49-year-old British-Australian mother of three and grandmother Penny Palfrey Friday dove into the waters of the Florida Straits, to try to break her own world record by swimming 103 miles from Cuba to the United States without a shark cage. Read for instance CNN, the Washington Post and MSNBC
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Tyler Clary is also DJ Copasetic
Search for Copasetic on YouTube :-)
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US Trials day 4: Phelps cruises to a confident 200 butterfly win
At the U.S. Olympic Trials yesterday evening, Phelps won the men’s 200 butterfly in 1:53.65, ahead of also qualifying Tyler Clary in 1:55.12. In the women’s 200 freestyle, Allison Schmitt posted an American record of 1:54.40, with Missy Franklin also qualifying in 1:56.79. And in the women’s 200 IM, Caitlin Leverenz and Ariana Kukors qualified for the Olympics in 2:10.22 and 2:11.30. See all results from day 4 here.
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CC photo #181: Men’s 50 butterfly medalists at Roma09
From left to right Rafael Muñoz (bronze in 22.88), Milorad Čavić (World champion in 22.67) and Matthew Targett from Australia (silver in 22.73). See result list here.
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Muse’s “Survival” is the official 2012 Olympic anthem
According to Buzzfeed, they have a poll asking “Is it great?” with the answer “Yes” at the moment narrowly surpassing “OH GOD, PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!”. In other news, Ian Thorpe is to feature in a “mood video” to set the scene at the aquatic centre, to go with this song. Brilliant.
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Tracking the wave of success for Team GB’s swimmers
Training sessions for Team GB’s swimmers have been getting a helping hand from a new system incorporating cutting-edge movement tracking and sensor technologies. Read more here on phys.org and watch the video below.
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FINA releases list of Olympic qualified athletes
FINA has today released the list over all Olympic qualified swimmers confirmed by FINA and their national federations / national Olympic committees, Team USA to be added at the end of U.S. Olympic Trials. See also the more readable list broken down into events, via SwimmingWorld Magazine.
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Scottish Swimming TEAM Brand featuring Hannah Miley
See her profile here on Team GB
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Victoria’s Secret Swim 2012 – Beach Bums
Another lame pun, we’ll just have to endure them :-)
Victoria’s Secret Swim 2012 – Beach Bums from Willy Lunaspot on Vimeo.
(the other lame pun was this, in case you missed it)