Steve Backshall gets face to face with the world’s largest snake, underwater. Warning, British guy screaming in his diving mask.
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Denmark selects 4 to Barcelona 2013 World Championships squad
The Danish Swimming Federation has announced their preliminary selection for the 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, to be the four individually qualified Jeanette Ottesen Gray, Lotte Friis, Mie Østergaard Nielsen and Rikke Møller Pedersen, plus Pernille Blume selected for the women’s 4×100 freestyle relay. The final selection has to wait partly because two swimmers have been granted dispensation, to try to qualify at a meet in the US on 11-13 April 2013. My best guess is that that would be the 2013 Arena Grand Prix at Mesa, where Anders Lie Nielsen is competing. See svoem.org.
(Pernille, Jeanette, Rikke and Mie at Istanbul 2012)
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Lance Armstrong formally banned from U.S. Masters Swimming events
Read for instance SwimmingWorld
A few hours after FINA, the global organization that oversees aquatic sports, sent a letter to U.S. Masters Swimming recommending that Lance Armstrong be denied permission to swim in a Masters meet this weekend, USMS has banned the former cyclist from any future Masters swim meets.
So that would be the news breaking that he would race, FINA then objecting, Lance withdrawing and then U.S. Masters Swimming banning him, all in a few hours.
The internet is abuzz but confused.
Video source wsoctv.com
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Chloe Sutton has a special message for Idaho Falls!
Two-time Olympian Chloe Sutton has a special message for every swimmer who lives in Idaho Falls, ID area. So that would be April 27, 2013, see Fitter & Faster.
Chloe Sutton has a special message for Idaho Falls! from Fitter & Faster Swim Tour on Vimeo.
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Caribbean Dragons | Pelagic Life
The Pelagic Life crew went on another exploratory mission to photograph an unusual pelagic traveler. The salt water crocodiles of Banco Chinchorro are believed to have traveled over 20 NM from white sandy beaches in Riviera Maya to this forgotten reef system.
Caribbean Dragons | Pelagic Life from Pelagic Life on Vimeo.
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2013 Canadian Swimming Trials LIVE on YouTube
The Victoria 2013 Canadian Swimming World Championships Trials finals and heats can be seen LIVE (or taped) on Sportnet Canada’s YouTube channel, with live results here, 3-6 April 2013. Awesome!
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Ryan Cochrane clocks 7:43.61 and 2013 world’s best at Canadian trials
See SwimmingWorld for a full recap of the first night of the 2013 Canadian World Championships Trials. The finals (and heats) can be seen on Sportnet Canada’s YouTube channel, and the results here.
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Kieren Perkins tells Aussie relay to ‘grow up’
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The two-time Olympic 1,500m freestyle gold medallist believes Australian swimming has not been irrevocably damaged by the revelations of athletes abusing prescription drugs, alcohol and curfews during last year’s London Games.
But the findings of a damning review into Australia’s Olympic swimming team should act as the catalyst for a greater emphasis on performance, he said.
“The guys who are involved in the team now need to take on board the lessons,” Perkins told reporters.
“Grow up a little bit and get on with the job that they’re there to do, which is to be the world’s best athletes, not celebrity show ponies.”
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CC photo #460: The Istanbul 2012 Women’s 50 Free Medal Podium
The women’s 50 meter freestyle medal winners at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right Francesca Halsall (GBR, silver), Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR, gold) and Jeanette Ottesen Gray (DEN, bronze). See the result list here.
