After having been behind the entire meet, USA managed at the very end to win the 2013 Duel in the Pool by one single point, the meet ending with an additional tiebreaker mixed 4×50 medley event that USA won by 0.20 sec, 1:37.17 to 1:37.37 breaking Russia’s 1:37.63 world record set in Herning a week ago. Sigh.
Read for instance SwimmingWorld Magazine and see full results here
“Columbia River High School’s Monica Bottelberghe overcomes surgery for thyroid cancer to win her third straight 200-meter freestyle state championship. Reporter: Nick Voll”
“Finnish swimmer Hanna-Maria Seppälä is showing a basic ab exercise everyone should be able to do. If you can not do this one, I recommend you forget all other ab exercises and practice this one. You have to be able to control your abs enough to sit up without using your hands/arms & lifting the legs.”
http://youtu.be/6Pb0s4a70ek
Practice makes perfect
Duel in the pool with Team USA and European Allstars at Duel in the Pool 2013.
See nbc15.com
The YMCA of Dane County’s swim team practice times and pool locations are going back to normal. This comes after Y aquatics staff told parents their swimmers would be shuffled around to deal with overcrowding. The Y made the changes to free up space for other use. Upset by the decision, 120 swimmers left the team, essentially solving the overcrowding issue. But even with the schedules remaining the same, there’s still tension between families who’ve stayed and Y management.
“This isn’t swimming lessons. For our family, if there’s practice, I take them there,” said YMCA swim team mom Sheryl Terry.
Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte and artist Dave Kinsey teamed up to design a limited-edition swim cap for Speedo USA’s Art of the Cap. All proceeds from the cap go toward Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) an organization that’s committed to curing Duchenne, a lethal form of muscular dystrophy. Every cap sold will raise awareness, raise money, and make a difference.
http://youtu.be/0WfgIgSEy-Q
