Olympic gold medalists Cameron van der Burgh, Dániel Gyurta and Olympic silver medalist Michael Jamieson visited Norway’s TV2 this morning, to talk about their relationship with Alexander Dale Oen. See story and video on tv2.no, almost completely in English.
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Swimming Australia confirmed Friday that the 30-year-old hadn’t entered any races and nominations have closed. The event doubles as the national championships and trials for the Barcelona worlds in July.
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Remember ButterflEYE, the goggles that measure your heart rate while swimming? Well, that award-winning product has developed into Instabeat, a more streamlined and waterproof head-up monitor that displays instant feedback of your heart rate in your swim goggles, while at the same time tracking other parameters like laps swum and breathing pattern. In the video below, creator Hind Hobeika presents her invention. You can help them get the product on the market by supporting their funding campaign on IndieGogo. See also instabeat.me
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The “Good Day Philadelphia” hosts sat down with Olympic swimmer/major bro-wad Ryan Lochte, who is promoting his new E! reality show “What Would Ryan Lochte Do?” Lochte is not known for his way with words, as evidenced by his short satellite sitdown with Jerrick and Jones, who cannot control themselves once the interview is over.
Olympic champion Cameron van der Burgh has arrived in Norway, ready for the Bergen Swim Festival 2013 / Alexander Dale Oen Memorial 19 – 21 April 2013. Today he visited his friend Alexander Dale Oen’s grave, a lot of the speak is in Norwegian, with Cameron’s comments in English. See story and video on TV2.no
Learn about what nanotechnology has to do with swimming.
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USA’s Ryan Lochte 2012 World Champion in the men’s 200 meter individual medley at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, in a new World Record time of 1:49.63. See the result list here.
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The likes of star swimmers James Magnussen and Eamon Sullivan are expected to learn their fate in the coming days following lengthy investigations by both Swimming Australia and the Australian Olympic Committee
It is understood penalties could include fines and “suspended sentences†following the fallout of their infamous Stilnox bonding night prior to the London Olympics.
Mizuno swimmers from david mcdowall on Vimeo.
