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  • Former USA Swimming VP files complaint about screening

    Feb 27, 2013

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    rokur
    in Organization, Safety

    Read for instance ESPN and Stamford Advocate

    A former vice president at USA Swimming claims the organization’s new screening procedures failed to detect a coach with multiple identities and a felony conviction.

    Mike Saltzstein filed a complaint Monday asking for a review of a person known as James Pantera, who became involved with San Diego Imperial Swimming last year.

    In the complaint obtained by The Associated Press, Saltzstein said his review found the person has at least 11 identities and three dates of birth, and that he was sentenced to a year in federal prison for making false statements and fraudulently obtaining student loans.

    (Source: Stamford Advocate)

  • Michael Phelps on Golf, Oscar Pistorius and Making Mistakes

    Feb 26, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Gossip

    See Fox News Insider

    “What Oscar did in the sport of track and field is amazing … what he did and what he overcame. My thoughts and prayers go out to [Reeva’s] family … It’s just a tragic event,” he said. “I think one thing that … I think a lot of people think that celebrities and athletes are different, but we’re all just human beings.”

  • Is golf less dull if Michael Phelps swings a club?

    Feb 26, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Gossip, Uncategorized

    Read The Salt Lake Tribune

    Golf is so boring that the Golf Channel needs to bring in an Olympic swimmer to get people to watch.

    OK, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. But it’s entirely possible that the most buzz the Golf Channel has ever gotten surrounds the appearance of Michael Phelps on “The Haney Project.”

  • Sunrise – Ian Thorpe in gay nightclub scandal

    Feb 26, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Gossip, Uncategorized

    A Melbourne nightclub is in hot water after it used swim legend Ian Thorpe’s image to advertise a gay party.

    http://youtu.be/FhZPyIk195I

  • Salnikov: Breaststroke rules to allow multiple dolphin kicks the first 15 meters

    Feb 26, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Organization, Technique

    Read SwimNews

    FINA, in a move believed by some as a way around introducing underwater cameras in disputes and appeals, may relax the rules on breaststroke to allow multiple dolphin kicks at the start of races, according to former 1500m great Vladimir Salnikov.

    “The athletes will be allowed to make an unlimited number of dolphin leg movements in the course of the first 15 meters of the distance, although actually it is realistic to do two or three,” says Salnikov in a statement on the Russian federation website. “In this case, they have decided at FINA that there is no sense to take measures on the basis of subjective judging in this situation, so they feel it is necessary to completely abandon this rule.”

    See also russwimming.ru (Google Translate helps :-)

  • Top Romanian swimmer Mihai Ciocan collapses, dies

    Feb 26, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Competition

    Read SwimmingWorld Magazine

    Romanian high school swimmer Mihai Octavian Ciocan, 18, died late last night after a party with his friends, according to Objectiv Vocea Brailiei. The Farul Constana Swim Club member collapsed in front of his friends, and was pronounced dead on arrival at the local hospital.

    Ciocan was a multiple national champion from Romania, and one of that country’s top Olympic hopefuls for the 2016 Rio Games in the 200, 400 and 1500 freestyle events, as well as on both 400-meter relays.

  • CC photo #423: Maybe the world’s most cramped technical meeting

    Feb 26, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Faroe Islands, Fun

    From this weekend’s swim meet at Toftir, Faroe Islands. Held in a closet, what-you-see-is-what-it-is, I (the photographer) am standing in the doorway. Please leave your notepads and tablets outside :-)

    Maybe the World's most cramped technical meeting

  • Ice Hole Swimming

    Feb 26, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Open Water

    “… or how to unplug and reboot your brain”

    Steve Olpin of The Talking Fly and Boston McConnaughey and Andrew Hancock of Freakin’ Rad take a quick dip in an ice hole in Deer Creek Reservoir near Midway, Utah. This is super fun and really does reboot your brain. It is good to unplug and get outdoors, Enjoy!

  • Irish swim coach and suspected pedophile George Gibney flees Florida home

    Feb 26, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Organization, Safety

    Read Irish Centralgeorge-gibney

    Alleged pedophile swimming coach George Gibney has fled his Florida home after a campaign by a local child protection agency.

    Former Irish national coach Gibney fled Ireland for America in 1994 after the collapse of a court action against him over the alleged sexual abuse of minors.

    The Irish Sun newspaper reports that Gibney has abandoned his US home in Orange City and gone to ground.

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