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Europe’s biggest open-water swimming series, the Great Swim, has moved its event in Scotland to Loch Lomond after the 2012 race at Strathclyde Loch had to be cancelled because of the poor quality of the water and fears competitors would get ill.
Oh the irony, read the Guardian
Last week, an eyeglass-retailer executive from Rui’an City, coastal Zhejiang province, offered the city’s environmental protection chief Bao Zhenming more than £20,000 to take a 20-minute dip in a highly polluted local river. The entrepreneur, Jin Zengmin, posted the dare to his microblog beneath pictures showing the waterway overflowing with discarded aluminum cans, polystyrene boxes and paper lanterns. He blamed the river’s industrial demise on dumping by a local rubber shoe factory.
The Rui’an government responded by saying that most of the river’s pollution was caused by individuals, not factories, and could be attributed to overpopulation. Bao has since declined the offer.
Via Inhabitat
(Another river in China, ‘likely to scare off many potential swimmers’)
“Freediving in Gulen on a crisp, clear and sunny day in february. Kristoffer find`s his first scallops in 20+ meters visibility. What a day!”
Feelgood freedive in Norway – Gulen from frivannsliv on Vimeo.
Behind the scenes at the Speedo video shoot – ‘The Speedo Harlem Shake’.
http://youtu.be/gzc6ENUKR64
“Lisa Curry on the Bluestone Review. Drinking by Australian swim coaches during Olympics to be investigated. AUSTRALIAN swim coaches will come under investigation for drinking during the Olympic Games, with revelations it was not the athletes but officials who were accused of drunken behaviour in the cultural review into the sport.”
“Porterhouse School dominated the opening day of the Inter-School Swimming Gala, which brought together swimmers from leading International and Private schools around Nairobi. Meanwhile the National Swimming Federation National Championships kicked off at the Kasarani Aquatic Complex in Nairobi. NTV Sport Warothe Kiru has the details in our local Swimming wrap.”
http://youtu.be/n-a-NO_gKZk
English backpackers make the best of torrential storm weather at Coogee Beach, Sydney
An interview with the accomplished Netherlands swim coach Jacco VerHaeren. From the start of his career he knew he wanted to help athletes to succeed in the demanding sport of swimming. As part of that effort, he knows the importance of nutrition and has been happy to develop an association with Herbalife who is also committed to providing athletes with the tools they need to succeed.
http://youtu.be/mr9mBWxwvL8
Controversial swimmer Nick D’Arcy says he fears the fractures within Australia’s swim team will take a long time to mend.
http://youtu.be/M2M1-Vf0YAg
