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Norwegian swimming ‘devoid of profiles’ as Ingvild Snildal takes indefinite break

Sep 9, 2013

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in Competition

Breaking news on TV2.noÂ (in Norwegian)

‘Right now it is unthinkable to go into water,’ says Ingvild Snildal who is staying away indefinitely.Â Snildal announced already last year that she would take a sabbatical year, and now regrets having then changed her mind and soldiered on because of new surroundings in Bergen. ‘I regret it a bit. I should probably have taken a break as planned and then returned. I can not do anything about it now, so now I’ve better do what is right today.’

TV2 journalist and himself recent Norwegian national team member Sander SmÃ¸rdal notes in his article on TV2.no that Norwegian swimming is now devoid of high profile swimmers after the last 1.5 years events.Â The 2012 European Champions Sara Nordenstam and Ingvild Snildal will not have full focus on swimming this fall as Nordenstam is to take part in TV Norge reality-show ‘71Â° nord‘, and Ingvild Snildal now reveals that she has chosen to take a break from top swimming.
Camilla Pedersen will remain in coma for at least 10-14 days

Sep 9, 2013

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in Health, Open Water

Read Lokalavisen.dk (in Danish)

An emotional triathlon national coach Michael KrÃ¼ger told Lokalavisen Esbjerg Monday morning, that Camilla Pedersen is being woken up in 10 to 14 days at the earliest. There are no significant changes in her condition, which remains critical but stable.

“And it may unfortunately be even longer than that. This because Camilla has been medicated so heavily. She has been given maximum sleeping pills in six days now, and even if the figures had improved, and the alarm had been canceled, she should be stepped out slowly. Unfortunately, the numbers have not improved, ” says an emotional coach who is just about to write a status message to the union’s website.
Beautiful Time-Lapse Video of Rio De Janeiro

Sep 9, 2013

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in Wow

Via Geeks Are Sexy

RIO from SCIENTIFANTASTIC on Vimeo.
Swimming Britain | Sean Conway’s open water swimming technique

Sep 9, 2013

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in Open Water, Technique

Sean talks about his open water swimming technique. Follow Sean’s journey here -Â http://www.speedo.co.uk/en_uk/infoadv…
Bob Bowman on the Lowenthal tragedy and Shallow Water Blackout

Sep 9, 2013

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in Organization, Safety

At the 2013 Asca World Clinic in New Orleans, NBAC head coach Bob Bowman addressed the crowd on “the most important information I have ever given to coach”. Read SwimVortex.com

Louis Lowenthal was 14 when he died on Wednesday, October 31, at Sinai Hospital, three days after he was administered CPR on the pool deck at Meadowbrook, NBACâ€™s pool, following a Sunday morning swim practice. To get a glimpse of who young Louis was, read the The Baltimore Sunâ€™s report on the celebration of his life. […]

â€œThe very best people had been there,â€ explained Bowman recalling the Sunday in question. The lifeguard who administered CPR was an ex-marine, a nurse was present, a doctor at the helm of his profession in the US was on hand but did not intervene directly because he believed that he could have done no better than those helping the young swimmer. They had done all they could. […]

When the puzzle was pieced together with Louisâ€™s paediatrician Dr Alan Lake at the request of the grieving Lowenthal family, the verdict was clear: Shallow Water Blackout.Â […]

Bowman urged all coaches to watch the 52-minute video of the roundtable discussion that is posted here on the NBAC website
CC photo #616: Sarah SjÃ¶strÃ¶m after winning the BCN2013 women’s 100 fly

Sep 8, 2013

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in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

Swedens Sarah SjÃ¶strÃ¶m mighty happy with winning the women’s 100 meter butterfly final at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Also in picture, Denmark’s 4th placed Jeanette Ottesen Gray. See the result list here.
Danish triathlete European champion Camilla Pedersen still in critical condition

Sep 8, 2013

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in Health

Read for instance Berlingske

The Danish European triathlon champion Camilla Pedersen is still in induced coma at Odense University Hospital after a bad bike crash during training Wednesday.

Doctors had hoped that the triathlete may be awakened from her coma over the weekend. That is now completely dropped. Camilla Pedersen’s condition has not changed and therefore she remains in induced coma.
Tokyo to host the 2020 Olympics

Sep 8, 2013

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in Competition, Organization

You’ve all heard the news by now I’m sure.

Here is the sales pitch

http://youtu.be/UPXA4Or0vLI

And here is Jacques Rogge announcing it
A League of Their Own: Pat Cash and Eamon Sullivan serve up humour

Sep 8, 2013

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in Fun, Gossip

Read The Weekly Review Stonnington

”It’s like a grown-up sportsperson’s fantasy show in many ways,” Cash says. ”There’s comedians and sports stars on, and some crazy activities. It was like, ‘Wow, this is something I’d really like to do.’ And I’ve never laughed so much in my life. It was 10 shows of just laughing my head off.”

As for the ribbon twirling? Cash is one of the team captains on the series, which stars comedian Tommy Little as host and fellow sportsman Eamon Sullivan. That means taking part in a few quirky sporting challenges, including artistic gymnastics.

”Yeah, there’s some very embarrassing moments,” he says with a laugh. ”[That was] a lot harder than I expected.”