An 11-year-old North Carolina girl was electrocuted when a current ripped through the pool where she was practicing with a team at a local swim club.
MyFox8.com reports Lauren Cecil was swimming with two other girls Tuesday evening when an electric line snapped and fell into a parking lot at the swim club in Lexington, sending an electric current through the water.
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An anonymous donor has pledged £300,000 to the charities Susan Taylor was fundraising for when she died swimming the English Channel.
The money will be split between Rainbows Hospice, in Loughborough, and Diabetes UK.
The total on Ms Taylor’s fundraising website stands at about £71,000 (right now Rainbows £60,815.96 and Diabetes UK £10,335.00) but the charities have been contacted and told of the extra £300,000.
Rainbows said Ms Taylor would have taken heart from the donation.
A swimmer after the open water swim “Skálafjarðarsvimjingin 2013” across the firth Skálafjørður, here in the Faroe Islands, 16th June 2013. Just need a moment.
They are making the straps out of silicone. Interesting.
Barcelona 2013 Simming World Championship Medals MAKING OF from lagranja design on Vimeo.
See press release here on FINA.org:
Barcelona 2013: new record of participation with 181 nations in Barcelona (ESP)
With only one day to go before the Opening Ceremony of the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona (ESP), taking place from July 19 to August 4, 2013 FINA is pleased to announce that a new record of participating nations will be established at this edition of FINA’s premier event. No less than 181 nations have registered for the World Championships, improving the previous record of 178 countries set at the last edition in Shanghai 2011.
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Tami Stanley fosters dogs for the Texas Labrador Retriever Rescue, and is fostering ‘Bunny,’ a brown lab.
While training her for adoption, Stanley discovered the dog not only loves the water, but can hold her breath under water.
“I happened to grab the toy and it was under the water and Bunny came swimming by and just went ‘bloop,’†said Stanley. “So then we put it further and I held it with my toe on the bottom. She went right down and got it!â€
Bunny, who could hold her breath and dive, was soon diving from seven – to nine – and then even 13 feet deep.
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Michael Phelps has a beautiful blonde on his arm at the ESPY’s. Turns out, Phelps’ date is the Golf Channel’s Win McMurry. The two appear to have been awhile and Busted Coverage caught this way back in May. Phelps is an avid golfer, but the last we heard, he was on vacation with an aspiring model after breaking up with another aspiring model after leaving a cocktail waitress after smoking weed. Anyway. Michael Phelps and Win McMurry. Write that down.
Michael Phelps and golf reporter Win McMurry cozy up at ESPYs http://t.co/2CJxFm0nUW pic.twitter.com/lB36leCCKD
— Larry Brown (@LBSports) July 18, 2013
Press Release from Brilliant Swim
BOZEMAN, MONT., July 15, 2013 — Interval training is a key component of an effective swimming workout. For over 50 years, a pace clock has been the primary tool used by swimmers for interval training. But for swimmers who are among the 33% of the U.S. population with myopia, or nearsightedness, simply seeing the pace clock can be a challenge. That’s where the PaceWatchâ„¢ comes in. Created by Brilliant Swimâ„¢, a startup based in Bozeman, Montana, the PaceWatch takes the classic pace clock that’s as familiar to swimmers as the ever-present scent of chlorine on their skin, and makes it readily accessible and easy-to-read.
“We created the PaceWatch to solve a problem that I had as a near-sighted masters swimmer,†said Brilliant Swim founder Phillip Luebke, 42. “The lane I practice in at our local pool is about 30 to 40 feet from the nearest pace clock. My eyesight’s not too bad, but I used to have to take my goggles off, then stare-and-squint to make out the moving hand on the clock. Not anymore. With the PaceWatch, I simply synchronize it at the beginning of practice and then I have my own personal pace clock to use throughout practice.â€
“There’s a lot more to making a champion than training yourself physically. As the most decorated female swimmer in World Championship history, Natalie Coughlin explores the importance of including mindful practice and relaxation into the rigid, challenging and rewarding training regime of an iconic athlete.”
