“On location for Lonsdale Saatchi & Saatchi / NP. When your day starts rough…”
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CC photo #609: Awesome gifts at BCN2013
A free pullbuoy for every participating swimmer at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. They could maaybe have been a bit more fancy, but still an awesome (and usable) gift.
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The Other Shore | Diana Nyad | (2013) Official Trailer
“The Other Shore follows world record holder and legendary swimmer Diana Nyad as she comes out of a thirty-year retirement to re-attempt an elusive dream: swimming 103 miles non-stop from Cuba to Florida without the use of a shark cage. Her past and present collide in her obsession with a feat that nobody has ever accomplished. At the edge of The Devil’s Triangle, tropical storms, sharks, venomous jellyfish, and one of the strongest ocean currents in the world, all prove to be life-threatening realities. Timothy Wheeler’s documentary brings Diana Nyad’s extraordinary adventure to life as Diana sets out to prove that will and determination are all you need to make the unimaginable possible.”The Other Shore premieres online on September 26th 2013.
http://youtu.be/hvTV-WiQbqw
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Video: Diana begins her final Cuba Swim
“With a shout-out of “Courage!” (pronounced in French), Diana Nyad jumped into the water from the shore a short way off Marina Hemingway in Cuba for the start of her epic swim to Florida at 8:59:02 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013.”
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Lotte Friis moving to Baltimore to train with Bob Bowman
Simma.nu/dk has the story, Lotte Friis disclosed at the 2013 Round Christiansborg open water event today that she will be moving to Baltimore in the United States, to train under Bob Bowman. SwimmingWorld Magazine describes here how the strength of the North Baltimore Aquatic Club is deepening, with international swimmers like Yannick Agnel and Lotte Friis joining Connor Dwyer, Allison Schmitt and the rest.
Post by Lotte Friis.
Lotte Friis winner of the 2013 Round Christiansborg. Photo courtesy of the Danish Swimming Federation / Jesper Westley
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Lotte Friis & Anton Ipsen win a very wet 2013 Round Christiansborg
The Danish Swimming Federation describes in a press release tonight how a record-number of about 2000 swimmers participated in the 2013 Round Christiansborg open water event in Copenhagen today, that first was delayed 2 hours because of worries about the water quality after a sewage overflow caused by a downpour the night before, and then again 20 minutes because of a torrential downpour at the rescheduled 13:00 start. Barcelona 2013 World Championships 800 and 1500 silver winner Lotte Friis won the women’s 2K event with a time of 22:59, and compatriot Anton Ipsen the men’s event in 22:05. Friis and Ipsen also won the following 4×500 meter Krüger Relay, as part of the Sigma Swim Birkerød team, in a time of 23:47.
2013 Round Christiansborg results can be seen here on svoem.org, Kruger Relay results will be available later tonight on www.openwater.dk
2013 Krüger Relay winners Lotte Friis, Anton Ø. Ipsen, Mathilde Riis og Maj Howardsen, photo courtesy of the Danish Swimming Federation / Jesper Westley
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CC photo #608: Just go straight in, September is free
An interesting experiment in our local community pool here at Toftir, Faroe Islands, this September, where all public swimming will be free of charge. It is only a 16 meter pool, and we are only about 1000 people in the village plus a few thousand in surrounding area, so it would be difficult to make any direct profit anyways. This week was also free, even if we are not in September yet, so that was just bonus-bonus :-)
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Diana Nyad ready to start her 5th attempt to swim from Cuba to USA
See for instance CNNÂ and diananyad.comIf Diana Nyad never realizes her dream of swimming the Florida straits, it won’t be for lack of trying. The 64-year-old says she will begin her fifth and last bid to swim from Cuba to the United States early Saturday.
Previous attempts were thwarted by dehydration, ocean currents and excruciating jellyfish stings to her tongue.[…]
This time, Nyad said, she will wear surgical gloves and a specially designed prosthetic face mask to prevent the jellyfish from stinging her.
“It took us a year, we made mold after mold,” Nyad said of the mask, adding it was the kind used to protect people who had suffered injuries to their faces.
“It’s a two-edge sword for me. It’s cumbersome, it’s difficult to swim with, but it doesn’t matter. I am safe. There’s no other way.”
Post by Diana Nyad.@luannnablue Yes! There will be a spot tracker going live on http://t.co/2b9vDukc0p following #XtremeDream #CubatoFlorida - TEAM NYAD — Diana Nyad (@diananyad) August 31, 2013
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Water quality delays, moves London, Copenhagen open water events
Two major open water events in European capitals today had to be either moved or delayed because of water quality. In Britain, the Great London Swim was moved from the Royal Victoria Dock to its contingency venue, Millwall Dock, as unexpected activity related to construction work in the immediate area has resulted in the reduction in water quality. And in Denmark, the Round Christiansborg has been delayed two hours due to a sewage overflow near Slotsholmen from a massive downpour yesterday evening.