Interesting post here on Sweat Science, on how researchers at University of Alabama put 16 NCAA swimmers through three 50-yards sprints on separate days, so that each tried one without any warm-up at all, one with a short, standardized 2×50 yard warm-up, and one with the swimmers’ usual individual warm-ups, averaging about 1300 meters. The result was that most benefited from their usual warm-up, but as it is also pointed out, that 19% actually had their best time after the short warm-up, and 37% after no warm-up at all. Leaving only 44% or less than half benefiting from their usual warm-up.
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CC photo #22: Pál and Eyðbjørn ready for the Jóansøku 2010 lake swim
Pál Joensen and Eyðbjørn Joensen ready for the Jóansøku 2010 open water swim in Vági, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. Eyðbjørn with the thumbs up has opted for the insulated solution, while Pál opted for the really fast (and cold) Jaked ‘supersuit’ solution.
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Analyzing the FINA 2012 London Olympic qualification times with Google Spreadsheet
FINA has since before the Shanghai 2011 World Championships provided us with an interesting tool, demanding all World and Olympic qualification times to be submitted to their Swimming World Rankings. The London 2012 data set is of course not complete yet, with the qualification period spanning from March 1st 2011 to June 18th 2012 – but we still get an exciting overview over what is to come, when we put these data through pivot tables etc.
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The Longest Swim – The challenge of Ben Lecomte
»I had a shark following me for five days. It came pretty close at one time so that I was able to state “That’s not a tuna”« Follow him on www.thelongestswim.com
The Longest Swim – show demo from Ridgeline on Vimeo.
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Swim Slow – Marta Hugon TV special
Nice song, I think by Portuguese singer here Marta Hugon. Bruno Pedroso on drums, Filipe Melo on piano, Mário Delgado on guitar and Nelson Cascais on double bass.
Swim Slow – Especial TV Marta Hugon from Nuno Neves on Vimeo.
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Fabiola Molina gets increased 6-month doping ban from CAS
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ordered an increased six-month ban for 36-year-old Fabiola Molina, until April, after FINA appealed claiming that Brazilian authorities had treated her too leniently. Molina tested positive for Methylhexaneamine at the Brazilian trials for the 2011 World Championships last May, and was imposed a two-month ban from the Brazilian swimming federation, which cleared her to compete at the Pan-American Games last October in Guadalajara, where she won a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter medley. CAS has now ordered this to be increased to a six-month ban from December, less the two months she already served. Read The Washington Post
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3rd annual underwater world checkers tournament held in Janeda, Estonia
On Sunday January 15th, 42 divers from all parts of Estonia gathered for the 3rd annual ‘world’ underwater checkers championships. Players have six minutes per game, the checker pieces are made of lead, and last year they broke the Guinness world record with 55 contestants playing checkers underwater at the same time. Read NTN24
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Orange Bowl Swim Classic
Highlights from the 2012 Orange Bowl Swim Classic at Jacobs Aquatic Center in Key Largo, Florida, January 4th, 2012, courtesy of The Race Club. Featuring Norway’s Aleksander Hetland at 0:47, maybe Trinidad and Tobago’s George Bovell III at 0:54 and I think China’s Wu Peng at 1:08.
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WHY – A film by Corey Rich
As Dale Oen puts it on Facebook: “Wonderful video about why athletes do what they do”
WHY – Nikon D4 Release Video from Corey Rich on Vimeo.