A new trailer for the upcoming feature documentary TOUCH THE WALL featuring Missy Franklin and Kara Lynn Joyce. TOUCH THE WALL documents the rise of teenager Missy Franklin and 3-time Olympian Kara Lynn Joyce as they work toward’s swimming’s biggest stage – the London Olympics. A film by Grant Barbeito and Christo Brock. More at www.touchthewall.com
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2012 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup season summary
The best moments of the 2012 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup
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Professional Swimmer – Ready Room to Pool with Speedo
Find out what the athletes see behind the scenes from the ready room to the pool at the 2012 Istanbul Short Course World Championships with Speedo. Interesting swim when ‘Ryan’ gets into pool, is that 2 butterfly strokes and then a bit of underwater doggy-paddle before finishing at 25 meters ? :-P
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CC photo #353: Aleksander Hetland after winning the Istanbul 2012 men’s 50 breaststroke
Norway’s Aleksander Hetland ecstatic after winning the men’s 50 meter breaststroke at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25) in Istanbul, Turkey. According to him the very last swim of his career, “As I took that last stroke I was actually thinking – this is your last stroke, make it count”. Read Speed Endurance and see the result list here
(Sorry about the low picture quality here, WordPress is messing with me … the quality is much better on Flickr)
Here is a video of the swim
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An open letter to Eurosport
As our coach put it, when we were not watching the women’s 100 meter breaststroke final on TV at the team hotel: ‘I hope these are the snooker Olympics, since they are showing them non-live, rather than the swimming World Champs live’ :-/
Dear Eurosport,
I hope you’re well. There’s been a world swimming championships going on these past few days. I say that in case you’ve not noticed; a glance at your schedules this weekend would suggest you forgot all about it. After all, while the swimmers were racing in Istanbul, we were treated to replays and delayed coverage of cross-country skiing, luge and ski jumping.
Read more here on Pullbuoy
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Pál Joensen and the Istanbul 2012 theme song
The day before his 1500 bronze medal. We are proud of you, Pal :-)
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An interesting drill performed by Allison Schmitt and Anthony Ervin
A scene at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs, “What goes on in the warm up warm down pool stays there”, courtesy of CoachJackRoach
(See yfrog)
Update, GoSwim calls this a Partner Pusher
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Sport England gets tough over swimming grassroots funding
Six sports in Britain, including swimming and tennis, have been warned they will have millions in grassroots funding taken away unless they can show they can improve participation figures in the next 12 months, as Sport England unveiled its investment priorities for the next four years. Read The Guardian
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Olympic swimmer Nathan Adrian to lead toy drive
Olympic swimmer Nathan Adrian was at Target in Colma on Monday morning leading a toy-buying shopping spree for underprivileged kids. Adrian, who won two gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics, will be participating in the Salvation Army’s “Dig Deep SF,” which aims to purchase $25,000 worth of toys for Bay Area kids between eight and 16 years old. Read ABC7 Local