“The International Swimming Hall of Fame presented Adolph Kiefer with the Gold Medallion Award, ISHOF’s highest honor, during the United States Aquatic Sports Convention banquet on September 29, at the Orange County Hyatt Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. In a surprise, USA Swimming also presented Kiefer with a gold medal from the 1936 Olympic Games, to replace the one that had been stolen shortly after he returned from Berlin 71 years ago. The medal was specially cast from the original mold for the occasion by the International Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.”
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Michael Phelps Says He’s Not in Shape To Swim 400 Meters
Read Baltimore Sun via Sport World News
Michael Phelps said Saturday he’s back in the pool a couple of times a week, but he’s nowhere near ready for a return to competitive swimming.
Rumors about Phelps reversing his retirement picked up steam after he entered the drug-testing pool for international competition before the Nov. 6 deadline.
He was sighted recently at the Arena Grand Prix in Minneapolis, cheering on his roommate Conor Dwyer, who won a gold medal for the 4×200 freestyle relay at the 2012 Olympics.
But that doesn’t mean Phelps is in the shape that helped him win an all-time record 18 gold medals and 22 total medals in his Olympic career.
“[Dwyer] swims the [400-meter IM], that’s too long. I can’t do that. I literally don’t think if I jumped in the water right now, I could finish a 400.”
http://youtu.be/1q3VUpLhMA0
Image courtesy of Marco Paköeningrat, CC BY-SA 2.0
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CC photo #691: The BCN 2013 Warm-up pool
A photo from the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain, taken inside the tent that housed the warm-up pool.
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Tyler Clary Talks League of Legends at the Curse Gaming House
From last year, but I haven’t seen it, so …
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8 year old swimmer “Sammy B” calling out Sonny Bill Williams
Awesome! :-)
(Sonny William ‘Sonny Bill’ Williams is a New Zealand rugby player and heavyweight boxer who has played both rugby union and rugby league. He currently plays rugby league for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League.)
(And apparently, it is a meme)
http://youtu.be/2rVlUz0F6uU
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Ruta Meilutyte named 2013 Best European Young Athlete
Read The Baltic Course
Winner of the Olympic Games in London, Lithuanian swimmer Ruta Meilutyte has been selected as 2013 Best European Young (under 19 years) Athlete for the second year in a row, informs LETA/ELTA.
Meilutyte was voted in during the 42nd General Assembly of European Olympic Committees in Rome.
The sixteen year old swimmer received the Piotr Nurowski Prize (named after the President of the Polish Olympic Committee who died in the Polish Air Force plane crash in Russia in 2010) and a EUR 12,000 grant for training and studies.
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Woman resuscitates girl pulled from pool
See wsvn.com
A South Florida woman is being hailed a hero after she rushed to aid a 4-year-old girl pulled from a swimming pool where, according to her family, she nearly drowned.
Relatives said Londyn fell in the community pool, located at 6394 NW 26th St., in Sunrise, just before 2 p.m. Saturday.
Shaunna McWilliams, who is credited with saving Londyn, said she was inside her apartment when she heard someone screaming for help. She said she ran outside to find Londyn’s aunt pulling the little girl from the pool. “I’ve seen them bringing the baby out of the pool, so I just walked over to make sure everything was OK,” she said.
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CC photo #690: Veldhuis won the Rijeka 2008 women’s 100 free
The reactions in the pool a moment after the women’s 100 meter freestyle final at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. From top to bottom 8th placed Alena Popchanka (FRA) in lane 8, 6th placed Sarah Sjöström (SWE) in lane 7, bronze winner Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED) in lane 6, European champ Marleen Veldhuis (NED) in lane 5, 4th placed Hanna-Maria Seppälä (FIN) in lane 4 and bronze winner Jeanette Ottesen (DEN) in lane 3. See the result list here.
BTW, recently retired Veldhuis is now emigrating to Australia with her family, see RTL Nieuws
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Mie Ø. Nielsen tests her form on the town square in Herning
With no water yet in the Herning 2013 European SC arena, Mie had to get some flash mob help from friends at the fire station ! :-P
http://youtu.be/DVrwTcb7c_A