With concern mounting about the pace of progress for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, the IOC warned Brazilian organizers Tuesday that “time is ticking†and they must attack the project “with all vigor†to ensure that the first Olympics in South America are a success. Rio has not finalized its budget for the Olympics as well as the venues for several sports, including rugby, hockey and golf, and the IOC Executive Board is also concerned  about the state of the country’s economy with new figures showing lower than expected growth. Read for instance The Star, Yahoo! Sport and the Los Angeles Times, via SCAQ Blog
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FIRST Trailer – The Official Film of the London 2012 Olympic Games
The story of our summer – follow 12 first time Olympians at the London 2012 Games, including Missy Franklin and Chad Le Clos. Available to buy now on iTunes, see facebook.com/OlympicsFilm
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Frank Busch (USA) presentation on the importance of starts and push-offs
A presentation from the 1st FINA Gold Medal Swimming Coaches Clinic
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CC photo #339: Warm-up at Istanbul 2009
Lots of things happening in and around the pool of the LEN 2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Dolphin Bites Girl at SeaWorld Caught on Tape – Jillian Thomas Interview on ‘GMA’
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Todd Schmitz (USA) presentation on Missy Franklin (100, 200m back)
A presentation from the 1st FINA Gold Medal Swimming Coaches Clinic
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Season XI WPT Montreal: Olympic Swimmer Michael Phelps
Poker alert – Eighteen-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps on the rail at the WPT Montreal final table, and Jeanine Deeb caught up with him (and Antonio Esfandiari) for a chat about Jeff Gross, P.B.F.
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Romain Barnier (FRA) presentation on Florent Manaudou (50m free)
A presentation from the 1st FINA Gold Medal Swimming Coaches Clinic
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Fjord and Cove Swimming in Montenegro
Strel Swimming Adventures has opened a new swimming holiday destination for the coming year. Montenegro offers some of the most spectacular scenery in the Mediterranean, along the Adriatic coast between Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Kosovo. In the 1990s it was caught in the brutal wars in the Balkan which horrified the world as it played out on our TV screens, but now the mild Mediterranean climate offers long hot summers and a great place for swimming adventure.
Montenegro Adriatic Sea Swimming Holiday Tour from Strel Swimming Adventure Holiday on Vimeo.
Their one week long swim trek takes you swimming through the stunning fjord bays of Kotor and Tivat and hopping from one cove to another in the crystal-clear waters along the Adriatic coast. Tour appeals to all levels of swimmers interested in unique fjord and sea swimming adventures combined with some walks through historical towns and islands in the warm Mediterranean climate.
More information at: http://www.strel-swimming.com/s1a125/fjord-cove-swimming-
montenegro/fjord-cove-swimming-montenegro-7-days.html(Photos courtesy of Borut Strel / Strel-swimming)