“Marathon swimmer Diana Nyad says she considers herself a spiritual person and an atheist. Watch her eye-opening round of Soul to Soul.”
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CC photo #652: Paul and Pál at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs
Germany’s Paul Biedermann and Faroe Island’s Pál Joensen after the 5th heat of the men’s 400 meter freestyle prelims at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. They both qualified for the final, where Paul became World Champion and Pál was 5th. See the result list here.
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What Diana Nyad Did the Morning After Her Historic Swim
At age 64, she had just become the first person to swim 110 miles from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. So what did Diana Nyad do the morning after making history?
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Efimova, Le Clos, Morozov shine at Swimming World Cup in Moscow
Russian swimmers Yulia Efimova and Vladimir Morozov please the home crowd as Olympic champion Chad le Clos also wins big at the Moscow leg of the short-course Swimming World Cup.
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Aquaman the Movie (Official Fake Trailer)
“Aquaman used to be the joke of the superhero community… ”
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CC photo #651: Danila Izotov bronze in the 200 free at BCN2013
Russia’s Danila Izotov on the medal podium after winning bronze in the men’s 200 meter freestyle at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. See the result list here.
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Aalborg with Mie Ø. Nielsen take down two Danish records in one race
At the Tyrmót Ægis in ReykjavÃk today, the team from Aalborg in Denmark managed to break two Danish records in one race, clocking 1:50.61 in the women’s 4×50 medley, with Mie Ø. Nielsen leading out with a time of 26.96 and new Danish record in the first 50 backstroke. That is less than a second slower than the 1:49.87 world record that Indiana University had until yesterday, only now not mixed but girls only. The now former Danish women’s record in the 4×50 medley was Kvik Kastrup 1:51.29 in 2009, and the Danish women’s 50 back record Mie Ø. Nielsen’s 26.98 from the Danish team championships in March 2012. The meet results can be found here but the results from the last session are still missing.
And Coach Leifi’s photo is awesome! :-)
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Are 512 pushups too many for a swimmer? A Missouri jury says no
Read The Wichita EagleFive hundred twelve pushups.
Twice.
That’s 1,024 pushups.
Alexandra “Ali†Swee, now a Memphis, Tenn., college student, says she was told to do them one night five years ago during a Blue Springs practice when she was a 13-year-old member of the Kansas City Blazers swim club.
She contended the excessive pushups represented punishment dished out by her coach and contributed to shoulder pain that continues today. Her family filed suit, seeking money for past and future medical expenses related to her shoulder issues.
Her former coach and representatives of USA Swimming, the national organization with which the Blazers are affiliated, maintained the pushups were part of an occasional exercise intended to motivate swimmers to improve their speed.
Late Friday, a Jackson County jury ruled for the defendants.
Image courtesy of lachicaresaka, CC BY-ND 2.0
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CC photo #650: Sun Yang happy with his BCN2013 win in the 400 free
Sun Yang screaming with clenched fists after winning the men’s 400 meter freestyle final at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. See the result list here.
