River Clyde TV caught up with Olympic silver medalist and world champion open water swimmer Keri-Anne Payne on the banks of Loch Lomond to launch the Great Scottish Swim.
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Swimmers defy advisory, take to bay for annual swim
Athletes from all over the world hopped into the Chesapeake Bay on Sunday, coming out in droves for charity and competition despite a weekend swimming advisory. Deborah Weiner reports.
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CC photo #527: Crowded pool at DÃ…M 2008
A photo from the Danish Youth Championships 2008 in Kastrup, Denmark.
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Dog fights the pool water hose; loses
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CC photo #526: Skvortsov happy with his swim at Rijeka 08
Russia’s Nikolay Skvortsov hand signaling his team at the far end of the pool, after the men’s 100 meter butterfly semifinal at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. Croatia’s Mario Todorovic in lane 3, Italy’s Rudy Goldin looking a bit beat over in lane 6 and farthest away Czech swimmer Jan Sefl. Skvortsov ended up winning bronze in the event, behind Serbia’s Milorad Cavic and Spain’s Rafael Munoz, see the result list here.
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Mom champions swim lessons after her 2 sons drowned
One local woman is on a mission to warn families about the issue of safety and swimming.
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David Blaine at TED: How I held my breath for 17 min
Oldie but goodie – “In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes — a world record (only two minutes shorter than this entire talk!) — and what his often death-defying work means to him. Warning: do NOT try this at home.”
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Speedo ‘Olympics’
Speedo ‘Olympics’ from Jon Gwyther on Vimeo.
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Eamon Sullivan lapping it up as restaurant owner
Read his piece on The Australian
Long before my swimming career took off – in fact, ever since my home economics class at high school – I dreamt of having my own restaurant. By 2011 the time had come to turn that long-held dream into a reality. I got some investors together, we found a great site by the beach in Perth, our offer on the lease was accepted that December and Bib & Tucker started to become a reality.
But we only got to open the doors in March – a mere 15 months later. After all the ups and downs, I have only just started to sit back and realise what we have created, and I am very proud. Bib & Tucker serves up good, honest food, cooked well. We are not a fine dining establishment but we are not a cafe either.