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Historic Irish swimming and nudist club votes to continue ban against women

Dec 2, 2012

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rokur

in Open Water, Organization, WTF

The Irish Times reports that the exclusively male Sandycove Bathers’ Association will continue to ban women from its ranks, after having voted 24 to 17 not to allow women to join at a specially convened meeting. The Forty Foot in Sandycove has been available to men and women for the last 25 years, but a secluded section to one side of the Forty Foot has been a male preserve for years and nudity is widely practised. Read the Irish Central

(Photo courtesy of Moacir P. de Sá Pereira, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Shark Attacks Oregon Man in Hawaii

Dec 2, 2012

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rokur

in Nature, Open Water, Safety

A 61-year-old man from Oregon was attacked and injured by a 10-foot shark while snorkeling in Hawaii on Friday, authorities said. The shark bit the man’s left calf and he sustained a deep laceration, the doctors said he was lucky the bite didn’t hit any major arteries. Read ABC News

“It released me and I started swimming as fast as I could…as I went further and started to bleed, I could see I was trailing blood, which was my next concern,” Kennedy said.
Vanderbilt How To: Swim the Backstroke

Dec 2, 2012

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rokur

in Technique

Vanderbilt Swimming’s Alexis Mayhall and Caroline Thomas demonstrate and explain the proper drills and techniques on how to do the backstroke. Via Vanderbilt Commodores
Masked swimmer drawing negative attention from public

Dec 2, 2012

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rokur

in Health, Organization, WTF

A Fort Myers woman’s choice of sun block isn’t going over well with people at a nearby community pool. Some call her the “The Masked Swimmer.” See ABC7

ABC-7.com WZVN News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral
The Morning Show : Eamon Sullivan assault allegations

Dec 2, 2012

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rokur

in Gossip

Eamon Sullivan is allegedly under Police investigation following an accident at a Bucks Party.
Mie Ø. Nielsen clocks 57.16 in the 100 back, 1 swimmer added to Danish Istanbul 2009 squad

Dec 2, 2012

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rokur

in Competition
On this final day of the Danish Short Course Championships, Mie Ø. Nielsen managed to improve upon her own Danish record in the 100 meter backstroke, from 57.57 at the Szczecin 2011 Europeans, to now even more impressive 57.16. This also surpasses Therese Alshammar’s 57.43 Nordic record from the Swedish Short Course Championships in 2009, and ranks 2nd in Europe this season according to SwimRankings. See result list here.

At the end of the meet, the Danish Swimming Federation announced their team for the Istanbul 2012 World Short Course Championships, which is the preselected team plus Kelly Riber Rasmussen.
- Lotte Friis Sigma, Sigma Swim Allerød/Nice
- Jeanette Ottesen, Kvik Kastrup/NTC
- Rikke Møller Pedersen, Frem Odense/NTC
- Pernille Blume, Sigma Swim Birkerød/Nice
- Katrine Holm Sørensen, Esbjerg Svømmeklub/NTC
- Mie Ø. Nielsen, Aalborg Svømmeklub
- Kelly Riber Rasmussen, Lyngby / NTC
- Mads Glæsner, VI39/VAT-CPH/USA
- Daniel Skaaning, STT/VAT-CPH
- Anders Lie, Farum Svømmeklub
- Chris Christensen, Holstebro Svømme Club
- Viktor Bromer, Aalborg Svømmeklub
Source svoem.org (in Danish)
CC photo #337: Ivan Lendjer after the Istanbul 2009 men’s 100 fly

Dec 2, 2012

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

The tattoo gives it away, this must be Serbia’s Ivan Lendjer celebrating after clocking fastest time in the first semifinal of the men’s 100 butterfly at the LEN 2009 European Short Course Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. He ended up winning bronze the day after, see result list here
CC photo #336: Warmup at Roma 2009

Dec 1, 2012

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

Just a photo from the FINA 2009 World Swimming Championships in Rome 2009. Sun blazing and unbelievably hot, I understand well why they decided to have all championships after this indoors … but y’know, with snow outside now, we sort of miss it anyhow :-)
What is up with Eamon Sullivan?

Dec 1, 2012

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rokur

in Gossip

Read The Sydney Morning Herald

This week his name was linked to a police investigation after a pensioner’s scooter was ”borrowed”, resulting in Sullivan being reported by police for assault and disorderly behaviour.

But PS has heard of other stories involving the swimmer, such as an incident involving a golf buggy on Hamilton Island in August.

Sullivan was offered a lift on the already crowded buggy filled with revellers from a local bar returning to their resort. With six people crammed on the buggy, the passengers had to get out and push the vehicle after it failed to ascend a steep hill, though Sullivan initially refused to help.

What the swimmer didn’t realise was that on board was a crew of influential media executives, who were shocked when Sullivan became verbally abusive towards the female driver.

It was Sullivan who went on a self-imposed booze ban following a drunken night in Kings Cross that ended in a police investigation for taxi fare evasion.

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Rókur í Jákupsstovu // Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT guy, spare-time aquatics aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 grandson & a wife. Bureau Member of European Aquatics, liaison to Water Safety, Media & Data Management. Likes to run :-)