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  • ¡Baila con Xop!: Dancing with Xop, the mascot of the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain.

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  • Read news.com.au

    After Seebohm admitted social media played with her mind too much in her final hours before the Olympic final, her coach Matt Brown has cracked down on the use of mobiles for all his squad.

    His guidelines mirror the reforms set to be enforced by the entire Australian swim team this year.

    “This is not just for her but from a team perspective, phones are not on pool deck,” Brown said.

    “They’ve got a place in life, not to dominate it and rule us.

    “I don’t mind if you’re listening to music, but not when it’s for other things…”

    http://youtu.be/pSM8bIbm8GE

    (Video from London 2012)

  • Read Eye Witness News

    Olympic medal winner Cameron van der Burgh’s agent and manager Ryk Neethling says the swimmer feels hard done by that he has not been included in the annual list of National Orders.

    The Presidency on Monday announced the list of recipients which includes van der Burgh’s fellow medal winner Chad le Clos.

    Despite winning Olympic gold, breaking a world record in the final and defending his world championship title, van der Burgh was not recognised in the National Sport Awards and has now been left off the list of National Orders.

    Neethling is questioning the decision.

    “Cameron has really achieved everything that there is to achieve in swimming. I know that he feels hard done by it and I think it’s a definite oversight.”

  • See sbs.com.au

    James Magnussen says Australia’s swimming scandals have been blown out of proportion, but promises to change his brazen ways and become a humble champion. […]

    “I think a lot of it has been blown out of proportion,” Magnussen told reporters in Adelaide on Thursday.

    “There was a lot more team unity and friendship among the team than has been reported on.”

    In the video below it is said that he almost quit. London 2012 seems to have been really, really tough on all those who didn’t make it to the very top.

    http://youtu.be/XPMln3Fm_Ww

  • See Independent.ie

    Irish Olympic swimmer Barry Murphy has revealed how following a less than successful performance at the Olympics last summer, he considered quitting competitive swimming.

    “I had set out to get to the quarters and semis and to do my best. But I didn’t achieve that, which was hard to take.

    “I went through a few months where I was asking myself: am I ready to give it up?” […]

    However, after finding a new coach, a new training regime and a new diet, Barry has rekindled his passion for the pool.

    “I’ve been on the Paleo diet since January,” he explains.

    “I just eat a lot more carbs because of the volume of training I do,” says Barry. The Paelo diet is one of the toughest to maintain. All processed and refined foods are off the menu, as well as most dairy products.

    http://youtu.be/v6yF_a2gis4

    (Video from before London 2012)

  • The Faroese flag ‘Merkið‘ (‘the Mark’) looking awesome at the 2013 Faroese Youth Championships. Chosen as CC photo of the day since it is our flag day today ;-)

    Our flag 'Merkið' at the MU 2013

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