World Championship medalists Olivier Rochon and Travis Gerrits walk us through the incredible training techniques used by freestyle aerialists as they train for Olympic competition, jumping into water rather than snow.
Simma.nu/dk has an interesting notice from Danish broadcaster TV2’s sport host and commentator Michael Stรฆrke, that TV2 will go ‘all in’ on the LEN 2013 European Short Course Championships in Herning in December, broadcasting everything including prelims, finals and pre- and post-session shows. TV2 will be mustering what they see as their strongest team, with journalists, experts and technicians handpicked to have the best people possible around the pool. And because of this, they want to let the Danes know that there is swimming on the schedule, with more focus on swimming this fall, more opportunities to have swimming in the news, and crew also present every day at the upcoming Danish Short Course Champs, 14-17 November 2013. Because of this, he asks the Danish swimming community to contact him with whatever swim stories they find interesting, and for everyone to remember to buy tickets for Herning 2013.
China’s Ye Shiwen enters the Palau Sans Jordi arena, ready for the womens’ 200 meter individual medley semi-final at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. She ended up 4th in the final the day after, see the result list here.
See the full press release here on fina.org
3. Finally, FINA gave a warning to the Organisers of the two FINA Swimming World Cup meets and recalled them that the FINA rules must be equally applied by all FINA National Federations.
With no water yet in the Herning 2013 venue, the organizers recently jumped the gun and arranged a ‘dryland swimming’ fun event, as seen in the video below. Too bad there are no subtitles, the commentators are awesome, describing her shock when realizing that there are also male competitors in the final, and going over her lousy start but awesome turn in the replay. Jeanette herself says when asked how she ranks this victory, that she is totally speechless, can hardly breathe, that this is her biggest victory ever.
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Controversial Olympic swimmer Nick DยArcy has retired from the sport.
DโArcy, 26, has slipped out of competitive swimming, quietly announcing his intentions to pursue his medical career.
โItโs been an honour and a privilege to represent my country over the past eight years,โ DโArcy wrote on social network site, Facebook, tonight.
Ouch
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