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Swimmer to haul 2,000 pounds of bricks 22 miles across Lake St. Clair

May 29, 2013

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in Open Water, Organization

Read CBS Detroit

Long-distance swimmer Jim Dreyer plans to swim 22 miles across Lake St. Clair this summer while hauling dinghies filled with 2,000 pounds of bricks. He has made direct crossing of each of the five Great Lakes, and is scheduled to begin this one on August 5, to raise funds and awareness for Habitat for Humanity. The swim is expected to take 30 hours, you can support by buying bricks here on jimthesharkdreyer.com.

â€œIt will be a real â€˜train of pain,â€™ symbolic of the pain felt by Michigan families trying to keep their heads above water,â€ Dreyer told The Grand Rapids Press. â€œHowever, instead of sinking with the weight of our burdens, I believe that together we can triumph and be the bricks that rebuild lives, rebuild communities, and strengthen the foundation of this great state.â€

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Dinko Jukic to skip Worlds following dispute with federation

May 29, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Gossip

Read NBC SportsÂ and Der Standard

Austrian swimmer Dinko Jukic will reportedly skip the world championships in July and August at Barcelona following an ongoing dispute with his national federation.

“The worlds this year will take place without me,” Jukic was quoted as saying in Tuesday’s online edition of Austrian newspaper Der Standard. “As long as not everything has been cleared, I won’t swim for the federation anymore.”

In August, the federation banned Jukic for 10 months for verbally attacking three of its officials during the European Championships three months earlier. The swimmer was in disagreement with the officials about when to return to Austria after the competition in Debrecen, Hungary.

The suspension led to a wave of negative publicity, prompting federation president Paul Schauer to step down three weeks later.

Jukic successfully fought his suspension in court, but the federation under new president Christian Meidlinger has appealed the verdict and stripped Jukic of his state funding for athletes.

Image courtesy of Manfred Werner – Tsui,Â CC BY-SA 3.0
Russia’s Yevgeny Bezruchenko reveals five secrets of long-distance swimming

May 28, 2013

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rokur

in Open Water, Technique
See Russia Beyond The Headlines

Yevgeny Bezruchenko, a two-time world open water swimming champion and the director of Moscowâ€™s MySwimSchool, shares some of the secrets of marathon swimmers with Moskovsiye Novosti.

(Read full text for explanationsâ€¦)
1. You have to work with your fists
2. No one likes to swim in dirty water
3. Grease up
4. What swimmers have in common with squirrels
5. Man vs. shark
Image courtesy ofÂ Steven Fruitsmaak, CC BY-SA 3.0
Record entries for FINA 2013 World Junior Champs in Dubai

May 28, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization

Read gulfnews.com

To be held at the Hamdan Bin Mohammad Sports Complex, Dubai has already attracted a record 85 countries for the six-day competition. The last championships held in Lima, Peru had a mere 58 nations.

Commonly known as â€˜Junior Worldsâ€™ and first hosted in 2006 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this championship has grown to become the mainstay of junior swimmers seeking a breakthorough in the senior category.
Bacteria in swimming pools causing sickness?

May 28, 2013

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in Health, Swimming Pools

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The Center for Disease Control says a growing number of people who swim in public pools are getting sick.

Most are getting infections from bacteria.

So the Florida Department of Health in Lee County recommends testing those pools yourself before you dive in.

Bacteria could be swimming along with you and your kids.

“It’s scary and I try not to think of it when I bring my kids here,” said Alicia Williams, who visits the North Fort Myers Community Pool with her grandchildren.

WALB.com, Albany News, Weather, Sports
Swimming in the rain

May 28, 2013

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rokur

in Fun, Open Water

Clever gal, now she won’t get wet, “Susan swimming and singing in the rain in Blackrock, Galway.”
South African swimmer Myles Brown making waves

May 28, 2013

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in Competition

“China’s Sun Yang has amazed the long distance swimming world by winning double gold at the 2012 Olympics. He’s without doubt the man to beat in the 400 and 1500 meters.. but there’s a South African who feels he can do just that come Rio 2016. Dan williams reports”
Strel-swimming ready with a series of 7-day Croatian Island Hopping tours

May 28, 2013

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rokur

in Nature, Open Water, Organization, Wow

Borut sends his greetings, Martin and him are back from their Lake Powell spring tours, returning there in October but before then arranging a series of tours in the beautiful Dalmatian coast area of Croatia. Go see strel-swimming.com, the summer trips are almost fully booked.

They arrange video analysis also, y’know
CC photo #514: Training before Rijeka 2008

May 28, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

Just a scene from the training a day before the LEN 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. I remember it as a day focused on getting and trying out ‘supersuits’, some even wearing two at a time.