Late to the party here, I know, with not much more than an hour to go. The US Olympic Trials finals starting with the men’s 400 IM, see event schedule here. Tom has all relevant links here on Speed Endurance Swimming Blog, including a link to live video.
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Unsure about a swimming hole’s water quality? Just follow the flies!
Interesting way of judging water quality, courtesy of Wired via Lifehacker. There are more scientific ways too in .“Stoneflies (Order Plecoptera), Mayflies (Order Ephemeroptera) and Caddisfly (Order Tricoptera) are as suitable swimming pals as dolphins. Trout fishermen have been using these species as an indicator of good fishing for ages. These insects need healthy water to survive, so just by finding some of them in your recreational site, chances are high that the water quality is good.”
(Photo of Mayfly courtesy of Richard Bartz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5
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Aww, dolpin kisses dog and jumps for joy
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Hackett’s 60 Minutes interview meets harsh criticism
Lots of Australian articles today, asking for instance “Grant Hackett is ’embarrassed’. But is he sorry?“, “Does Grant Hackett deserve sympathy and forgiveness? Or does he deserve an Oscar?“, “Remorse or damage control” and “What’s Grant Hackett not telling us?“. With tough talk on Twitter too, apparently it didn’t go well.
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Passages: Cecil Colwin, 85
One of the big thinkers of our sport passed away yesterday, 85-year-old Cecil Colwin out of South Africa, for 26 years placing fellow countrymen on every Olympic team until South Africa was banned from Olympic competition. Read for instance here on SwimNews.
RIP Cecil Colwin,legendary SA & Canadian Olympic swimming coach.He saw me swim as a 10yr old in BFN and told me I could be an Olympian 1 day
— Ryk Neethling (@RykNeethling) June 25, 2012
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CC photo #177: Sarah Sjöström about to step up onto the block
Yup, that is how you do it, Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. Event must be the women’s 50 butterfly semi-final, which she eventually won.
Here is Sarah on Swedish breakfast TV (today?), assessing her chances of winning medals at the London Olympics. If you can understand Swedish, you’ll be okay ;-)
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Garmin Swim watch tracks your workouts for a year on one battery
Sweet, Garmin today announced their $150 Garmin Swimâ„¢, a training watch designed specifically for swimmers that lets users track stroke type, stroke count, distance, pace, lengths and much more, with the ability to upload all swim data to Garmin Connectâ„¢ for free online analysis, all in a stylish thin watch with a battery that lasts for a year.
“Garmin Swim will quickly replace the log books and journals so many swimmers have come to rely on for tracking their progress,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin’s vice president of worldwide sales. “At a glance, swimmers will know their time, distance, pace and be able to wear this watch as an everyday timepiece, allwithout having to worry about charging it.”
Garmin Swim is ready to go right out of the box – swimmers need only to tell it the length of the pool they are swimming in and begin their workout. Its sleek profile allows it to cut right through the water, so it won’t cause drag or slow swimmers down. Garmin Swim’s battery lasts approximately one year and is easy to replace at home, so swimmers won’t have to send it away to stay powered.
Read for instance Engadget and see garmin.com/swim
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Open EDF 2012 teaser is something else
Via Hollandswimming, behold the Open EDF 2012 teaser.
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Herning votes yes to host the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships
According to aoh.dk, the city council of Herning, Denmark has voted yes to host the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships, in the indoor arena Jyske Bank Boxen. It was a split decision with the Social Democrats voting no, saying that the DKK 5 million investment could be used better elsewhere, but the majority voted yes.Via swimnews.dk.
(Photo courtesy of T-Stone, Wikimedia Commons)
