I know I know, been there done that, the only difference that this time it was in KlaksvÃk rather than LeirvÃk. But don’t forget! :-)
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‘To Row An Ocean’, a film about Livar Nysted
A really nice short film about extreme ocean rower Livar Nysted, the other true (living) sports hero of the Faroe Islands.
Livar is an extremely grounded person, in the photo below he is giving free rides to children in a dressed-up rowing boat at the annual “Seaman’s Day” in KlaksvÃk.
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Iron lady Katinka Hosszu raced 36 times during the 2013 Bergen Swim Festival
Read Speed Endurance
She was entered in 15 events, placed for the final in all of them, and with the 50 meter dashes being arranged as skins the races really added up for the girl dubbed swimmings «Iron Lady». For the skins she only miscalculated in the first heat of the 50 meters butterfly, otherwise she made the final event for those too.
She wasn’t taking it easy either setting a total of seven meet records along the way.
Watch also Sander Smørdal interviewing Hozzu (in English) here on TV2.no
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Deep End Dance
A short dance film, written and performed by David Bolger (choreographer and artistic director of CoisCéim Dance Theatre, Dublin) along with his 76-year-old mother, Madge Bolger. The film was shot in the Marian College swimming pool, where Madge worked as a swimming instructor for many years and where she taught David to swim.
Deep End Dance from Conor Horgan on Vimeo.
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Robbie Renwick aiming to defend Commonwealth title
Robbie Renwick is firmly fixed on defending his 200 freestyle Commonwealth Games title when he competes at Glasgow 2014.
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Behold Fake Shower, the app that disguises your bathroom noises
Via Laughing Squid
Should you feel shy about the noises you make in the bathroom, the folks at Akatu have developed an iOS app to disguise them called Fake Shower. It emulates the sound of running water (either from a shower or open tap) and measures how much water you’ve saved by using the app instead of turning on the shower or faucet. It’s available to download at the iTunes store.
“Because love is blind. But not deaf.â€
– I can think of several uses, like ‘showering’ in a room without showers, or faking your shower before a swim :-P
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Jessica Hardy spins out, crashes car during Toyota Grand Prix
We all know Jessica Hardy as an Olympic Gold medalist and world record holder. But, this past weekend, the Southern California native set out to prove that she could handle the wheel at the Celeb/Pro Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach.
Sorry @toyotaracing that I crashed your car, but I hope it was as entertaining for u all as it was for me! Thanx for… say.ly/QDu5DPW
— Jessica Hardy (@swimhardy) April 20, 2013
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Australian swimming suffers high-performance funding cut
Read for instance AFP
Two of Australia’s biggest Olympic sports, swimming and athletics, had their annual high-performance funding cut on Monday by the government-backed Australian Sports Commission (ASC).
Swimming, the best-funded of Australian sports saw its 2013-14 allocation from the ASC reduced by 5.8 percent to Aus$8,165,000 ($8,389,000).
Athletics Australia’s high-performance funding was cut by 3.8 percent to Aus$6,570,000 for the same period.
Swimming Australia was told by the ASC that it needed to reduce overheads and “to demonstrate effective leadership and governance of the sport”.
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Arkady Vyatchanin to switch nationalities
Read AFP
Two-time Olympic medal winner Arkady Vyatchanin has decided to quit swimming for Russia and represent another country, the Allsport news agency reported on Monday.
“I believe that I can offer nothing else to Russian swimming,” Vyatchanin was quoted as saying at the Russian Cup final in Kazan. “I will continue my swimming performances but not as a Russian athlete any more. I will decide which country’s team to join in the near future.”
Vyatchanin had issues with the Russian Federation leading up to the Russian Cup last week, and also in the past. If you’re curious, you could try to run this Komiinform story through Google Translate. I dare not even try to translate it here.
(A memorable moment, Vyatchanin and Donets double European champions and world record setters at the Istanbul 2009 European Short Course Championships)