European, 200m breaststroke (sc) Champion Marco Koch, maintained supremacy in his distance, winning gold in the first leg of the 2012 Fina/Arena Swimming World Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Cameron van der Burgh gold in the Dubai 2012 World Cup 50 breaststroke
Olympic Champion, Cameron Van der Burgh takes gold in 50m breaststroke, during the first leg of the 2012 Fina/Arena Swim World Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Behold, clever octopus breaks into bait canister while wrestling shark
Those things are cunning, here is an octopus breaching into a baited canister by removing three cable ties, while at the same time restraining a pyjama shark. Filmed by Lauren De Vos and her team testing their baited remote underwater video (BRUV) system in False Bay in Cape Town, South Africa. The banjo music is added (I think). Read more here on NY Daily News
Foiled by an octopus … from Lauren De Vos on Vimeo.
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Ryan Lochte: The Most Innovative Swimmer’s Workout Ever
Ryan’s workout, in and out of the pool, may well be among the toughest in the world. He explains what his 7-day-a-week regimen includes (it totals 30 to 35 hours a week), a combination of swimming and weight/strength training. Via the17thman
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CC photo #278: The HBMBR Sport Complex main entrance at night
The road to the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex main entrance, during the Dubai 2010 World Short Course Swimming Championships. Impressive.
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FINA World Cup 2012, Dubai Day 1
On this first day of the 2012 FINA World Cup circuit, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu bagged $5,000 in prize money, winning the women’s 800 freestyle, 200 freestyle and 200 IM. Most winning male swimmer was Japan’s Daiya Seto, collecting $3,500 by winning the 400 IM and being second in the 200 butterfly and 200 breaststroke. See all results here on Omega Timing, more details on SwimmingWorld Magazine and video replays here on FINA TV.
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Grant Hackett, Swimming and Success
Footage from the Olympic Review Dinner at Parliament House 2008
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Tlaloc’s Under Water Warriors
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Surviving Cold Water Immersion & Hypothermia
Volunteers experience the 3 effects of cold water immersion – cold shock, cold incapacitation & hypothermia. Learn how to survive a fall into cold water. When a person is immersed in cold water without a life jacket on, there are limits to how long a person can keep themselves afloat – regardless of what swimming (or floating) technique is used.
Surviving Cold Water Immersion & Hypothermia from Innerspace Watersports on Vimeo.