Three of the four current Danish 2013 Barcelona squad members having fun in the sun while on altitude camp in Sierra Nevada. World champs Jeanette Ottesen, Pernille Blume and Rikke Møller Pedersen. Most of the talk is in Danish, but you will manage anyhow.
(Warning, maybe NSFW in your corner of the world)
See ABC News
An Oregon teen who did not know how to swim was listed in critical condition Tuesday after being under water for more than 30 minutes, officials said.
Cesar Campuzano, 15, was rescued by the Newberg Dive Rescue team and the sheriff’s marine patrol Monday evening, after he leaped into the river at Rogers Landing, Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Tim Svenson said.
“What happened was basically they [Campuzano and some friends] were down on the dock and they were all in the water, they knew he couldn’t swim and he said he couldn’t,†Svenson said. “They thought he was joking, and as they were getting out he jumped in.â€
Svenson said three teenage boys tried to retrieve Campuzano out of the water but he kept crawling over them, proving too heavy to be lifted out of the water.
Read for instance Courier-Mail, ABC Grandstand Sport, The Age
Swimming Australia has plunged into an $8 million black hole after being dumped by their major sponsor in the wake of the toxic culture, Stilnox and donkey scandals to rock the sport.
The Courier-Mail can reveal that principal partner of Swimming Australia, Energy Australia, this week dumped their major sponsorship of the sport, fed up with the string of scandalous headlines.
The company had signed a five-year agreement in February 2012, a lucrative arrangement believed to increase in value every year until 2017.
Insiders suggest it was valued at $2m in 2013, which would be an enormous blow for the sport as it constituted almost half of Swimming Australia’s annual revenue for corporate sponsorship. […]
Swedish media is abuzz with the news that 35-year-old Therese Alshammer on June 1 gave birth to her first child, a son. The news broke in February that she was expecting a child with partner and coach Johan Wallberg, and they have since them moved from Switzerland to Sweden. “Everything has gone well and we are naturally delighted”, says Alshammer, she has no plans to stop competing but Barcelona 2013 is out of the question :-)
See for instance Expressen, Borås Tidning, Göteborgs-Posten, Helsingborgs Dagblad, Svenska Dagbladet
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons /Â Mikhail Makarov, CC BY-SA 3.0
See RTE Sport, SportsNews Ireland and Swim Ireland
Swim Ireland announced yesterday that Chris Bryan, Fiona Doyle, Sycerika McMahon and Barry Murphy will all represent Ireland at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona Spain from the 20th July – 4th August 2013.
See wptv.com
Rodelson Normil, 17, was swept away in the waves Friday afternoon, his body hasn’t been recovered. His friends found comfort in each other, but struggle with the fact he is gone. […]
Rodelson was swimming near Gulfstream Park with friends, when he got caught in a rip current. One of his friends event went in after him.
“Zac went in and tried to help him, but he panicked. He pushed him down and Zac had to get out, if not he would’ve been lost too,” said Martinez. [a friend of Rodelson]
See scottishswimming.com/live, Scottish Swimming will be broadcasting the Scottish Gas National Open Swimming Championships from 13-16 June 2013 live on YouTube, from the newly refurbished Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow, with commentary provided by Duncan McKinnell, Keri-Anne Payne, Drew Gordon and Ally Whike.
They have a Twitter hashtag #SGN13live also, truly cutting edge, them Scots
An interesting recording here on Soundcloud, Scottish Swimming interviewing Liam Tancock, Robbie Renwick, Hannah Miley and coach Ian Wright at the East District Grand Prix in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Milton Berle and Arnold Stang with guest Esther Williams (actress,swimmer) performing on the deck of the “USS HANCOCK” in San Diego,California, 1956.
