I’ve been in a minibus with this guy and Eamon Sullivan as late as in Stockholm in October, it was even more mini with them in it :-)
Also in these news, Eamon Sullivan is surprised that he maybe gets to race Ian Thorpe already now … and calls butterfly a ‘weird event’ :-)
“I had not even thought about it,” Sullivan said, with a laugh. “I did not even know he was doing it (freestyle). I thought he was just doing IMs and all weird events.”
Read The Herald Sun and Courier Mail
Right, just had to do this … learning the language and realized that this would be my third post in a row mentioning ‘plugs’ or ‘plugging’. But seriously, never pull the plug ! :-)
Interesting concept, and thankfully both cheap and simple, see www.eyeswim.com. Now, personally I’ve always wanted a simple instant and automatic video replay system with slow-motion like what we sometimes see on fun rides. For start practices and stuff, preferably in a plug-in-and-go package, please go invent that ! :-)
A plug for www.openwaterswimming.com
At three years and five months, Elodie-Paige MacArthur might be the youngest to win the Kirsten Trophy contest that Thirsk White Horse Swim Team runs annually, since it was launched in 1972. A competition to find the youngest swimmer in Hambleton district who can swim 25 meters unaided, to aid awareness of swimming and promote the importance of learning to swim at the earliest possible age. Her mother Tracy says that Elodie-Paige has completed 75 meters unaided, and hopes she will swim for the country one day, as she herself did.” Read The Northern Echo and Hambleton District Council.
FINA Bureau Member and President of the Portuguese Swimming Federation Paulo Frischknecht was on October 27 in Madrid, Spain to meet José Mourinho, coach of local football club Real Madrid, who will be the Ambassador of the “FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier” in Mourinho’s hometown of Setubal, Portugal. The event that will complete the list of 25 men and 25 women eligible to compete at the 10K Marathon open water swimming races at the London 2012 Olympic Games. According to FINA, Mourinho promised to be present in “at least one of the two days of the qualifying event” and showed also interest in “following the main aquatic events during the Games time.” And got an official T-shirt.
This is exciting, Gary Hall Sr of the Race Club introducing part 1 of 4 part series analysing the underwater pull, digging into the classic drag versus lift discussion (or more nerdy, Newton’s second law of motion versus Bernoulli’s Principle of lift).Â
A hard-hitting film aimed at driving home the message of The Press‘s Think, Don’t Swim campaign is being premiered today at York’s City Screen cinema in Yorkshire, England. Bartender Richard Horrocks, 21, drowned in the Ouse after jumping into the water from a balcony close to the riverside cinema in July. He was the third person to die in York’s rivers so far this year, and his death prompted The Press to launch its campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of jumping or falling in the water, including the launch of posters and beer mats carrying the campaign message. Read more here on The Press.
High-speed photography tutorial with splashes and flashes, courtesy of Photo EXTREMIST, via Peta Pixel. “Just remember that it is the flashes that are freezing the motion, not the camera.”
