Finland’s Hanna-Maria Seppälä, Barcelona 2003 world champion in the women’s 100 freestyle, here at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Championships, where she won gold in the 100 individual medley.
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Beware, drowning doesn’t look like drowning
Important info here on Mario Vittone
The Instinctive Drowning Response – so named by Francesco A. Pia, Ph.D., is what people do to avoid actual or perceived suffocation in the water. And it does not look like most people expect. There is very little splashing, no waving, and no yelling or calls for help of any kind. To get an idea of just how quiet and undramatic from the surface drowning can be, consider this: It is the number two cause of accidental death in children, age 15 and under (just behind vehicle accidents) – of the approximately 750 children who will drown next year, about 375 of them will do so within 25 yards of a parent or other adult. In ten percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch them do it, having no idea it is happening (source: CDC).
Drowning signs aren’t like the movies: wivb.com
Look for these other signs of drowning when persons are in the water:
- Head low in the water, mouth at water level
- Head tilted back with mouth open
- Eyes glassy and empty, unable to focus
- Eyes closed
- Hair over forehead or eyes
- Not using legs – Vertical
- Hyperventilating or gasping
- Trying to swim in a particular direction but not making headway
- Trying to roll over on the back
- Appear to be climbing an invisible ladder.
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Another 3 Brazilians tested positive for doping, Glauber Silva thrown off their Olympic team
Read SwimmingWorld Magazine, yesterday, the Brazilian Swimming Federation held a final panel to decide the fates of Glauber Silva, Pamela Alencar de Souza and Flavia Delaroli Cazziolato with all three drawing doping suspensions for positive tests at the Maria Lenk Trophy meet.
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Stephanie Rice in trouble for posting a photo of herself in her birthday suit
Lame pun borrowed from this article on the Herald Sun :-)
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Video: Swimmer Ryan Lochte’s workout
Yeah!
See ESPN
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US Trials, Lochte vs Phelps, round 2, tonight
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Giant Olympic rings unveiled on London’s Tower Bridge
Also featuring “the ever enthusiastic London Mayor Boris Johnson” :-)
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US Trials Day 2: Brendan Hansen succeeds in his comeback
Last night, Brendan Hansen won his 3rd successive U.S. Olympic Trial 100 breaststroke, impressive after having quit the sport and then returned only a year ago. He and Eric Shanteau qualified for the Olympics, Dana Vollmer and Claire Donahue in the women’s 100 butterfly, and Allison Schmitt and Chloe Sutton in the women’s 400 freestyle. See alt results from day 2 here, and read for instance SwimNews here and here.
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CC photo #179: Two Norwegians and a Kiwi at Stockholm 2011
On lane 4 Glenn Snyders (New Zealand), lane 5 Aleksander Hetland (Norway) and on lane 6 Alexander Dale Oen (Norway) getting ready for the Stockholm 2011 FINA World Cup men’s 50 breaststroke final. Snyders won in 27.04, Dale Oen second in 27.06 and Hetland third in 27.13,s ee result list here.
