Awesome, title says “Wakeboarding the central streets of Irkutsk” (Siberia, Russia)
Via Buzzfeed
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Turkey to seek Guinness recognition for Derya Bรผyรผkuncu’s 6th Games
The Turkish Swimming Federation will seek Guinness recognition for swimmer Derya Bรผyรผkuncu, who will compete at the Olympics for a record sixth time in London this year. โVery few athletes have the privilege of competing six times in Olympics, and Derya will be the first swimmer ever to accomplish it,โ Federation chair Ahmet Mazhar Bozdoฤan said.
Yup, him and Lars Frรถlander.
Streamlined News: Frolander and Muffat make history, Gator Invite wraps up, Tennessee filling coachi
Read Hรผrriyet Daily News
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India’s Olympic berth goes to Gagan under strange rules
Get this, India’s single Olympic berth in swimming has been granted to Gagan AP Ulalmath despite of him not being among the four that have made the Olympic invitation time, nor having qualified in the actual event. The thing is, when the four that had made the invitation cut weren’t invited by FINA, India reverted to have a swimmer selected under the ‘universality’ quota, where one of the requirements is for the swimmer to have competed at the last World Championships. Which Gagan had, while the four others as far as results goes better qualified hadn’t. Showing up at the World Championships apparently overrules swimming the actual event, as Gagan has been invited to compete in the London 2012 men’s 1500 freestyle despite him swimming only the 400 and 800 at Shanghai 2011, while Saurabh Sangvekar who actually made the 1500 Olympic invitation time is sidelined. India could have had two Universality spots if only they had sent a woman also to the World Championships, note to self: “Show up at the Worlds!”. Read for instance The Times of India and see the SCAQ Blog.
(Woouw, tough day in the ‘related video’ department)
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Technical problems at Bristol Olympic training pool
The mechanism has failed that controls the bulkheads in the less than 5 months old pool at Hengrove Park Leisure Centre in Bristol, where Kenya’s Jason and David Dunford arrived to train this weekend. Divers are for now lifting them manually, so that the pool can be used both as a 50m pool as well as two 25m pools, the Dunfords saying that they are able to do “around 90%” of the training that was originally agreed. Read more here on BBC Bristol.
Mark Foster and Natalie Lowe at the opening of Hengrove Leisure Centre in Bristol
(Mark Foster dancing at the opening of the Hengrove Park Leisure Centre pool)
((struggling to find related video :-P ))
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CC photo #191: Laure Manaudou exits the Rijeka 2008 pool
It had this feeling of a final exit, when Laure Manaudou on the last day of the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Championships didn’t qualify for the women’s 200 backstroke final, placing 3rd in the prelims but also third of the French, her ‘only’ medal the bronze in the 100 backstroke. But no, after retiring in September 2009, she returned to competitive swimming in September 2011, and qualified for the London Games in 2012.
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Nick Fazah freediving with Seal
Nosy buggers, them seals.
John Eye Films Nick Fazah Freediving with Seal
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Antwerp 2012 day 5: Oswald takes gold and silver to win individual medal race
The Antwerp 2012 European Junior Championships are over, Russia dominated by taking 12 out of 40 possible gold medals, 6 silver and 2 bronze, Italy in second with 7 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze and Germany in second with 6 gold, 10 silver and 7 bronze. Most valuable asset was the Russian relays, taking 4 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze, most winning individual Germany’s Maximilian Oswald with 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze, among the girls Denmark’s Mie ร. Nielsen with 2 gold and 1 bronze.
Benjamin Proud, 50m Butterfly Final European Junior Championship 2012
(Vukic taking gold on day 1)
Boys 400 IM
Young Matthew Johnson from Great Britain took the gold medal in 4:17.26 ahead of Germany’s Kevin Wedel in 4:21.50 and Russia’s Semen Makovich in 4:21.86. Johnson the favorite all the way through with an entry time of 4:16.53 and leading prelim time of 4:22.79.
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CC photo #190: Our two boys trying out Toftavatn
Jรกkup and Bjarki testing the waters at Toftavatn in the Faroe Islands today, wife and younger daughter watching in the background. A bit challenging, yes, water maybe 10 degrees Celcius (50 degrees Fahrenheit), but we ended up swimming in it, all three of us.
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Korotyshkin ready to cope with Olympic pressure
Russia’s top swimmer, Evgeny Korotyshkin, talked to RT about how he nearly quit the sport and what he expects from himself at London 2012. Read and watch RT