Dr. Christy Valentine speaks with FOX 8 New Orleans about how to stay safe when enjoying recreational water activities this summer.
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Lewis Pugh – the pioneer swimmer known as the Human Polar Bear
“If there are dangerous seas, you’ll find him there. Lewis Pugh, the man who has astounded the world with his ability to swim in the coldest of waters in dressed on nothing more than a Speedo, and a man with an incredible passion for the environment.”
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Midwinter Swim 2012
Great video from the Falkland Islands – “People dashing into the freezing South Atlantic in the depths of winter just to earn their Certificate of Lunacy. Brrrrrrrr!”
http://youtu.be/gukFWWdFAtY
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CC photo #522: Alshammar winner in the 100 fly at Stockholm 2010
Not my best shot, but the best one I’ve got from when Therese Alshammar won gold in the women’s 100 meter short course butterfly, at the FINA 2010 World Cup meet in Stockholm, Sweden. Also in the picture Sarah Sjöström (Sweden) on lane 5 and Jeanette Ottesen (Denmark) on lane 6. And a man with a bucket. See the result list here.
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Danish dames doing dryland and dry swimming at altitude
Three of the four current Danish 2013 Barcelona squad members having fun in the sun while on altitude camp in Sierra Nevada. World champs Jeanette Ottesen, Pernille Blume and Rikke Møller Pedersen. Most of the talk is in Danish, but you will manage anyhow.
(Warning, maybe NSFW in your corner of the world)
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15-Year-Old Revived After Being Under Water for 30 Minutes
See ABC News
An Oregon teen who did not know how to swim was listed in critical condition Tuesday after being under water for more than 30 minutes, officials said.
Cesar Campuzano, 15, was rescued by the Newberg Dive Rescue team and the sheriff’s marine patrol Monday evening, after he leaped into the river at Rogers Landing, Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Tim Svenson said.
“What happened was basically they [Campuzano and some friends] were down on the dock and they were all in the water, they knew he couldn’t swim and he said he couldn’t,†Svenson said. “They thought he was joking, and as they were getting out he jumped in.â€
Svenson said three teenage boys tried to retrieve Campuzano out of the water but he kept crawling over them, proving too heavy to be lifted out of the water.
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Swimming Australia loses top sponsor Energy Australia after spate of controversies
Read for instance Courier-Mail, ABC Grandstand Sport, The AgeSwimming Australia has plunged into an $8 million black hole after being dumped by their major sponsor in the wake of the toxic culture, Stilnox and donkey scandals to rock the sport.
The Courier-Mail can reveal that principal partner of Swimming Australia, Energy Australia, this week dumped their major sponsorship of the sport, fed up with the string of scandalous headlines.
The company had signed a five-year agreement in February 2012, a lucrative arrangement believed to increase in value every year until 2017.
Insiders suggest it was valued at $2m in 2013, which would be an enormous blow for the sport as it constituted almost half of Swimming Australia’s annual revenue for corporate sponsorship. […]
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Therese Alshammar and Johan Wallberg welcome a son
Swedish media is abuzz with the news that 35-year-old Therese Alshammer on June 1 gave birth to her first child, a son. The news broke in February that she was expecting a child with partner and coach Johan Wallberg, and they have since them moved from Switzerland to Sweden. “Everything has gone well and we are naturally delighted”, says Alshammer, she has no plans to stop competing but Barcelona 2013 is out of the question :-)See for instance Expressen, BorÃ¥s Tidning, Göteborgs-Posten, Helsingborgs Dagblad, Svenska Dagbladet
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons /Â Mikhail Makarov, CC BY-SA 3.0
