Medal winners in men’s 400 freestyle at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships, Gergo Kis, HUN (silver), Paul Biedermann, GER (gold) and Samuel Pizzetti, ITA (bronze), see result list here.
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Going down with the extreme sport of Formula Three Freediving
As if ordinary freediving wasn’t hard enough, in Formula Three Freediving you race each other by riding an underwater scooter through underwater gates on one breath. Via ABC News.
Here is an official video from the inventors of this sport
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Hackett dumped by children’s anti-violence charity
Swimming great Grant Hackett has been sacked from his role as ambassador for the children’s anti-violence charity the Alannah and Madeline Foundation after more damaging allegations about his marriage break-up emerged. Read The Sydney Morning Herald, official statement on amf.org.au and see The Telegraph.
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Debrecen 2012: Hungary wins the medal race
On this final day of the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships, all top-four nations in the medal race took additional gold, but Hungary ended up in top with 9 gold medals, 10 silver and 7 bronze. Germany in seconds with 8 gold medals, 6 silver and 3 gold, and then Italy with 6 gold, 8 silver and 4 bronze. Germany’s relays were the most valuable when it came to winning medals – 3 gold and 1 silver – while Laszlo Cseh of Hungary was the most valuable individual with 3 gold medals and 1 silver (plus two bronze in the relays). See the complete result lists here.
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CC photo #149: Sweden and Norway cheering on Granström
In picture Sweden’s Simon Sjödin and Norways Ingvild Snildal, among Swedes cheering on Marina Granström in the women’s 200 butterfly at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. She won the bronze medal in 2:08.22, behind Hungary’s Katarina Hosszu in 2:07.28 and Zsuzsanna Jakabos in 2:07.86. See result list here.
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Excelade, the hot thing on deck this morning
So Danish / Icelandic coach Mads Claussen of Reach Elite showed me this new iPhone / iPad app this morning called Excelade, that allows you to video record and analyse technique in sports, and share it online from within the app, with precision slow-motion, side-by-side comparison and ability to record a review. At the cost of only $4.99 on iTunes, with this super portability offered, I think traditional software like Dartfish is in serious trouble.
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Penguins chasing a laser pointer
Posting from my Android, testing. Notice that penguin with the funny walk, he is much faster than the rest :-)
(test went bad, fat fingers and couldn’t find out how to embed)
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How otter moms teach their pups to swim
A bit rough, but individual and in stages. Nice :-)
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Seal visits man fishing in kayak
“When seals attack” :-)
