“Marines with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion conduct their annual surf qualification here, Sept. 6, 2013. The training consists of swimming 500 meters from an amphibious assault vehicle back to shore.”
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Diana Nyad On Historic Swim
Diana Nyad talks about her historic swim from Cuba to Florida and answers some Twitter questions from her fans.
http://youtu.be/Dz9cusQq-oU
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Nyad Swim for Relief
Fresh off her record-breaking swim from Cuba to Florida, long-distance swim legend Diana Nyad announces a 48-hour continuous “Swim for Relief†to take place in New York City’s Herald Square on Oct. 8 ‒ 10, 2013 in support of AmeriCares Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. >>> Learn more: NyadSwimforRelief.com
Nyad Swim for Relief from AmeriCares on Vimeo.
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USC Swimming & Diving 2013
“A highlight clip from the Swimming & Diving Team at the University of Southern California, 2012-2013 season.”
USC Swimming & Diving 2013 from Craig Hung on Vimeo.
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SPORTS SCHOOL – SWIMMING
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Oceanside TikiSwim 2.0 – 2013
“Start and finish line for the TikiSwim. September 29, 2013”
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CC photo #638: Korea at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs
Just a photo from the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Brazilian Swimming “Only Got Worse” After Olympic Gold, Says Cesar Cielo
Read Folha de S. Paulo (in English)
Asked if the Cielo effect was tapped into after he won the gold in 2008, the athlete sees a ‘worsening.’ “In number of athletes, we’re going backward. If you take the number of federated from 10 years ago, I can’t say for certain, but if it increased I doubt it was significantly. And this for a sport in which we’ve been winning medals every year since 2008. The structural part only got worse. What got better was the [national team] group. Everyone grew together; it’s a great team. The technical part and the ability of the athletes evolved a lot, but the structure”
Image courtesy of Nicholas Bittencourt, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Aussie swim team better off without me, says Leigh Nugent
Read The AustralianAs Swimming Australia prepares to announce a new head coach for the national team, former team leader Leigh Nugent has emerged from a three-month exile declaring the team could not have gone forward with him.