“Anne-Marie Ward, acclaimed Irish open water swimmer talked to Priority Sports about her intensive training and the focus it takes when swimming in 2 degree Alaskan waters. See Anne take the plunge in her local training spot off the coast of County Donegal, North West Ireland.”
http://youtu.be/giC7x6bT488
At the FINA 2013 Swimming World Cup meet in Doha today, France took down the mixed 4×50 medley world record. Read for instance SwimmingWorld and see the result list here.
France demolished the world record that already should stand to them in the first place. Jeremy Stravius (23.25), Giacomo Perez Dortona (26.41), Melanie Henique (25.45) and Anna Santamans (24.53) turned in a 1:39.54 in the mixed relay event to crush the previous world record of 1:41.70 set by Russia at the Moscow stop.
Read for instance News3 and Las Vegas Review-Journal
A veteran principal, educator and coach died Saturday while competing with his family as a team in the 10th annual Pumpkinman Triathlon.
Patrick Hayden, 59, was pronounced dead at 9:30 a.m. at Boulder City Hospital, according to the Clark County coroner’s office. He was found unresponsive about 8:55 a.m. Saturday while swimming the first leg of the event. Family members were to do the running and bicycling legs of the competition. [โฆ]
Hayden would have been 60 years old in January, Dawn said. He was an active swimmer and frequented the Y to stay in shape.
Vanover said the park rangers werenโt sure what caused him to lose consciousness in the water.
Here a recap of sorts
And here the opening ceremony
Just a photo from 25K open water event at the FINA 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
Diana reflects on the 48-hour “Swim For Relief” event benefitting the Americares Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund. Video footage featuring Ryan Lochte (U.S. Olympic Swimmer), Richard Simmons (Fitness Guru), Nikki Reed (Twilight Actress), Natasia Liukin (U.S. Olympic Gymnast), Natalie Morales (The Today Show)
The next round of FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 meets starts today in Doha, Qatar, with live streaming on FinaTV. The competition times for the Doha leg are as follows:
Sunday, 20 October:
Start Time: 14:30 to 17:30 GMT Main TX Day 1 session 1 (PGM start 15:00
GMT)
Monday, 21 October
Start Time: 14:30 to 17:30 GMT Main TX Day 2 (PGM start 15:00 GMT)
The detailed competition schedules can be found here on fina.org, live timing on omegatiming.com.
Lithuania’s Rลซta Meilutytฤ and USA’s Jessica Hardy head-to-head at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, here I think in the preliminary heats. Meilutyte ended up winning the final in a new championships record of 1:03.52, see the result list here.
Read AFP
Swimming coach Bob Bowman, who guided Michael Phelps to 18 gold, two silver and two bronze medals over four Olympic Games, is now working with France’s promising young champion Yannick Agnel.
Before an afternoon training session, and just back from the dentist’s chair, he fielded a few questions from AFP, punctuating his responses with an easy laugh.
AFP: Is Agnel the next Michael Phelps?
Bowman: No, he’s the first Yannick. He is really quite similar to Michael in some ways — his mental approach, his dedication to training, those sort of things. But he’s also quite different and I think he can stand on his own. He doesn’t need a comparison to someone else… In the big moments he tends to give his best performance, and that’s a hallmark of a great swimmer.
See also this video
