The swimming pool in KlaksvÃk, Faroe Islands. First indoor 25 meter pool in the Faroe Islands, finished in 1974 and then refurbished once or twice since then. Picture taken on my way to a swim meet there last night, going back in the morning.
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Stephanie Rice plays rupture roulette with her injured shoulder
With only 4 weeks to go before the Olympic trials, Stephanie Rice reveals that her shoulder is basically sore at every session, never really healed after the arthroscopy in December.
“They can’t repair the tendon, it’s a six-month rehab, so I obviously didn’t have time for that,” Rice said.
“They just basically went in and cleaned it up as best as they could and I don’t know if that was the best option to have surgery right now because it didn’t really do anything.
“I had a cortisone a few weeks ago and that really seems to have settled it down a bit and I’ve been able to get through a decent amount of training. Hopefully, it would hold together for these last couple of weeks before the Olympic trials.”
Read for instance The Daily Telegraph and WAtoday
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Cowley asks why D’Arcy never faced Swimming Australia’s disciplinary committee
Simon Cowley has written a letter of protest to Swimming Australia, demanding to know why Nick D’Arcy’ has never faced their disciplinary committee, as originally planned in 2009. His lawyer has also questioned the integrity of Swimming Australia by allowing “pork chops” to swim at the Olympics. Read The Daily Telegraph
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Lack of limbs doesn’t stop 10-year-old swimmer
‘I feel free in the water,’ says 10-year-old Breanna Sprenger, who, despite having only one arm and no legs, is a competitive swimmer. Via Mother Nature Network
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CC photo #43: The Budapest 2010 lane rope pool
A strange sight in the outskirts of the Budapest 2010 European Aquatics Championships competition area. Wondered for a moment what kind of competition they were up to here :-)
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D’Arcy assured London place if he makes the team
The controversial swimmer Nick D’Arcy says he has been told his bankruptcy last year will not hinder his selection in the team for the London Olympics.
“At this stage it looks like there won’t be any sort of inhibitions, going into trials,” D’Arcy said. “If I do the time and make the team, then I’ll be on the Olympic team. But I’ve got to make the team first; one step at a time.”
“It is some relief, just having that off my shoulders and knowing if I make the team I will be selected based on my performance … but anything can happen at Olympic trials and complacency can be the death of you.”
Read more here on The Sydney Morning Herald
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Canadian swimmers win 8 of first 10 races at U.S. 2012 Missouri Grand Prix
Oh Canada, gold, silver, bronze, 6th and 7th in the women’s 200 free, gold, bronze, 4th and 6th in the men’s 200 free, gold, silver, bronze, 4th and 6th in the women’s 100 breaststroke, (no A final spot in the men’s 100 breaststroke), gold and 4th in the women’s 100 butterfly, 7th in the men’s 100 butterfly, gold and bronze in the women’s 400 IM, gold, silver and 7th in the men’s 400 IM, gold and silver in the women’s 400 free relay, silver and 6th in the men’s 400 free relay. See result lists here, Swimming Canada and watch video
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Tom Daley lip sync video goes viral, proves the world is cruel
There are so many good swimming and diving videos online, some even featuring Tom Daley, but this thing, this thing scores 220,000+ hits in only a couple of days ! :-D
(Thanks for the heads-up, Ivan)
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Speedo Fastskin FS II did not reduce drag, say scientists (now)
Researching how toothlike scales on sharks reduce drag by generating vortexes on the front edge of the skin, eddies that essentially would suck the shark forward, Harvard University bioroboticist George Lauder and graduate student Johannes Oeffner at Lauder Lab also looked at shark-skin mimics like the Speedo Fastskin II fabric and silicon rubber “riblets” used on America’s Cup sailing boats in 1987.Although the riblets improved the flexible foil’s swimming speed by 7.2 percent, the Speedo fabric apparently had no effect at all, perhaps because its bumps were small, rounded and very widely spaced compared with both shark denticles and the sharp-edged riblets. (Lauder did note that figure-hugging Fastskin swimming costumes probably enhance the swimmer’s performance in other ways.)
Read more here on the Huffington Post