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Just 18 months after the death of Norwegian swimming star Alexander Dale Oen, elite swimming in Norway is at a standstill national head coach Petter Lovberg admitted to NRK.no recently.
“It’s in the cards that we now have to start all over again,” Lovberg said of the greatest challenge of his career.
A cap, a water bottle, a pen, a pin, a key ring, a USB disk, a T-shirt, a flask of pool water and ‘Droppy’. Photo taken at our hotel in Istanbul, back then.
Diana Nyad on perseverance and what it takes to be a long distance swimmer. Join Diana on her 48-hour #SwimForRelief:http://bit.ly/Swim4Relief
When you are an 11-time Olympic medalist and generally considered the best male swimmer in the world, you can train anywhere you want to.
Ryan Lochte told The Observer Monday in an exclusive interview he has decided to train at SwimMAC Carolina through the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, saying of Charlotte: “I love this city.â€
“I was at a college town, at the University of Florida for so long,†Lochte said Monday. “I love that place to death. But I’m getting to a point in my life where I’m getting older and it’s time for a change.”
First picture Ryan Lochte (USA) and his new coach Dave Marsh. Primeira foto Ryan Lochte com seu novo técnico D Marsh. pic.twitter.com/UJfLxQmbxR
— Coach Alex Pussieldi (@alexpussieldi) October 7, 2013
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Read for instance NYDailyNews.com and see SwimForRelief
The 64-year-old woman who swam from Cuba to Florida launched a 48-hour swim maration Tuesday in a Manhattan pool to benefit victims of Superstorm Sandy.
Wearing a pink swim cap, Diana Nyad dove into the 40-yard pool set up in Herald Square and began doing laps shortly before 9 a.m. Her aim is to raise money for people still struggling a year after Sandy.
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Elite swimmers could perform better in the pool by training the muscles used for breathing, according to new research.
Scientists at the University of Portsmouth have examined how muscle fatigue in the inspiratory muscles can affect overall performance.
They believe that by incorporating specific training of these muscles into their regime, swimmers could significantly improve their speed.
Swimmers are especially susceptible to inspiratory muscle fatigue (IMF) which causes the body to divert blood, oxygen and nutrients to the muscles responsible for breathing thus affecting their overall performance.
The research, carried out by Dr Mitch Loman and published in the International Journal of Swimming Kinetics, shows attempts by scientists to identify the speed associated with the development of IMF.
Dr Lomax examined how speed affected the extent of inspiratory muscle fatigue in swimmers.
“In swimming, most of the propulsion comes from the upper body but some of the muscles used for this are also required for breathing,” she said.
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Taking a break from early morning practices, swim meets and training, Olympic medalists Natalie Coughlin and Kim Vandenberg will travel to Spain and participate in their first USO tour October 5-9. While in the region, Coughlin and Vandenberg will spend time with troops and their families stationed Naval Station Rota and Moron Air Base. The pair will also visit various work sites on post, share insights on what it is like to compete in the Olympic Games and encourage youth to follow their dreams.
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For the past four weeks the YMCA in Clarksburg has held a swim class for children with autism.
The children work with swim buddies who teach them the basics of swimming.
The Corridor Chapter of the Autism Society of West Virginia teamed up with the YMCA to make the program possible.
“We have chosen buddies for each swimmer. All of the swimmers are on the autism spectrum and the buddies are on the swim team here. The kids are learning skills, they are having social opportunities,” said Lea Robinson, the president of the Corridor Chapter of AS-WV.
Brazil’s Guilherme Guido bronze medal winner in the men’s 100 meter backstroke at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. In the background, USA’s gold medal winner Matt Grevers. See the result list here.
