This sleeping swimmer caused quite a scare. He apologized but said he was just enjoying life to its fullest. See The Sacramento Bee
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Behold, Dana Vollmer’s gold-winning butterfly technique captured in 3D
Computer scientists at Manhattan Mocap have together with New York University’s Movement Laboratory and The New York Times isolated the movements of London 2012 triple gold medalist Dana Vollmer and diver Abby Johnston, through a cutting-edge technique that reveals their motions above and below the water’s surface. A system called AquaCapâ„¢, which captures underwater motion and illustrates how closely Vollmer’s kick resembles that of at dolphin swimming through the water. Read more here on nyu.edu via Futurity and see The New York Times (great videos!)
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CC photo #225: Hestoy being interviewed during Nólsoyarsvimjingin 2012
Jon Hestoy, President of the Faroese Swimming Association, being interviewed today by a reporter from IMG / Trans World Sport during the annual (approximately 5K) open water swim between Tórshavn and Nólsoy. In the background you can see 15-year-old Cecilia Wigant Eysturdal and her support boat, leading the race to Nólsoy. She won in a new record of 1:07.48, old record 1:17.00 including boys, men and everything :-)
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Team Reuters on Photographing the Olympics
Here’s a video that offers a peek into the life of a Reuters photographer covering the Olympics. It features photographers and editors on the Reuters team talking about the joys and challenges of shooting the biggest sporting event in the world. Via PetaPixel
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Cool cat escapes dog by surfing across swimming pool
No doubt, if James Bond was an animal, it would be a cat, via Buzzfeed
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CC photo #224: Russians cheering on their guy at Shanghai 2011
Russian swimmers cheering on what could look like Nikita Lobintsev in the men’s 100 freestyle semi-final at the Shanghai 2011 World Championships.
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Todd Sousa released and jailed again facing new sex charges
Former swim coach Todd Sousa was recently released from prison after being convicted in February 2011 of multiple counts of having sex with a minor, but is now back behind bars again facing new charges. Incidents believed to have occurred before he was arrested and convicted in 2011, from August 2010 and February 24, 2011. Sousa used to coach for the Aquazot Swim Club and owned a swimming school with his wife, before pleading guilty in October 2011 to 13 counts of lewd acts with a child 14 or 15 years old, three counts of unlawful sexual intercourse, and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Read The Orange County Register
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British PM to Phelps, Lochte and the rest of us: “It is not OK to pee in the pool”
There you go, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron tells off Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte for peeing in the pool. Also, I thought the Brits had humor, but that has maybe been hampered by beach volley keeping him up all night. Read Metro, via The Huffington Post
(This one’s for you, Mr. Cameron)
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Ouch, NBC now also in hot water over ‘racist’ monkey promo
Read and watch The Philly Post
The Olympics have triggered a whole lot of angst. People are pissed at NBC’s spoilers. They’re pissed about Americans being too self-obsessed. They’re pissed about Michael Phelps mania. They pissed about Gabby Douglas’s hair. People are pissed about people being pissed about Gabby Douglas’s hair.
I thought this was the most idiotic and outlandish the Olympic griping could get. But I was wrong. The latest complaint involves a monkey.