The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences presents “The Egg”, a video short from the 2011 BIOS Explorer program’s “Water Moves” series. For more information about why the egg behaves like it does, as well as further videos in the series, visit www.bios.edu
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Last places on Danish Olympic team to be decided at Sette Colli
The Danish Swimming Federation states here that this weekend’s Seven Hills Trophy meet in Rome is the final chance for Danish swimmers to be selected for the London Olympics, possible additional swimmers Katrine Holm Sørensen (200 IM), Jakob Andkjær (50 free) and Chris Christensen (400 IM). Most of the already selected team will use this star-studded meet as training, Mie Ø. Nielsen and Pál Joensen though having gone straight home from altitude in Flagstaff to finish some exams and whatever. Rai Sport 2 is broadcasting, but their webcast seams to be limited to Italy only.
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2012 US Swim Trials Mutual of Omaha Building Display
Wow, The 3D display on the Mutual of Omaha Home Office to celebrate the 2012 US Swim Trials and our sponsorship of USA Swimming. Via SwimmingWorld on Twitter.
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CC photo #165: Nordenstam’s tribute to Alex after her Debrecen 2012 win
A nice tribute to Alexander Dale Oen and Norway, Sara Nordenstam pointing to the Norwegian flag on her cap after winning the Debrecen 2012 women’s 200 breaststroke, as Alex did when winning the 100 breaststroke in Shanghai 2011. See result list here.
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Ross Davenport’s five things to watch at Olympic swimming
Commonwealth gold medallist Ross Davenport explains what to look out for in the best swimmers at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Here is another Davenport video courtesy of British Swimming.
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Magnini swears off sex during Games
Italian swimmer Filippo Magnini, boyfriend of Olympic champ Federica Pellegrini, has revealed he will refrain from sex during the London Games. Read The Herald Sun.
“There are athletes who even have sex the evening before (a race), but I’m more prudent,” double 100m freestyle world champion Magnini told “A” magazine.
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CC photo #164: Petra Chocova (CZE) European champion in the 50 breast
Czech swimmer Petra Chocova on top of the Debrecen 2012 medal podium, European champion in the women’s 50 meter breaststroke. See result list here.
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Oh no, Matt Targett poses with even more impressive guns
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
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Autopsy report out: Alex died of a blood clot in his heart
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