Hungary’s László Cseh before the men’s 200 IM at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. He won the event the day after in 1:56.66.
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London 2012 day 7 prelims: Sun cruises into the 1500 final
At the London 2012 Olympic swimming competition today, China’s Sun Yang easily posted the quickest time of 14:43.25 in the men’s 1500 freestyle, ahead of Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli in 14:46.23 and Canada’s Ryan Cochrane in 14:49.31, other medal contenders dropping like flies despite of their chance of getting into the final increasing with each fall. Our guy Pál Joensen one of these. Australia led the women’s 4×100 medley prelims in 3:55.42 and USA the men’s 4×100 medley prelims in 3:32.65.
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CC photo #215: A smug looking president at Roma09
Jon Hestoy, president of the Faroese Swimming Association, at the Rome 2009 World Aquatic Championships. Tomorrow he’ll be at the London Aquatics Centre, watching Pál Joensen try to qualify for the men’s 1500 freestyle final.
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Dani Gyurta will send a replica of his Olympic gold to Dale Oen’s family
Olympic Champion Daniel Gyurta today told Hungarian press, that he will have a copy made of his London 2012 gold medal, and send it to Alexander Dale Oen’s relatives, as a gesture saying that not only Norway shares the pain. ‘We became very good friends this year’, he said, ‘I’m sure that he would have won the 100 here in London’, ‘This is the least I can do to pay respect to my friend’. Bjørn Soleng, General Secretary of the Norwegian Swimming Federation, says on behalf of the family that he is sure that they will appreciate this very much. Nemzeti Sport Online and Budaorsi Info via VG.
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London 2012 day 6 finals: Phelps beats the curse of the three-peat
At last it went, after both Phelps and Kitajima had tried twice, and others before that, Phelps tonight became first male swimmer ever to win the same individual event at three Olympic Games. Gold to Phelps and the US in the men’s 200 IM, 1:54.27 ahead of Ryan Lochte in 1:54.90 and Laszlo Cseh (HUN) in 1:56.22, Lochte having tried to manage both 200 back and 200 IM, winning bronze with a time of 1:53.94 in the men’s 200 backstroke behind Tyler Clary (USA) in a new Olympic Record of 1:53.41, and Ryosuke Irie of Japan in 1:53.78. Rebecca Soni set a new World Record in the women’s 200 breaststroke, clocking 2:19.59 ahead of Satomi Suzuki (JPN) in 2:20.72 and Iulia Efimova (RUS) in 2:20.92. Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands won gold in the women’s 100 freestyle, setting a new Olympic Record of 53.00 ahead of Aliaksandra Herasimenia (BLR) in 53.38 and Yi Tang (CHN) in 53.44. Phelps also went 50.86 and quickest in the men’s 100 butterfly semifinal, Elizabeth Beisel 2:06.18 and quickest in the women’s 200 backstroke, and Cielo and Jones 21.54 and quickest in the men’s 50 freestyle, James “The Missile” Magnussen here missing out in 22.00 and 11th.
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London 2012 day 6 prelims: Adlington and Friis ready for the 800 duel
On this 6th day of the Olympic swimming competition, ‘only’ 6 men went under 22 seconds in the men’s 50 freestyle: Bovell, Cielo, Fratus, Ervin, Schoeman and Jones. Rebecca Adlington (GBR) and Lotte Friis (DEN) seem to be heading for yet another tight duel in the women’s 800 freestyle, Katie Ledecky (USA) also in play. In the men’s 100 butterfly prelims, Chad Le Clos led the field in 51.54 ahead of Michael Phelps in 51.72 and Evgeny Korotyshkin (RUS) in 51.84. And in the women’s 200 backstroke, it seems to be a US affair, Franklin quickest in 2:07.54 and Beisel 2nd in 2:07.82.
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Chinese divers have got nothing on this imperial cormorant
A team of researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the National Research Council of Argentina recently fitted a South American sea bird called an imperial cormorant with a small camera, then watched stunned as it became “superbird†– diving 150 feet underwater in 40 seconds, feeding on the ocean floor for 80 seconds where it eventually caught a snakelike fish, before returning to the surface 40 seconds later. See Daily Distruption
This should be an Olympic event. In related news, cormorants are awful at steady shot.
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“Shocked NBC viewers watch as Olympic water polo player’s breast is exposed”
“It may have arguably been the first time in this summer’s Olympics a tape delay would have been useful. On Wednesday NBC’s underwater camera captured a women’s water polo player briefly exposing another player’s breast to shocked reaction from viewers watching live at home.” Read MailOnline
Oh my god, it almost turned into a Danish beach !! :-D
(NSFW, don’t watch this if you cannot handle a brief flash of distance sideboob)
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Brave freediver spears and lands huge tuna amid circling sharks
“For veteran freedivers, spearing a giant yellowfin tuna is an ultimate goal, but one rarely fulfilled because the fish are so swift and elusive. But Wendell Ko, 51, recently bagged an 188-pound yellowfin, on a single breath, off Kona, Hawaii. And he accomplished this feat while surrounded by circling sharks.” Read The GrindTV Blog.