The next round of FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 meets start on November 13 in Beijing, China, with live streaming on FinaTV. The competition times for the Beijing leg are as follows:
Wednesday, 13 November:
Start Time: 11:15 to 13:45 GMT Main TX Day 1 session 1 (PGM start 11:30 GMT)
Thursday, 14 November
Start Time: 11:15 to 13:45 GMT Main TX Day 2 (PGM start 11:30 GMT)
A friendly advice in the LiveLeak comments: “Remember, kids, when a shark attacks, you don’t have to out swim the shark, just the friends you went swimming with…”
Read Daily Record and see BBC
Sean Conway, a 32-year-old adventurer from Cheltenham, has completed a four-month-long fundraising trip swimming from Land’s End to John O’Groats.
No-one has ever completed the swim before.
I was told I was going to die & it couldn't be done. But after 135 days, I've only gone and done it #SwimmingBritain pic.twitter.com/1Fj1QAOWYS
— Sean Conway (@Conway_Sean) November 11, 2013
Here is the BBC video on YouTube
http://youtu.be/mUzM3UC19nw
And here is another video
http://youtu.be/MwHSr2VmCBQ
China’s Ying Lu en route to a gold medal in the women’s 50 meter short course butterfly at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey.
Whoops
http://youtu.be/t91KoQzAky4
You might remember this one also
http://youtu.be/Ts8zOtdcAWk
Story (in Danish) here on BT, via SwimNews.dk. My attempt to translate follows …
An eyebrow or two were raised when the Danish Sports Federation Monday morning announced the names of the three nominees for Athlete of the Year 2013. Besides [Le Mans legend] Tom Kristensen, the two relatively unknown athletes archer Maja Jager and skeet shooter Jesper Hansen are nominated for one of Denmark’s most prestigious awards. A fact that surprised most people.
And who can blame it
http://youtu.be/ofYYxIRU-00
The answer is a lot, if the pool is empty and the moose not sedated
Story here on VG, thanks Sander!
A swimmer, who was treading water off the coast of Beverly for more than an hour, was rescued Sunday morning.
