In the wake of the Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk Facebook photo controversy, London-bound Matt Targett posted a Wolverine-style picture on Twitter, channelling Aussie actor Hugh Jackman. The gutter press will have a field day.
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Via The Telegraph
At a press conference today, doctors revealed results of a full autopsy into Alexander Dale Oen’s death during high altitude training in Flagstaff, Arizona. It turns out that Alex died of a heart attack caused by a blood clot in one of his coronary arteries, a type of disease highly unusual in young people such him, and that his shoulder problem might have been a symptom of what was to come. The doctors apologize for not having discovered this disease, saying these findings are extremely surprising, and that probably no other Norwegian has ever been examined so thoroughly as Alex. Read for instance SwimmingWorld Magazine and Reuters.
Photo courtesy of Helgi Haldórsson, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Don’t book your tickets to New York just yet, might be a clever viral marketing campaign for Technomarine watches.
Olympic organisers have hit back at claims of hypocrisy over their decision to sanction swimmers Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk for posing with guns, saying “this matter involving Nick and Kenrick was not about visiting a gun shop, more the manner in which they posed in the photos, as well as past indiscretions which bring their actions into question.” Via ninemsn
SwimCAN web TV sat down with Pierre Lafontaine, CEO and National Coach for Swimming Canada, to talk about the London Games and the making of the Canadian squad, as well as the future of Canadian swimming, planning to become “a consistent force in the world of international swimming”. See www.swimming.ca/vision2020
U.S. swimmer Nathan Adrian talks about how being around Phelps in 2008 influences his success.
There are several Nathan Adrian videos on Yahoo! Sports, here he is ‘tapering for success in London’
Here he is doing a strength workout
And here they are discussing ‘best foods to eat after an intense workout’
Hungary’s GergÅ‘ Kis after the men’s 800 freestyle final at Debrecen 2012, 25 May 2012. See result list here.
Danish breaststroker Rikke Møller Pedersen interviewing ‘altitude dad’ Larry Colley and ‘NTC dad’ Paulus Wildeboer at altitude in Leadville.
Here is a video from earlier featuring them and others, courtesy of 9News
Setubal 10K ‘gate crasher‘ Oussama Mellouli was one of the ‘Danish’ at Leadville, just saying ;-)
Off Ryan Lochte’s website
With Father’s Day only a week away, Gillette has released this tribute to dad. I want to thank my dad for all of his support throughout my life, for coaching me to be the swimmer and Olympian I am today, and for being one of the greatest dads a son could ever have. Here’s to dad !! Happy Early Father’s Day!
