Sweet camera system on deck at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships, the Cineflex HiDEF with gyro-stabilization to provide smooth shots in the air, at sea and on rough terrain. Logo upside down because it is usually mounted on helicopters and stuff like that.
At the Seven Hills Trophy meet in Rome today, Japan’s Aya Terakawa set a new meet record in the women’s 100 backstroke, clocking 59.42 well under the Olympic Qualifying Time. Italy’s Luca Marin set an impressive new meet record in the men’s 400 IM, clocking 4:12.04 where the OQT is 4:16.46. The women’s 100 freestyle had two Swedes and two Dutch go under the OQT of 54.57. See all results here.
Top 3 finishers today plus Nordic finalists
Women’s 200 butterfly – OQT 2:08.95 (OST 2:13.46 )
Men’s 200 butterfly – OQT 1:56.86 (OST 2:00.95)
Two nice videos featuring Rebecca Soni and coach Dave Salo, courtesy of BP Team USA, via the17thman
Training Days
What fuels me
Behold the illusionist / endurance artist David Blaine swimming with great whites all dressed up. An illusion? Via Huffington Post
Norway’s Aleksander Hetland after the men’s 100 breaststroke semi-finals at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Championships. See result list here.
A promo for the “Swim The Island” event in Italy on 22 September 2012. Tempted?
Swim the Island from Alessandro Beltrame on Vimeo.
Last month 9-year-old Jordan Freer made the 1.5-mile swim from just off the shore of Alcatraz Island to Crissy Beach as part of the Orca Alcatraz Swim Challenge. Jordan is thought to be the youngest ever female to brave the chilly waters. Read Auburn Journal.
“It was cold and it was really, really choppy,†Freer said. “Sometimes it was hard to breathe because we were swimming freestyle and you turn your head to breathe and sometimes if you turned it at the wrong time then you would just get a mouth full of water.”
At the Seven Hills Trophy meet in Rome today, South Africa’s Cameron Van Der Burgh set a new meet record in the men’s 100 breaststroke, clocking 1.00.39 well under the Olympic qualifying standard of 1:00.79. Italy’s Federica Pellegrini won a tight tussle against Denmark’s Lotte Friis in the women’s 400 freestyle, 4:06.03 to 4:06.15, and the women’s 50 freestyle had 5 swimmers under the Olympic qualifying standard of 25.27. See all results here.
Top 3 finishers today plus Nordic finalists
Women’s 400 free – Olympic Qualifying Time 4:09.35 (Olympic Invitation Time 4:18.07)
Men’s 400 free – OQT 3:48.92 (OST 3:54.13)
