“Police were called to the scene after a body was found in the Little Miami River in Anderson Township.”
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Neighbors 4 Neighbors Drowning Prevention & Swim Safety Campaign 2013
“Drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1-4 in South Florida. Neighbors 4 Neighbors wants to keep your family safe through our swim safety and drowning prevention campaign. For resources and swim safety classes in your area, visit Neighbors4Neighbors.org!”
http://youtu.be/Ic3-w8yhse8
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UK – 2013 Jones Lang LaSalle Property Swim
Congratulations to everyone that took part in the Property Swim on Friday 17th May 2013.
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Puppy tries to catch goldfish in a kiddie pool without getting its tail wet
Via Huffington Post. Giggle
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CC photo #533: Something we scooped out of the sea, yesterday
Behold Jon Hestoy’s swim cap, scooped out of the sea during the ocean swim across the firth Skálafjørður here in the Faroe Islands, June 16th, 2013. He lost it with maybe 400 meters to go, and swam the rest cap-less in the 7°C (45°F) ‘warm’ water. It made a difference, he said. Hestoy is president of the Faroese Swimming Association. He managed to come in 2nd in the ~1700 meter race.
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Paltrinieri new 1500 SC World Champion, as Glæsner loses his medal
The Danish Swimming Federation today specifies in a new press release, that Mads Glæsner will not only lose his 400 meter freestyle bronze medal from the Istanbul 2012 World Championships (25m), but also his 1500 meter freestyle gold medal. This means that the world championship honor goes to Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri, the silver medal to Faroe Island’s Pál Joensen, and the bronze medal to Poland’s Mateusz Sawrymowicz.
See also the official press release from FINA:
On December 14, 2012 the swimmer Mads Glaesner (DEN) was tested positive to the substance Levmetamfetamine (Class S.6.b Specified Stimulants) following a doping control test conducted with the occasion of the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) held in Istanbul (TUR).
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Thousands brave chilly Windermere for Great North Swim
Ages and abilities ranged from those taking part for the first time to Swansea swimmer Tom Allen, who won today’s elite men’s race to cheers from the packed crowd.
After storming to victory in a time of 17 minutes and 11 seconds, he told the Gazette: “I’m pleased with my time.
“Over all I’m pleased with the swim. I’ve been out of form for a while so it’s nice. […]
American Christine Jennings, currently ranked fifth in the world, won the elite women’s race this morning, saying the water was “very choppy and coldâ€.
Organisers said the water temperature was 15.4 Celcius when the first swimmers set off.
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CC photo #532: Cup winners at Skálafjarðarsvimjingin 2013
Top-three placed swimmers of the open water swim across the firth Skálafjørður in the Faroe Islands, today Sunday 16, 2013. They are standing in a festival tent, which makes it all a bit circusy.
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Danish World Champion Mads Glæsner 3-month ban for doping at Istanbul 2012
The Danish Swimming Federation announced today that FINA has handed Mads Glæsner a 3-month ban for doping at the Istanbul 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m). I will try to explain the situation briefly here in the following, but read the official press release if you can, or wait for the press release from FINA.
The substance in question is Levmetamfetamine, which Glæsner tested positive for after the 400 meter freestyle finale, where he was third. He will loose that bronze medal, but apparently not the gold medal in the 1500 meter freestyle two days later, since that test came out negative.
Glæsner explains that the positive test was because of him accidentally using a US version of the Vicks Vapor Inhaler, which in contrast to the Danish version contains Levmetamfetamine. The Danish Swimming Federation explains that the amount of Levmetamfetamine measured in the doping test was miniscule.
The quarantine period started on March 19th, which almost certainly means that Glæsner will miss out on the Barcelona 2013 World Swimming Championships. The Danish Federation gave exemption to a few swimmers to make the Barcelona 2013 cut also after the Danish Trials on 26-29 March 2013, which means that Glæsner could maybe make the cut when his ban is lifted on June 19; but it seems a bit far fetched.
Press release from the Danish Swimming Federation (in Danish) …
Dopingdom til svømmeren Mads Glæsner
Svømmeren Mads Glæsner er af Fina (det internationale svømmeforbund) blevet testet positiv for brug af et forbudt stof under VM på kortbane i december 2012. Fina idømmer Mads Glæsner tre måneders karantæne samt fratagelse af VM-bronzemedaljen i 400 m fri.