Texas officials are trying to determine how a man died during a challenging and at times chaotic obstacle race called the “Original Mud Run†last weekend, but race organizers are going ahead with another mud run for next month. Read more here on ABC News.
So WalesOnline wrote about a week ago that David Davies is aiming for a second swim at London 2012, wanting to qualify for the 10K open water event at the Olympic qualifier in Setubal, Portugal in June. And now Daniel Fogg wows to beat him at that, going to the same event both knowing that only one of them can qualify. Both have qualified in the 1500 freestyle, Fogg by breaking the 21-year-old English record with a time of 14.55.30 at the British Trials in March.
Ian Thorpe’s long-time manager Dave Flaskas has spoken of his split with his former star client, saying it was he who suggested a change of management. Read couriermail.
“Ian and I still talk almost daily and I will continue to work with him but I thought it was time for him to move in a new direction . . . and I actually contacted James,” Flaskas told Confidential yesterday.
“Times have definitely changed in regards to what is available out there for athletes. Ian has some things coming up in regards to the (London) Olympics . . . there are some commentary opportunities that he and James are looking at.”
At the 54th Annual TV Week Logie Awards on Sunday, Grant Hackett was causing quite a “ruckus”, being told off by fellow guest after he and Foxtel presenter Shura Taft were throwing grapes at Celebrity Apprentice Lauryn Eagle in an attempt to get her attention. Fast forward to 3am, an the well-refreshed Olympian was being approached by bouncers at the complex’s Club 23 and told he should “call it a night.” Read more here on The Daily Telegraph
23-year-old Mateusz Matcak from Poland is currently in a coma after suffering serious head injuries following a fall while drunk. He won gold in the 400 freestyle and 400 IM at the European Junior Championships in Antwerp 2007, and a silver in the 200 IM, and was due to fight for a place in the Polish Olympic team next month, until he recently withdrew without offering any explanation. Currently in a medically induced coma for a further two or three days, doctors at the hospital have played down reports that the swimmer was attacked: “From what we have seen, it’s very likely that the patient was not beaten up, but just hit by a car.” Read Thenews.pl
By ArenaPeople, so it is not completely unattached ;-)
Alexander Dale Oen – first impressions
Ranomi Kromowidjojo – first impressions
101 days today, 100 days tomorrow, featuring James “The Missile” Magnussen
Serbia’s Milorad ÄŒavić greeting the audience before the men’s 50 meter butterfly semi-final at the Rome 2009 World Aquatics Championships. World champ the day after :-)
According to Wired, the newly founded British company Podtime has sold 19 futuristic sleeping pods originally intended for overworked financial staffers, airport travelers and youth hostels, to three colocation facilities including a London data center operated by Interxion, to ensure that its high service levels are continually met throughout the Olympic Games.
With the Olympics on the horizon, Interxion realised the need to take its resilience that extra mile to ensure that its facilities – and more importantly its customer’s applications – were not hindered during the Games. So as part of a number of initiatives, sleeping pods have been installed at its London data centre campus, allowing engineering staff to stay on site 24/7 should congestion on the travel and road networks become too severe, making it difficult for critical staff to travel to and from the site in a timely fashion.
(Don’t show my boss this ‘solution’, please)
