Tyler Clary with the Speedo Hydralign Goggles & Center Snorkel, via the17thman
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Herbert Nitsch recovering after achieving world record depth
Austrian Freediver Herbert Nitsch attempted a 800ft / 244m ‘no limits’ dive today in Santorini, Greece, managing a confirmed target depth and re-ascend up until the planned stop depth of 10m, but then felt unwell and had to be escorted to the surface where he received an oxygen regulator and went down again for a 15 minutes decompression dive. Conscious and communicated, his condition was still critical enough to require an air transfer to a decompression champer in Athens, now showing strong signs of recovery though still in intensive care under close observation. It is doubtful whether this will be accepted as a world record, without a clear and successful surface protocol and no AIDA judges present, but still, -244 meters. Read Deeper Blue here and here.
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CC photo #160: 2 x Laukkanen at Debrecen 2012
Finland’s Noora and Jenna Laukkanen competing at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. I was told that they are sisters, Noora (1993) Finnish record holder in the 200 breaststroke (2:28.30) and Jenna (1995) in the 100 (1:09.39). In Debrecen they competed fiercely, Jenna leading up until 150 and Noora then edging ahead 2:32.21 to 2:33.33.
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These are not the dolphins I was looking for :-P
Miami Dolphins cheerleaders lip dubbing to Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe“. Love the fact that in order to make it (if possible) a little more sexy, they added water and swimsuits without a football in sight :-)
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D’Arcy and Monk in hot water for posing with guns
According to the Herald Sun, Aussie ‘bad boys’ Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk “have sparked outrage after they posed with high-powered weapons in a US gun shop”, to the point where Swimming Australia demanded pictures taken off Facebook and issued this statement, promising a talk with the athletes upon return to Australia:“Swimming Australia became aware of inappropriate photos posted on athlete Facebook pages and Twitter accounts this morning, and instantly contacted the athletes involved to ask for them to be removed under Swimming Australia’s Social Media Guidelines”
Now, I get the idea that these are guns “similar to those used in the Virginia Tech and Port Arthur massacres”. I also get that since those two are already ‘bad boys’ for other reasons, they should maybe be especially careful when doing stunts like these. I’m not a weapons man myself, have never owned even a BB gun, but still, for some reason I suddenly remember sentences like “guns don’t kill people, …”.Even with strict gun laws like in Denmark and Norway, the crazed ones find ways to harm others. In the Faroes we have very relaxed gun laws, but thankfully next to none killed or harmed by them (or anything else) for decades. So, without further ado, here are ‘the darlings of Danish swimming‘ actually shooting big guns in Leadville.
Sorry if I offend anyone with these words, those who know me know that I cried my eyes out with the rest of you when all that Breivik mess happened last summer. But I’m sort of with D’Arcy and Monk on this one.
Via SwimNews
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22 Aquatic Fails
Courtesy of Huffpost Comedy
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Funny interviews with swimmer Markus Rogan
Hilarious – “Sometimes funny, sometimes philosophical, an interview with Austrian swimmer Markus Rogan is always entertaining to watch.”
How is that relationship with Markus Rogan and the individual medley?
Well, you know, for 20 years I was always with the same stroke.
The backstroke?
Ja ja, like being with the same woman for all your life. So now I think I’m doing just 4, you know, but it is a little bit exhausting” -
100 Black Men of Jackson offering swim classes
A study by USA Swimming found nearly 70% of minority children have low or no swimming ability. 100 Black Men of Jackson hopes to stem the tide of accidental drownings. Read wlbt.com via the17thman
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Streamlined News: Frolander and Muffat make history
Jättebra! Sweden’s Lars Frölander making history by very possibly being selected for his 6th Olympics (!)