A short dance film, written and performed by David Bolger (choreographer and artistic director of CoisCéim Dance Theatre, Dublin) along with his 76-year-old mother, Madge Bolger. The film was shot in the Marian College swimming pool, where Madge worked as a swimming instructor for many years and where she taught David to swim.
Deep End Dance from Conor Horgan on Vimeo.
Robbie Renwick is firmly fixed on defending his 200 freestyle Commonwealth Games title when he competes at Glasgow 2014.
Via Laughing Squid
Should you feel shy about the noises you make in the bathroom, the folks at Akatu have developed an iOS app to disguise them called Fake Shower. It emulates the sound of running water (either from a shower or open tap) and measures how much water you’ve saved by using the app instead of turning on the shower or faucet. It’s available to download at the iTunes store.
“Because love is blind. But not deaf.â€
– I can think of several uses, like ‘showering’ in a room without showers, or faking your shower before a swim :-P
We all know Jessica Hardy as an Olympic Gold medalist and world record holder. But, this past weekend, the Southern California native set out to prove that she could handle the wheel at the Celeb/Pro Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach.
Sorry @toyotaracing that I crashed your car, but I hope it was as entertaining for u all as it was for me! Thanx for… say.ly/QDu5DPW
— Jessica Hardy (@swimhardy) April 20, 2013
Read for instance AFP
Two of Australia’s biggest Olympic sports, swimming and athletics, had their annual high-performance funding cut on Monday by the government-backed Australian Sports Commission (ASC).
Swimming, the best-funded of Australian sports saw its 2013-14 allocation from the ASC reduced by 5.8 percent to Aus$8,165,000 ($8,389,000).
Athletics Australia’s high-performance funding was cut by 3.8 percent to Aus$6,570,000 for the same period.
Swimming Australia was told by the ASC that it needed to reduce overheads and “to demonstrate effective leadership and governance of the sport”.
Read AFP
Two-time Olympic medal winner Arkady Vyatchanin has decided to quit swimming for Russia and represent another country, the Allsport news agency reported on Monday.
“I believe that I can offer nothing else to Russian swimming,” Vyatchanin was quoted as saying at the Russian Cup final in Kazan. “I will continue my swimming performances but not as a Russian athlete any more. I will decide which country’s team to join in the near future.”
Vyatchanin had issues with the Russian Federation leading up to the Russian Cup last week, and also in the past. If you’re curious, you could try to run this Komiinform story through Google Translate. I dare not even try to translate it here.
(A memorable moment, Vyatchanin and Donets double European champions and world record setters at the Istanbul 2009 European Short Course Championships)
Stuff is happening for Lebanese entrepreneur Hind Hobeika and her team of engineers – Since launching their Indigogo fundraising campaign last week to help get the Instabeat swimming monitor to market, they have now raised $11,145 dollars of the $35,000 goal, with 57 days left. Wamda asks if this is ‘The Arab World’s Hottest Hardware Startup this Year?‘
A scene from the 2013 Faroese Youth Swimming Championships. I smell a bit of Bieber fever here with those JB hearts on the tank top and everything :-)
Read for instance Mail Online and ninemsn
Residents of Australia’s tropical north know that you don’t go swimming in the sea at night because that’s when crocodiles are most dangerous.
But French fisherman Yoann Galeran didn’t know the rules and happily dived into the waters off Arnhem Land – which is why he ended up with his head firmly between the jaws of a saltwater croc.
“It felt like a big stone or something coming on my head and I just thought for sure that is a croc and I started to think the only thing to do was to move my body as much as I can,” Mr Galeran told AAP.
He said the animal was still living in a place where children played and needed to be killed.
“I think they need to do something with him, probably kill him. He is very cheeky,” Mr Galeran said.
