The voters have spoken: Swimming sensation Ryan Lochte and soccer star Alex Morgan have the most awesome bodies in sports. See ESPN W.
-
-
Video Archive: Judy Grinham, Melbourne 1956 Olympic Champion
At the age of 17, Judy Grinham became the first British woman since 1924 to win an Olympic swimming gold medal, setting a world record en route to the 100m backstroke title at the 1956 Melbourne Games. When she returned to London airport on 16 December, she was greeted by enthusiastic relations, friends from the Hampstead Ladies Swimming Club, and ITN reporter John Hartley. Read Channel4
-
Federica Pellegrini to take a year off after the Olympics
“I’m stopping next year. If I want to carry on swimming long into the future, I need to take a year’s sabbatical, a year completely dedicated to me, when I’ll put myself first. The World Championships take place next year, and I’ll just focus on trying to make it into the relay team. I won’t be taking part in any individual races. That means no 200 or 400 metres for me. I want to take things easy and do the things I do in a hurry now, but much more slowly. Even a holiday. A skiing holiday.â€
And oh yes, the headline of that story: Fede wants sex at the Olympics:
“Abstinence? Are you mad?” Her comments are in complete contrast to those made by her boyfriend, fellow swimmer and Olympian Filippo Magnini, last month. In an interview that will appear in Italian gossip magazine Chi, which will hit the newsstands tomorrow, Fede said: “Filippo was joking. That’s all we need!â€
-
Early London 2012 arrivers treated with a 4-hour Tour of the City
Interesting story off The Telegraph, via GoSwim on Twitter
Competitors from Australia and the United States were on buses that took almost four hours to get from Heathrow Airport to the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, despite being able to use a newly-opened Games lane on the M4. It should take less than an hour.
The driver of the Australians’ bus admitted that he had never driven the route before and did not know how to work the vehicle’s satellite navigation.
As a result, he gave his passengers a roundabout tour of the capital, taking in Buckingham Palace and West Ham, until one Australian provided directions from a map on his mobile phone.
For some weird reason, the Brits have already made a documentary about this :-P
-
CC photo #199: Prime Minister Kaj Leo Johannesen examines Pál’s Budapest 2010 silver medal
The Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands examining the 1500 meter freestyle silver medal that Pál Joensen won in Budapest, at a private reception in Tinganes. Kaj Leo Johannesen is a local sports celebrity himself, part of the national soccer team that won over Austria back in 1990 (the year when Pál was born, coincidentally :-)
-
A nice shot from the Rijeka Camp last week
Pál Joensen and Oussama Mellouli racing to the finish during a training set in Croatia last week while the Danes were back for their national championships. Coach Bjarnason on deck :-)
(Pál is the one in black trunks, Ous in the white)
-
Olympico Promo
The team from Olympico spare no expense
Apparently they are hilarious
-
USA Swimming and Disney-Pixar say “Just Keep Swimming”
To get more involved in swimming visit swimtoday.org
(Btw, spot the Brit)
-
AT&T Commercial – “Warming Up” – featuring Ryan Lochte
“Warming Up” is AT&T’s Olympic brand/anthem spot featuring Ryan Lochte, epically swimming across the Atlantic as a metaphor for all that Team USA athletes have to do to get to the Olympic Games.