“Local swimmer tries to make it big in the swimming world.”
-
-
Speedo Advisors | Body alignment in the water by Dave McNulty
“How to begin swimming for fitness. Swimming advice and tips from our expect Dave McNulty.”
-
Chinese Olympic champion Sun Yang detained for seven days after driving without licence
Read for instance BBC and Inside The Games
China’s Olympic gold medallist Sun Yang could face up to 15 days in detention after he was caught driving without a licence yesterday.
Yang was involved in a car accident in Hangzhou on Sunday afternoon when a bus collided with his Porsche Cayenne, which he claimed he had borrowed from a relative.
When asked by Hangzhou officials, the 21-year-old was unable to provide a valid driving licence and consequently faces a fine between 200 (£20/$33/€24) and 2000 yuan (£200/$328/€243) and up to 15 days in detention.
“After looking into the system, we did not find any record of his licence,” said a Hangzhou official.
“Sun admitted he did not have one.”
-
Ranomi Kromowidjojo on her expectations and preparations towards Herning 2013
Read interview on herning2013.com
What are your expectations to this year’s European Short Course Championships?
– I’m really looking forward to swim the European Championship Short Course. Because the last 2 years my focus was totally on the Olympics and the Worlds, I mostly swam long course. So I feel that I can improve in my personal best times also in Short Course.
Image courtesy of Michiel Jelijs, CC BY 2.0
-
CC photo #673: Me being interviewed by Faroese TV
Me being interviewed by the Faroese national TV station, about our selections for the Herning 2013 Europeans and the Nordic Juniors and Champs her in the Faroe Islands in December. It went OK, I think, just have to remember never to do basic maths on live TV ;-)
-
Jacco Verhaeren excited about the Instabeat ‘Google Glass’ of swimming
Read SportNext (in Dutch)‘It sounds unlikely, as water and technology do not mix, and yet there is a ‘Google Glass’ project for the sport of swimming in development, under the name Instabeat. The silicon display is attached to goggles and gives the swimmer feedback on the progress. Gijsbregt Brouwer spoke at the BNR Sportzaken about the potential of Instabeat and Jacco Verhaeren was excited. Opportunities for the athletes and for the fans.’ […]
‘Jacco Verhaeren is enthusiastic: “What I really like about this product is the direct feedback. We work a lot with technology and everything we develop is also about direct feedback.’
-
Man who jumped into freezing cold sea ‘probably saved by beers’
Oh no, crazy British news that will probably make a lot of us drink beer, ‘just in case’
A man left close to death after leaping from the Herne Bay pier into the sea may have been saved by the eight beers he drank before jumping.
He and a pal stripped to their underwear and plunged into the cold water after a drinking session.
But the foolish pair had to be rescued by emergency crews after struggling for 45 minutes to get ashore. […]
“The paramedics said that it probably kept him alive, because his body had slowed down so much that it might have helped him.
Read more on KentOnline
Photo courtesy of William Warby, CC BY 2.0
-
Swimmer Died After Being Trapped At Tilly Whim Caves
Read BBC
A woman has died after becoming trapped in a sea cave off the Dorset coast.
A coastguard rescue team was called to Tilly Whim Caves in Durlston, near Swanage, on Saturday afternoon, after a man swimming with her raised the alarm.
He was winched to safety but the woman, aged 30, had become trapped in the caves at sea level. By the time rescuers reached her she had died.
The man, 31, was unhurt. Rescuers were unable to retrieve the woman’s body as it was deemed “too dangerous”.
http://youtu.be/4gZxbqE7mzE
-
CC photo #672: Me being interviewed by Faroese radio
Me being interviewed by our national radio station, after the last meet of this qualification period for the Nordic Juniors, Nordic Champs and European Champs 2013. Bartal excused himself for not getting a better picture of me. I just had to say it like it is, that this is how I look; fat and constantly slightly baffled. Tomorrow the TV station :-)
