Read for instance daijiworld.com
In an achievement that would make every person in Udupi and the coastal region proud, ace swimmer Gopal Kharvi on Sunday December 1 set a new Guinness World Record by swimming a distance of 3 km with his hands and legs bound.
Kharvi started his swim from St Mary’s Island at 7.37 am with hands and legs bound in iron cuffs. He reached Malpe beach mainland at 10.20 am, covering a distance of 3.07 km and thus setting a new record.
http://youtu.be/hWdNi2Rhc2I
See Channel3000
The YMCA of Dane County has informed the members of the YDC United swim team their program is being relocated from the Lussier Family West YMCA facility to other facilities across town.
The announcement is being met with concern by parents of the approximately 300 children participating in the swim team program. Some parents say they enrolled their children in the program earlier this year because the Westside YMCA was located near their homes and made it possible for them to get their kids to practices on time.
“We set up our life so that our kids can have these opportunities,†says Kristen Velyvis, a parent of a child in the program.
http://youtu.be/Tz2XvwtfCdk
Just a photo taken at the 2009 Faroese (Short Course) Championships. If I’m not mistaken, the model will be swimming at the upcoming 2013 Nordic Junior Championships.
Read News24
A Turkish court has ruled that swimming goggles and other protective equipment used by protesters during this year’s mass street demonstrations were “weapons”, local media reported on Friday.
Demonstrators armed themselves with home-made gear such as masks made of plastic bottles, motorbike helmets and goggles to protect themselves from tear gas fired by riot police during the protests that gripped the country in June.
But an Istanbul court ruled on Thursday that such items could be classified as weapons in a case against 23 people who joined the action against government plans to build on the city’s Gezi park.
It said that the suspects had the clear intention of invading the park, clashing with police and destroying public property.
“They had not gone to the Gezi Park to swim, since there is no swimming pool there,” newspapers quoted the court ruling as saying.
(Image courtesy of Eser Karadağ, CC BY-ND 2.0)
This weekend 6 – 8 December 2013, the Faroe Islands Swimming Association will host the annual Nordic Junior & Pre-senior Championships, in the main swimming pool in our capitol Tórshavn. See the invitation, njs2013.org and LiveTiming.se. I’m pretty sure that I will be commentating for our national broadcasting company Kringvarp Føroya, and that the live stream hopefully will be available also outside of the Faroe Isles. More to come.
Nice to see the Italians getting excited too :-)
Intro EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP SHORT COURSE from NUOTO LIVORNO Channel on Vimeo.
“A lifestyle documentary highlighting the swimming facilities around Sydney by Graeme St John as he attempts to swim one lap in 40 different pools in one day.”
SWIM ACROSS SYDNEY project 2014 from TREVOR THOMAS on Vimeo.
“Maddy has a dream to swim in the Olympics. At age eleven she’s already rubbing shoulders with Olympians Nicole Livingstone, Linley Frame and Ash Delaney. With tips from these swimmers, she’s sure to be well on her way to achieving her goal.”
Maddy’s Olympic dream from ABC Open Sunraysia on Vimeo.
“Van Dykes take a swim in Golden Pond”
Annual Thanksgiving Day Polar Bear Dip from Larry Van Dyke on Vimeo.
