Read Howard Jacobs Athletes Lawyer Blog
Omar Pinzon’s long fight to clear his name is finally over, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CASâ€) issuing its final decision exonerating him earlier this week.
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8-year-old boy survives hours at sea thinking of mum and dad and “swim, swim, swim and don’t stopâ€
Read news.com.auIsiah Andrew, was holidaying in the Solomon Islands’ capital Honiara, when flash flooding associated with Cyclone Ita tore through hundreds of homes killing 17 people, with 30 still missing and thousands homeless.
“I was shocked to see how fast the river rose. I could not run anywhere because the house was surrounded with water and there were pieces of metal and scraps all over the place crushing against each other,†the child told a development officer of the United Nations Children’s Fund.
“I was trying my best to hold on to the coconut tree trunk but the current was so strong, pieces of metal, grass, mud, and plastics were all over me. I could also see our house collapsing. It was then that I decided to let go because the house might collapse on me.†[…]
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Thorpe’s agent Erskine says Ian is “quite sickâ€, but no risk of losing use of arm
Read for instance ABCErskine rubbished reports that Thorpe could lose the use of his arm because of the infections, but said Thorpe would never swim again competitively.
“From a competitive point of view – he will not be swimming competitively again I don’t think,” Erskine said.
“The shoulder operation was a major operation. He’s got as many plates as Barry Sheene,” he added, referring to the now deceased world champion motorcycle rider.
It is understood the infection contracted by Thorpe is similar in nature to the potentially deadly Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) superbug that has swept some hospitals in Europe.
http://youtu.be/w21sxXzmMy8
Photo by Doha Stadium Plus
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Whoops, Dutch reporter falls overboard during interview
An interview with Kampen mayor Bort Koelewijn literally goes overboard, when the reporter misjudges the support of the rigging. But the mayor is quick on his feet, and offers the lovely lady first his mayoral chain, and then a maybe more appropriate life buoy. Sound guy is nice too :-)
See for instance nieuws.nl
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Human remains found in search for woman ‘taken’ by large shark in Australia
See CNN
A cap and goggles belonging to a 63-year-old woman presumed to have been “taken” by a large shark while swimming off the coast of Australia have been found, along with human remains, police said Friday.
The search for Christine Armstrong was ongoing Friday morning, New South Wales Police said in a statement.
Armstrong was swimming Thursday with a group of friends off a beach in Tathra in New South Wales when she complained and headed back to shore, Police Inspector Jason Edmunds said.
The rest of the group, including her husband, later saw a shark, estimated to be about 11 feet long, swimming near them, causing them to bunch together for safety.
They swam back to the beach club, but found no trace that Armstrong made it back.
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New Philly pools rules require kids to swim a length before going in the deep end
See nbc10.com
A tragic child drowning at a Philadelphia Parks and Recreation pool last year will mean stricter rules for young swimmers who visit city pools this summer.
The biggest change:Â all camp swimmers will have to swim from one end of the pool to the other before they’ll be allowed in the deep end.
On July 18, 2013, Ja’briel O’Connor was visiting the Cobbs Creek Recreation Center pool with his summer camp when he ventured into the deeper end of the pool. O’Connor, who was 7 and 4-foot-4-inches tall, panicked in the water, which was 5-feet deep.
He did not know how to swim.
According to the Philadelphia Medical Examiner, O’Connor suffered cardiac arrest and sank to the bottom of the pool, unnoticed.
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Swimming Nutrition – 2014 Australian Swimming Championships
Courtesy of Swimming Australia
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Ian Thorpe ‘in intensive care’, might lose use of left arm
Swimming great Ian Thorpe is reportedly in intensive care in a Sydney hospital with a serious infection that may cause him to lose the use of his left arm.
Network Seven reported on Tuesday that the 31-year-old five-time Olympic gold medallist contracted the infection after surgery at a hospital near his home in the Swiss town of Ronco sopra Ascona.
He is now in intensive care in Sydney and Seven said Thorpe’s close associates fear he could lose the use of his left arm.
Thorpe’s father revealed in February that the swimmer was battling depression.
http://youtu.be/oegnrai90j4
See also MSN
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Natación para Bebés Barcelona – Lenoarmi 2013
Infant swimming in Barcelona