“Dartmouth swimmer Nejc Zupan ’14 qualified for three events—the 200 IM, the 100 breastroke and the 200 breastroke—at the 2013 NCAA Championship from March 28-30 in Indianapolis, Ind. After capturing three Ivy League titles and setting three Ivy League records, he was named Swimmer of the Meet at the 2013 Ivy League Championship in early March. A double major in economics and mathematics, the Slovenian is also a top student who has performed undergraduate research with a mathematics professor and a Tuck Business School professor. He was filmed training in the endless pool at Dartmouth’s Karl Michael Pool with a GoPro.”
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Terrifying washed-up sea creature turns out to be a Killer Whale
See Nothing To Do With Arbroath
A large animal carcass that washed up on a Bay of Plenty beach left some locals wondering if they’d come across the remains of a prehistoric animal. The carcass was discovered by a group of quad bikers on a beach about 5km east of Pukehina Beach, New Zealand.
The photos were forwarded to marine mammal expert Anton van Helden, who said the carcass was that of an orca. He was able to identify it because orcas have a distinctive ‘flipper’. “It’s hard to say how it died,” he says.
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Jordan Harrison’s 1500m Freestyle Final in 80 seconds
2013 EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships – Adelaide
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Aussie Olympians told to cooperate with probes or miss Games
Read for instance Asia One
Australian Olympians must cooperate fully with their national anti-doping agency over the use of banned substances or face exclusion from the Games, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said on Saturday.
In the midst of a doping probe into rugby league and Australian rules teams that has rocked two of the country’s most popular sports, the AOC has added the new clauses to tighten up their anti-doping code.
Athletes and officials will be obliged to cooperate with the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) even if “to do so might tend to incriminate or expose them to a penalty”. “To be clear, failure to co-operate with and assist ASADA, in every way, can result in an athlete or official being ruled out of an Olympic team,” AOC President John Coates said in a news release. […]
Coates told the AOC’s AGM that while ASADA’s current probe is focused on National Rugby League (NRL) and Australian Football League (AFL), it would be “naive” to think there have not been Olympians who have used banned substances.
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CC photo #490: Women’s 100 fly podium at Berlin 2012
Italy’s Ilaria Bianchi being congratulated at the FINA 2012 World Swimming World Cup leg in Berlin, Germany, for winning the women’s 100 meter butterfly in 56.86. Sweden’s Louise Hansson won silver in 57.55 and the Netherlands’ Inge Dekker bronze in 57.65. See the result list here.
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Diversity in Swimming
A really nice video on a very serious subject. Swimming is not just a sport.
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Leaner meaner Aussie swim team; Hackett to be involved
Read The Age
The tough love required after the London Olympics has honed Australia into a leaner, meaner swimming outfit for July’s world titles in Barcelona, new team boss Michael Scott believes. […]
In one of his last acts before he resigned, ex-head coach Leigh Nugent set the qualifying standard at times required to reach 2011 world championship finals.
It ensured a 36-strong team was unveiled on Friday night – 10 less than the much maligned London outfit which produced just one gold, their worst Olympic pool tally in 20 years.
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Meridian swim club deals with water problems
See wtok.com
Dirty water is being blamed for causing a murky mess at a Meridian swim club. The owner of what use to be Briarwood Country Club, estimates that between three and four inches of mud poured into the 10 foot deep pool there when workers attempted to fill it. Although this is a concern, he says the bigger problem is that residents and businesses in that area are often left to pay for brown water.
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Ryan Lochte Talks Settling Down And Being A ‘Man In The Morning’
Not sure if you’ve heard, but Ryan Lochte wants to be the next Kim Kardashian. It’s not clear that his dream has come true — yet — but with the premiere of his reality TV show “What Would Ryan Lochte Do?” in April, he’s certainly working on it.
In another step towards the realization of said dream, Lochte dropped by fellow E! star Chelsea Handler’s show Thursday night, and the result was pretty incredible. While it’s always hard to choose our favorite lines from a Lochte interview – there are so many memorable utterances to choose from