Iowa State University kinesiology professor Rick Sharp helped design the new Speedo Fastskin3 swimsuits that will be worn by the U.S. Olympic team and others in London, as well as the Speedo LZR Racer used at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. KCCI8 via the17thman
Freediving master William Trubridge takes us through the sport as he attempts to break his own world record dive. I just love how those local people are almost scared of Dean’s Blue Hole :-)
This is brilliant TV, coverage of the State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series – La Grande Swim Akaroa, February 19th, 2012.
One of the most dramatic figures ever to feature at Madame Tussauds, British diver Tom Dailey is captured in mid-dive as he soars from the diving board towards the water. Via hollandswimming.nl
A freak injury has ended Norwich swimmer Anne Bochmann’s medley bid for London 2012, forcing her to concentrate on qualifying in the freestyle at this weekend’s British trials. She was vacuuming in January, aggravating a back injury, “There’s no hoovering allowed now. I’m not at all upset about that.†Bochmann will need to finish in the top two at the upcoming trials at London’s Aquatic Centre to secure a place in Team GB, focusing on the 200 and 400 freestyle, where she will come up against the likes of Rebecca Adlington and Jo Jackson. Read EDP24
British Gas Swimming Championships / Olympic Trials 2012 starting in 2 days. March is gonna be incredible, can’t wait :-)
This seems to be the original ticketing machine of former outdoor swimming pool in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, now on display in the current indoor pool opened in 1982. Tickets say from left to right: “Kvinnur” (Women), “Bað húgva” (Swim cap), “Gentur” (Girls), “Dreingir” (Boys), “Baðtoy” (Swim Clothes), “Ãskoðarapláss” (Spectator seat). No room for men, apparently :-)
Nice touch, millionaire adventurer Chris Welsh wants to name his Virgin Oceanic sub “Scarlett” after Scarlett Johansson, because that’s how sexy this vehicle is. Welsh plans to pilot the experimental, cutting-edge sub to the bottom of the Mariana Trench sometime this year, in what would be only the second descent to the deepest spot in the world’s oceans, since Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard went down there in the bathyscaphe Trieste back in 1960.
Read more here on Slashdot.
(Photo of Scarlett Johansson courtesy of John McNab, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, posted here purely for comparison purposes)
Looks like they had a lot of fun
