Quote Facebook via Mashable …
“Swimming pools are filled with people. Some you know. Some you don’t. And every once in a while you see something that maybe you shouldn’t. That’s why swimming pools are a little like Facebook.”
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FINA unveil radical new plan for Kazan 2015 World Championships
Kazan is set to host one of the largest sports events in history in 2015 when for the first time ever the FINA World Masters Championships will be held alongside the the main event.
More than 12,000 competitors aged 25 and above are expected for the first time to join over 2,000 elite athletes taking part in the FINA World Aquatics Championships in what will be a massive celebration of the sport in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan.
“For the first time we are going to combine the World Championships with the Masters World Championships,” said Cornel Marculescu, the executive director of FINA.
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Here is Cornel Marculescu, Executive Director of FINA, presenting the plan
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CC photo #306: A troll in the pool
So this is me (Rókur) making a fool of myself at a carnival-themed swim meet in Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands, back in 2009. Also the closest I’ve been to water-boarding myself, trying to swim backstroke with that mask on. Heðin L. Olsen took the photo. Happy Halloween!
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Michael Phelps conducts a swim lesson in Rio
Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, held a swimming workshop in the Clomplexo de Alemao slum of Rio de Janeiro today. He was visiting to Rio de Janeiro to promote the 2016 Olympic Games. See NBC News
Also, he said at a press conference there that he would come out of retirement, if he got the chance to represent the USA in golf. And made a few comments about Lance Armstrong
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CC photo #305: Anthony Ervin after winning the Berlin 2012 men’s 100 free
USA’s Anthony Ervin after winning the men’s 100 freestyle at the FINA / Arena Swimming World Cup 2012 meet in Berlin, Germany. His time was 46.71, ahead of Australia’s Tommaso D’Orsogna in 46.99 and South Africa’s Darian Townsend in 47.02, see result list here.
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Backstroke technique tip with 3-time Olympian Dean Kent
Northern Arena backstroke swimming: Wide sweep technique drill with Dean Kent, 3-time New Zealand Olympian
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Murdered swim coach Kelley Allen remembered as role model
A Florida swimming coach who was reportedly shot to death by his girlfriend’s son is being remembered as a mentor, role model, and inspiration. See wtsp.com
“[Kelley Allen] was the best coach I have ever had,” student Ally Strasen wrote to 10 News. “He believed in me and all of his swimmers even when no one else did. He was so determined – he lived for us. He lived at the pool. Even when he had blood clots in his leg and he was told to stay off his feet, he was pacing up and down the pool, encouraging us to swim faster, stronger.”
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Adidas ‘Swimming’
Oldie but goodie, featuring Ian Thorpe and a seal
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Norway picks 7 for the Chartres 2012 Europeans SC
Norways national head coach Petter Løvberg has selected the following 7 swimmers for the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Chartres, France, 22 – 25 November 2012.
- Aleksander Hetland, Bærumsvømmerne
- Lavrans Solli, Bergens Svømme Club
- Ingvild Snildal, Asker SK
- Cecilie Waage Johannessen, Bergens Svømme Club
- Monica Waage Johannessen, Bergens Svømme Club
- Veronica Bjørlykke, Aalesund SLK
- Henriette Brekke, Stavanger Svømme Club
Sara Nordenstam was also selected, but is focusing on training for the World Short Course Swimming Championships in Istanbul in December.
Source: svomming.no via simma.nu/no