The 16th FINA World Championships will take place in Kazan, Russia in 2015! Discover the first images in this video! Via the17thman
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US Trials 2012 day 7: Ervin returns and conquers
This is just amazing, at the U.S. Olympic Trials yesterday evening, 2000 Olympic gold medalist Anthony Ervin qualified for the Olympics alongside Cullen Jones in the men’s 50 freestyle, 21.60 to 21.59 (2000 Olympic gold was 21.98), Ervin having returned only last year from what sounds like a rock ‘n roll walkabout since 2003. Brushing aside other favorites like Nathan Adrian and Josh Schneider, true talent manifesting itself. Missy Franklin and Elizabeth Beisel took the women’s 200 backstroke in 2:06.12 and 2:07.58, Michael Phelps and Tyler McGill the men’s 100 butterfly in 51.14 and 51.32 (good on you, McGill!), and Kathleen Ledecky and Kate Ziegler the women’s 800 freestyle in 8:19.78 to 8:21.87. See all results from day 7 here.
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CC photo #184: Biedermann on top of the Budapest 2010 podium
Germany’s Paul Biedermann on top of the medal podium at the Budapest 2010 European Swimming Championships, having won the men’s 200 freestyle in 1:46.06. Russia’s Nikita Lobintsev 2nd in 1:46.51 and the Netherlands’s Sebastiaan Verschuren 3rd in 1:46.91. See result list here.
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Conan reviews “Michael Phelps: Push The Limit”
Team Coco’s resident gamer Bley introduces the maestro to Michael Phelps’ new competitive swimming video game “Push The Limit.” Conan then reviews the game on a scale of 1 to 45 based on his extensive ignorance of video games in general. See Team Coco
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Close-call countries caught between OST and universality?
Malaysian media The Star has this story on how the Olympic dream is over for 6 Malaysian swimmers, caught between having made the Olympic invitation time and not being invited by FINA. As swimming coach Paul Birmingham Thomas puts it:
“We also couldn’t apply for wildcards as this wasn’t allowed as we had swimmers who already bettered the Olympic qualifying standards in the first place.
“This is ludicrous as we are deemed not good enough to join the top ranked swimmers at the Olympics while those from countries ranked at the bottom make it.
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Wow, Jessica Biel is a professional deep sea diver now
The 30-year-old actress Jessica Biel has spent a week time in Puerto Rico, where her fiance Justin Timberlake has been filming his new movie “Runner, Runner”, to take advanced PADI diving courses. If I understand it correctly, meaning she can dive down to 30 meters now. My guess is that her speciality is hot water dives :-)
I know I've been MIA, but I just completed my advanced diving course with PADI! And i got some amazing new Aqua Lung Gear. #ilovesharks
— Jessica Biel (@JessicaBiel) June 29, 2012
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The Official London 2012 Olympic Video Game is out now
Incredibly realistic except for the budgie smugglers and the high-cut swimming suits. For PS3, Xbox and PC, see www.olympicvideogames.com
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US Trials day 6: Hardy and Coughlin qualify
At the U.S. Olympic Trials yesterday evening, Rebecca Soni and Micah Lawrence qualified for the women’s 200 breaststroke, with a time of 2:21.13 and 2:23.03 respectively. Ryan Lochte and Tyler Clary took the men’s 200 backstroke in 1:54.54 and 1:54.88, Michael Phelps took the men’s 200 IM in 1:54.84 ahead of Ryan Lochte in 1:54.93, and in the women’s 100 freestyle, Jessica Hardy and Missy Franklin took the individual spots in 53.96 and 54.15, with Allison Schmitt, Lia Neal, Amanda Weir and Natalie Coughlin qualifying for the 4×100 relay. See all results from day 6 here.