggest improvement ever of a world record according to masterskapssidan.se. See the result list here.
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Chippewa county kids learn to swim for free, in memory of boy who drown
A Cornell grandmother is making a difference one swimming lesson and one life jacket at a time. The Chippewa Valley community has banded together to help her cause, with a 4-year-old boy at the center of it all.
At age 11 Greg Chojnacki is learning how to kick, scoop and dive for the first time. Greg’s mom, Sarah Chojnacki, says, “I’m not always going to be there. He’ll be with his friends and stuff and me knowing that he’ll actually be able to swim and take care of himself is very important to me.”
See WQOW
