On the first night of the Australian Olympic Trials, Thomas Fraser-Holmes managed to absolutely demolish the Australian record in the 400 IM, with a time of 4:11.81 where Justin Norris’s record from 2004 was 4:15.20. Daniel Tranter finished also qualifying in 4:16.38, while Stephanie Rice and Blair Evans qualified in the women’s event in 4:33.45 and 4:37.80 respectively. And in the 400 freestyle, David McKeon and Ryan Napoleon qualified in 3:46.36 and 3:48.92 respectively. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
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CC photo #76: Swedish Droppy with his handler
That Swedish guy again, who borrowed one of the ‘Droppy’ mascot outfits at the Istanbul 2009 European Short Course Championships, from the guy in cream-colored pants.
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Stephanie Rice chilling in an ice bath
Comment “Ice bath pain 11 degrees“, sure hope those are Celcius and not Fahrenheit! :-)
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Audi lane assist with Ian Thorpe
Casemovie of a promotion for the Audi lane assist in several swiss swimmtraining-camps
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Poolside video with Hannah Miley and her dad
While the 22-year-old is an integral part of the British Swimming team she is actually trained by her father Patrick and chooses to stay up in Aberdeen as opposed to training at one of the National Performance Centres like the rest of the British Swimming team.
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The journey of Huegill, Sullivan and the Aboods
A year ago ago Gregg Porteus decided to follow the progress of NSWIS swimmers Geoff Huegill, Eamon Sullivan and the Abood brothers Matt and Andrew as they prepare for the Olympic trials starting in Adelaide today. Read here on The Telegraph
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Thorpe defends cost of comeback, is ready to go
Already under enormous pressure as the headline act of this week’s Australian national trials, Ian Thorpe was forced to wade into controversy today over preferential payments. But there wasn’t any, he says, “Firstly, I haven’t been paid a cent, its been clarified by a number of people that what’s been reported isn’t factual.” … “There hasn’t been any preferential treatment, as such, given. There may be a higher cost because I’m training outside (Australia) and it’s not shared amongst a number of athletes, that’s it.” Read Reuters
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CC photo #75: Flags around the Tašmajdan pool in Beograd 2008
A photo taken with my Sony Handycam during the 2008 European Junior Swimming Championships opening ceremony in Belgrade, Serbia. See www.tasmajdan.rs
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Leisel Jones battling ear infection ahead of trials
Leisel Jones who is attempting to become the first Australian to compete at four Games revealed Tuesday that she had been battling an ear infection since the New South Wales titles last month, where she was well below her best. She says her ear is “95 percent” but admits it is not the ideal lead-up to the trials, with 100 meter breaststroke staring on Friday.
“Being a swimmer, it’s definitely not ideal to have a middle ear infection because it just doesn’t get better,” the Olympic breaststroke champion told reporters on Tuesday, saying she had been trying to fight off the problem for two to three weeks.
“It affected my balance, it still does a little, so it’s probably not really ideal but we’ve done the best we can.
“I’ll be holding on to the blocks very, very tightly so, if you see me wobble outside the pool, I’m not drunk – I’m just a little bit off balance.”
Via The Chicago Tribune and ABC