Former drugs cheats, including Dwain Chambers, will be eligible to compete for Britain at London 2012 after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned the British Olympic Association’s lifetime ban on offenders. WADA had challenged the ban at a hearing in London last month claiming its controversial anti-doping bylaw non-compliant with its code, which the BOA are signatories too. This followed a CAS decision last October that the International Olympic Committee’s controversial Rule 45 – or “Osaka Rule” – banning convicted drugs cheats from future Games was illegal. Read Inside The Games
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A video from the “Jóansøkusvimjingin 2011”
Just something I put together last night, from the Drelnes – Tvøroyri open water swim here in the Faroe Islands, last summer. Bartal told me to just cut short clips out and order them chronologically (which I have approximately done), and then choose a song from the vast YouTube audio collection that fitted in. Well, that song totally changes the mood that I had intended, but there you go :-)
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Debrecen 2012: “Two years work in three months”
On April 11, the Debrecen 2012 organizing committee was approximately halfway through the preparations for the European Championships, or as director of the committee Mr Mihály Orendi puts it: “They usually award a European Championships to a host country two years prior to the beginning of the event. Two years – 730 days. We have had 96 days all in all, which is 13,13 % of the time. This is like a movie is fast forward mode. Which means we have completed a work of one and a half year so far. However, there is still a lot to to ahead of us.” Read more here on musz.hu.
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Keri-Anne Payne cashing in on the Olympics
According to The Daily Mail, British 10K marathon swim gold medal favorite Keri-Anne Payne has generated income of of £500,000 this year from her sponsors, Links of London, British Gas, Speedo, Max Factor and Oral-B. Up £200K from 2011, which compared to a lot of other swimmers wasn’t bad either. Via OpenWaterSwimming.com
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Swiss swimmers see gold in the Physilog III inertial navigation system
The Physilog III pocket-sized inertial navigation system has been designed by Swiss scientists to help Olympic hopefuls analyze their swimming techniques and improve their performance. Worn inside a swimsuit, swimmers and coaches in the Swiss city of Lausanne say it will be a major boost in their efforts to win gold. Read Reuters
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CC photo #121: Support staff at Jóansøkusvimjingin 2011
Escort boat following the last swimmer at the open water swim on Jóansøka 2011, from across the firth of Tvøroyri in the Faroe Islands. I’m the guy with the camera in the front of the boat.
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Romanian mayor photoshops swimming pool to justify £1.5 million EU grant
According to Austrian Times, a Romanian mayor photoshopped pictures of happy swimmers into a half-built swimming pool to justify a 1.5 million GBP EU grant, obviously now facing a fraud inquiry after investigations showed that it has never opened, and isn’t even connected to the water mains and drains. Via Nothing to do with Arbroad.
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Emory Swimming and Diving 2012
Great video, Emory now leading the swim team video category.
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Troféu Maria Lenk: Felipe Silva posts world’s textile best in the 50 breast
At the Maria Lenk Trophy in Rio de Janeiro today, Brazil’s Felipe Silva managed an incredible 26.87 in the men’s 50 breaststroke, eclipsing Cameron van der Burgh’s textile best of 26.90 from the Shanghai 2011 World Championships. Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen won the women’s 100 freestyle with a time of 54.37, Cesar Cielo the men’s 100 freestyle in 48.28, Mireia Belmonte the women’s 400 IM in 4:39.41, Thiago Pereira the men’s 400 IM in 4:13.48, Ana Carvalho the women’s 50 breaststroke in 31.78, and Juan Pereyra the men’s 800 freestyle in 7:48.40. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.