A photo from the 2009 Faroese (Short Course) Championships. ‘Short Course’ in parenthesis because we only have short course pools here. This year’s Faroese championships start on Thursday, to be televised and probably streamed online and everything, I’ll get back on that one later.
The 124th German Swimming Championships are next week, Thursday May 10th to Monday May 14th in Berlin, Olympic qualifying meet and also German qualification for the European Juniors in Antwerp in July. The start list is now online as pdf and on the championships site with room for results, including of course all major German swimmers, plus one Slovenian. See schwimm.dm.de for more details, there is even the menu plan for you to drool over :-)
Already one of the top academic institutes in the US, University of California, Santa Barbara is also aiming to raise the bar of its athletic campus, beginning with a new $9.5 million aquatics facility, “A place for champions”. Standing applause here.
At the age of 40, 4-time Olympic medalist, Janet Evans makes a comeback for the 2012 London Olympic Games. With seven World records and 45 National titles, Evans is considered one of the greatest swimmers in U.S. history. Following only behind Tracy Caulkins and Michael Phelps. Team USA via the17thman.
Absolutely fantastic 2010 Paralympic Games video ad made by BBDO Toronto for the Canadian Paralympic Committee, featuring an athlete with a prosthetic leg running on a track littered by elements of his story of recovery – a car crash, a hospital and physical training. Via Mashable.
The video itself is also a major feat, shot in one continuous take with no compter-generated effects at all. See the ‘making of’ video here below, via PetaPixel.
And, see also their incredible poster. These people are geniuses.
Yes, men’s underwear inspired, designed *and* demoed by Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli, see under.me. And yes, since it did that thing with Michael Phelps and cleans a swimming pool in the video, it is relevant for this site. Period.
Wow – “This week, Australian sports leagues — Aussie-rules football, rugby, and the smokers’ favorite, cricket – petitioned WADA to get real and drop marijuana from the list of substances that can earn athletes a two-year ban. And, perhaps surprisingly, WADA President John Fahey promised it would be considered.” Read SF Weekly
Image courtesy of Tomas de Aquino, CC BY 2.0
Gee, lucky kid there ! :-)
Cullen Jones for USA Swimming Foundation‘s Make a Splash Initiative
