Exercise science major Bekka Westrick qualified in the 100-meter Butterfly for this summer’s 2012 Olympic Trials. She shares her perspective, her hopes, and her appreciation for her own Miami Experience.
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4 more on Britain’s Olympic roster, Renwick now twice
Robbie Renwick secured himself another spot on Britain’s Olympic roster, winning the 200 freestyle in 1:47.33. Gemma Spofforth and Georgia Davies qualified in the 100 backstroke, with a 1:00.19 and 1:00.21 respectively. Liam Tancock qualified also in the 100 backstroke, with a now top-ranked time in the world of 53.16, and Kate Haywood qualified in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:08.07. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
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CC photo #66: Bjarnason instructing a bunch of kids in Sørvágur, Faroe Islands
These kids have no swim club, so we went there a couple of times back in 2010, trying to inspire local people to start one up. It didn’t work, for now, so we’ll have to go back some day. Good swimmers though, because of good teachers at school.
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Beautiful surfing at Byron Bay
“Smooth surfer Jorgelina “Lina” Reyero hails from a small town on the Atlantic Coast of Argentina. She’s spent the last 6 years wandering the world with her surfboard in tow and has wound up near the beautiful Wategos Beach. Last month, she mounted a little camera to the nose of her log and captured the beauty of an empty surf.” Via Buzzfeed
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Small swimmers’ big ambitions
Al Jazeera, via the17thman
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Gandy sets British record, 6 secure spot on GB’s Olympic team
Ellen Gandy set a British national record this evening with a time of 57.25 in the 100 butterfly, with Francesca Halsall also qualifying for the Olympics in 57.56. David Sliwinski and Craig Benson qualified in the 100 breaststroke with 1:00.09 and 1:00.47 respectively, and Rebecca Adlington and Joanne Jackson in the 400 freestyle with 4:02.35 and 4:06.47. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
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‘Blood in the water’ – Hungary vs USSR at the 1956 Olympics
Try to imagine the situation,” says Dezso Gyarmati, captain of Hungary’s 1956 Olympic water polo team. “A superpower destroys your country with weapons and tanks — a country that has never asked for that power to be there. And after that revolution is crushed you have to face the representatives of that superpower.” CNN via the17thman
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CC photo #65: FLOT stevnan 2012
A photo from local club FLOT’s annual youth swim meet here in Toftir, Faroe Islands, yesterday. As you see quite crowded, and also extremely hot and humid.
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Dominik Meichtry and Jessica Hardy engaged
Breaking news on Twitter from yesterday evening, Dominik Meichtry proposed to Jessica Hardy, and she said yes.
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