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Irish Swimming goes high-tech with kinematic sensing system

May 28, 2013

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rokur

in Organization, Science, Technology

Read Galway Independent, siliconrepublic and Swim Ireland

Swim Ireland has teamed up with NUI Galway with a view to developing a new high performance analysis system for competitive swimming. The development work is well under way on the new system which utilises innovative kinematic sensing technology. The new technology which is in test mode is being designed to deliver performance information in real time both to the swimmer and his/her coach.

The technology is the brainchild of PhD student Robert Mooney who is a former Swim Ireland employee. The development team is led by Professor GearÃ³id Ã“ Laighin of NUI Galwayâ€™s Discipline of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Funding for the research is being provided both by Swim Ireland and by the Irish Research Councilâ€™s Enterprise Partnership Scheme. It is hoped to have the prototype system up and running by early 2014.
Uruguay Special Olympic team member Pablo Jose Perez drowns in Cayman open water event

May 28, 2013

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rokur

in Open Water, Organization, Safety

Read The Washington Post and Cayman Islands News

Police have now named the two men who died in separate water-related incidents this weekend. Pablo Jose Perez Larza, a member of the Uruguay Special Olympic team, who was in the Cayman Islands to participate in the Butterfield 800 meter swim, was found dead in the ocean off Seven Mile Beach on Saturday afternoon during the race. Suspected of having a cardiac arrest while competing, the police confirmed Monday that there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. In a second incident, Joseph Edward Johnson of Flagstaff, Arizona, who was visiting the Cayman Islands on vacation, drowned at Rum Point on Sunday when he got into difficulties in rough waters around the reef. An attempted daring rescue by the police helicopter unit was unable to save the manâ€™s life.
Ryan Lochte dumped by British girlfriend Jamiee Hollier over phone

May 28, 2013

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rokur

in Gossip

Read MailOnline and Daily News

Sunday’s episode of “What Would Ryan Lochte Do?” shows the 28-year-old Olympic swimmer taking a difficult call from his on-and-off girlfriend, British junior sales manager Jaimee Holler.

Lochte turned off his microphone and took the phone call privately. When he returned to the cameras, the medal-winnerÂ admittedÂ that Holler had ended their four-year long-distance relationship.
Pellegrini’s beauty secret: Castelmaureâ€™s 2011 CuvÃ©e No. 3

May 28, 2013

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rokur

in Gossip

Uh oh, read webflakes

After exercise comes comfort, obviously, as Federica also talks about her daily life outside of training to show us that she doesnâ€™t spend her entire life in the water. Thus, the newspaper L’IndÃ©pendant published* one of the swimmerâ€™s tweets last week, in which she revealed one of her beauty secrets, namely a glass and a bottle of wine from CorbiÃ¨res, Castelmaureâ€™s 2011 CuvÃ©e No. 3 to be precise.

A cena con la mia @le_silla preferita!!!#narbonne twitter.com/mafaldina88/stâ€¦

â€” Federica Pellegrini (@mafaldina88) May 11, 2013
Canadian Marathon Swim at Toronto

May 27, 2013

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rokur

in History, Open Water

An American boy is the first to emerge from big bathe in Lake Ontario. We need to get those steam whistles back in open water swimming.

http://youtu.be/7_gOqxt72Z4
11th Annual National Black Heritage Championship Swim Meet

May 27, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization

“Nine hundred twenty-seven swimmers, 122 race events, three 50-meter pools and 72,000 square feet — it’s all part of the 11th Annual National Black Heritage Championship Swim Meet.”

http://youtu.be/7DZbVuPCZa0
Chloe McCardel prepares to swim from Cuba to USA

May 27, 2013

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rokur

in Open Water

Chloe McCardel is doing final preparation for her world-record swim from Cuba to the USA without a shark cage or wetsuit. Angela Cox spoke to her about the attempt.

http://youtu.be/3eRbTTmOtJk
CC photo #513: A manly looking MankoÄ at Rijeka 2008

May 27, 2013

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by

rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

Male swimmers often show up with quite a beard at the big meets, to be shaven off just before it counts (or not, if it doesn’t). Slovenia’s Peter MankoÄ is one of those that can intimidate also in this department.
Dozens rescued by coastguards after Southwold Pier-to-Pub Swim goes wrong

May 27, 2013

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by

rokur

in Open Water, Organization, Safety, WTF

Read for instance the BBC, the Mirror, MailOnline, SkyÂ and EDP24

A major search and rescue operation was launched yesterday after dozens of people taking part in the Southwold Pier-to-Pub Swim had to be pulled from the sea.

About 200 people were taking part in the event, which involved swimming around the town’s pier before heading to a pub, when more than 130 got into difficulty because of the tide and choppy conditions, initial reports at 1pm saying that 90 were missing. The RNLI lifeboats and lifeguards rescued 85 of them from the sea, the last one first located at 5.30pm, and two of them transferred to the local hospital with suspected hypothermia.

An apology from the organizers can be seen here onÂ activeoutdoorsport.co.uk

Here is video from the RNLI search