University of Maryland president Wallace Loh announced today that they’ll cut eight sports from its athletics roster, including swimming & diving – but also that the teams each have a chance to save themselves by raising eight years of total costs by June 30. The swimming teams will need to raise $11.56 million, while women’s water polo needs to raise $8.03. Read SwimmingWorld Magazine and see saveumdswimming.org
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The diving grandmas of Jeju Island
Haenyo literally means ‘sea women’, and is a centuries old tradition on the island of Jeju, 53 miles south of mainland Korea. Women diving for conch, octopus, urchin and abalone, because if their men did it, they’d have to pay taxes, and that wouldn’t make it profitable. The reason for them being mostly grandmas today, is because it unfortunately is a dying trade.
Imagine, 17 meters down, holding your breath for two minutes each time, having to be able to ride a wave for 3 meters, if you want to be called a real ‘haenyo’. Only once a day, but for 7 to 8 hours :-)
Kuriositas via Neatorama
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Ryan Lochte and Missy Franklin win Athletes of the Year awards at Golden Goggles
At the 2011 Golden Goggles yesterday evening, two-time Olympian Ryan Lochte capped a stellar season by winning the Male Athlete of the Year and the Male Race of the Year award over Michael Phelps, while teenar Missy Franklin won the same two female awards. Read The Washington Post.
The Female Athlete of the Year Award
The Male Athlete of the Year Award
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Peter Vanderkaay wins the 2011 Golden Goggles Perseverance Award
I like every bit of this video, except maybe that guy in the beginning messing up the speech because of having had too much wine during dinner :-P
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The Morning Swim Show: Chad Le Clos
Peter Busch, host of The Morning Swim Show, speaking with Chad Le Clos about choice of new car and stuff now after winning 23 gold medals and some US$ 146.000 on the FINA/Arena World Cup 2011 circuit.
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Great Britain now technically banned from London 2012
Crazy, WADA has now declared the British Olympic Association (BOA) “non-compliant” with the WADA Code, which means that the host nation is technically unable to compete at London 2012. The row is over CAS/WADA lifting the ‘Osaka Rule’ that bars from the next games anyone who has served a doping suspension of 6 months or more, and Great Britain insisting on maintain a lifetime ban for own drug cheats. The WADA decision was made yesterday, and now BOA takes it back to CAS. Read SwimNews.com., The SportReview and The BBC
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Estrella Navarro Holm on freediving
Mexican freediving champion Estrella Navarro Holm describing the pleasures and challenges of her sport. With English subtitles.
She’s a looker, by the way, as in hot d***
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Tour de France winner blasts different perceptions of doping in cycling and soccer
Soccer players are applauded for doping, while cyclist are censured for it, 2006 Tour de France winner Óscar Pereiro claimed on the Spanish television show “Punto Pelota” this weekend.
“Giovanella tested positive, Gurpegui, Guardiola … And all are because they take an energy complex. If a cyclist takes it, he has doped. Everyone at San Mamés, Balaidos, Barcelona shouts ‘innocent’ and I have to put on a mask to walk down the street.”
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Swim. – Behind the scenes / day three
Warning, no pool shot this time. Follow them like crazy on Facebook. See also behind the scenes day one and two.
SWIM – Behind the Scenes / Day Three from SWIM. – Short Film on Vimeo.