Commonwealth gold medallist Ross Davenport explains what to look out for in the best swimmers at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Here is another Davenport video courtesy of British Swimming.
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Magnini swears off sex during Games
Italian swimmer Filippo Magnini, boyfriend of Olympic champ Federica Pellegrini, has revealed he will refrain from sex during the London Games. Read The Herald Sun.
“There are athletes who even have sex the evening before (a race), but I’m more prudent,” double 100m freestyle world champion Magnini told “A” magazine.
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CC photo #164: Petra Chocova (CZE) European champion in the 50 breast
Czech swimmer Petra Chocova on top of the Debrecen 2012 medal podium, European champion in the women’s 50 meter breaststroke. See result list here.
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Oh no, Matt Targett poses with even more impressive guns
In the wake of the Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk Facebook photo controversy, London-bound Matt Targett posted a Wolverine-style picture on Twitter, channelling Aussie actor Hugh Jackman. The gutter press will have a field day.
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Via The Telegraph
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Autopsy report out: Alex died of a blood clot in his heart
At a press conference today, doctors revealed results of a full autopsy into Alexander Dale Oen’s death during high altitude training in Flagstaff, Arizona. It turns out that Alex died of a heart attack caused by a blood clot in one of his coronary arteries, a type of disease highly unusual in young people such him, and that his shoulder problem might have been a symptom of what was to come. The doctors apologize for not having discovered this disease, saying these findings are extremely surprising, and that probably no other Norwegian has ever been examined so thoroughly as Alex. Read for instance SwimmingWorld Magazine and Reuters.Photo courtesy of Helgi Haldórsson, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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Imagine an underwater nightclub
Don’t book your tickets to New York just yet, might be a clever viral marketing campaign for Technomarine watches.
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Aussie bosses return fire in gun controversy
Olympic organisers have hit back at claims of hypocrisy over their decision to sanction swimmers Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk for posing with guns, saying “this matter involving Nick and Kenrick was not about visiting a gun shop, more the manner in which they posed in the photos, as well as past indiscretions which bring their actions into question.” Via ninemsn
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Canada on the rise with New Vision 2020
SwimCAN web TV sat down with Pierre Lafontaine, CEO and National Coach for Swimming Canada, to talk about the London Games and the making of the Canadian squad, as well as the future of Canadian swimming, planning to become “a consistent force in the world of international swimming”. See www.swimming.ca/vision2020
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How Michael Phelps inspires teammates
U.S. swimmer Nathan Adrian talks about how being around Phelps in 2008 influences his success.
There are several Nathan Adrian videos on Yahoo! Sports, here he is ‘tapering for success in London’
Here he is doing a strength workout
And here they are discussing ‘best foods to eat after an intense workout’