A journalist from IMG / Trans World Sport filming Cecilia Wigant Eysturdal with a GoPro on a boom during the “Nólsoyarsvimjingin 2012” open water race from Tórshavn to Nólsoy on August 11th, 2012. Jon Hestoy, president of the Faroese Swimming Federation also filming her in the background with his, and me photographing the situation with mine. No, we’re not affiliated :-)
Controversial swimmer Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk could be in trouble with AOC officials yet again after the pair flouted a social media ban by posting photos of themselves holidaying in Croatia. Read more here on 9News
“They forged one of the most unique relationships in all of sports, a coach who took the child of recently divorced parents under his wing at age 11 and nurtured him to greatness in the pool. Along the way, they’ve yelled and screamed at each other and butted heads from time to time. They also developed an enduring relationship that surely will last a lifetime, even with Phelps retiring after his final race of the Olympics on Saturday.”
Read Statesman
He wore them at the London 2012 Olympics, so let’s give them a shameless plug. Geeks verdict is Gold: “If they’re good enough for Michael Phelps, I figured that I’d give them a listen. I was pleasantly surprised, but regrettably they did nothing for my performance in the pool.”See ZD Net
You need this, Freestyle Cruiser via Neatorama
Open water swimmers ready for the swim from Tórshavn to Nólsoy (the island ahead of them). Only about 5K in a straight line, but the current typically slings you way south (to the right on the picture) and then back again north so fast that swimmers sometimes have drifted clear off the island before being brought back on the other side. This year the currents were calm, though, and the path therefore relatively straight.
The body of an unidentified Asian woman wearing a wetsuit has been found on a beach in northern France. Carrying a compass and energy food bars, spare clothes in a plastic pouch and smeared with vaseline, she is thought to have attempted to swim the 21 miles across the English Channel to Britain, when she drowned and was washed back ashore.
A Calais police spokesman added: ‘It may have been depicted in a fictional film, but this is the first time we have ever seen any illegal immigrant actually try to swim the channel.
‘Although there may have been successful attempts that we don’t know about.
Read more here on the Daily Mail
Read The Voice Of Russia:
In Beijing, Russia won 23 gold medals, and in London, 24. In swimming, there was no gold at all. The swimmers’ silver count exceeded the one in Beijing by only one medal. Accordingly, head coach of the Russian swimming team Andrei Vorontsov has already been sacked.
In other news, here is a song celebrating Korotyshkin’s silver medal in the 100 butterfly
“If you need any inspiration in life, then you need to read about freestyle swimming star Cullen Jones, and then watch our video.” See Hollywood Life
