They call it an unofficial Danish record here on berns.dk, the 25-meter ‘plunge for distance‘ that Laura Funch managed on June 26, 2012. According to Wikipedia, the current world record holder is Francis Winder (F.W.) Parrington, who on September 23, 1933 managed 86 feet 8 inches (26.42 meters).
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CC photo #178: Pál and Jón after the 2010 Europeans 1500 freestyle
Pál Joensen and coach Jón Bjarnason by the warm-up pool at the Budapest 2010 European Swimming Championships, after Pál won silver in the men’s 1500 freestyle. They left for Denmark and then Croatia this morning, to attend the final training camp before London 2012. Won’t come back until after the Olympics.
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US Trials Day 1: Gators rule the pool
Casey Barrett has the best recap from the U.S. Olympic Trials Day 1 here on Cap & Goggles:
“On night one of the U.S. Trials, Gregg Troy’s Gators owned Omaha. There were six Olympic spots available. Coach Troy produced four of them. A rather impressive .666 batting average. Even the devil bows in respect.”
Ryan Lochte beat Michael Phelps in the 400 IM, “I have never watched a more sound defeat of Michael Phelps”. In the men’s 400 freestyle, Gator’s Peter Vanderkaay and Conor Dwyer raced to a 1-2. And in the women’s 400 IM, Gator’s Elizabeth Beisel beat Cal’s Caitlin Leverenz, 4:31.74 to 4:34.48.
Oh, and California’s Dana Vollmer set a new American record of 56.42 in the women’s 100 butterfly.
Read also about the Gators here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
All results from day 1 can be seen here.
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Rikke Møller Pedersen tries on the Danish Olympic Kit
They seem well equipped, the kit including for instance 4 pair of shoes, gala dress with matching earrings, a wollen hat and umbrella (!), official tracksuit etc etc. Maybe not the Italian Armani, but plenty.
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US Trials start out with a bang, Phelps vs Lochte, tonight
Late to the party here, I know, with not much more than an hour to go. The US Olympic Trials finals starting with the men’s 400 IM, see event schedule here. Tom has all relevant links here on Speed Endurance Swimming Blog, including a link to live video.
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Unsure about a swimming hole’s water quality? Just follow the flies!
Interesting way of judging water quality, courtesy of Wired via Lifehacker. There are more scientific ways too in .“Stoneflies (Order Plecoptera), Mayflies (Order Ephemeroptera) and Caddisfly (Order Tricoptera) are as suitable swimming pals as dolphins. Trout fishermen have been using these species as an indicator of good fishing for ages. These insects need healthy water to survive, so just by finding some of them in your recreational site, chances are high that the water quality is good.”
(Photo of Mayfly courtesy of Richard Bartz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5
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Aww, dolpin kisses dog and jumps for joy
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Hackett’s 60 Minutes interview meets harsh criticism
Lots of Australian articles today, asking for instance “Grant Hackett is ’embarrassed’. But is he sorry?“, “Does Grant Hackett deserve sympathy and forgiveness? Or does he deserve an Oscar?“, “Remorse or damage control” and “What’s Grant Hackett not telling us?“. With tough talk on Twitter too, apparently it didn’t go well.
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Passages: Cecil Colwin, 85
One of the big thinkers of our sport passed away yesterday, 85-year-old Cecil Colwin out of South Africa, for 26 years placing fellow countrymen on every Olympic team until South Africa was banned from Olympic competition. Read for instance here on SwimNews.
RIP Cecil Colwin,legendary SA & Canadian Olympic swimming coach.He saw me swim as a 10yr old in BFN and told me I could be an Olympian 1 day
— Ryk Neethling (@RykNeethling) June 25, 2012
