The 3rd International Holcim Awards for sustainable construction projects from across Europe were recently announced at a ceremony in Milan, with the German architectural firm realities:united taking first prize for its Flussbad proposal. We’re talking transforming a strech of the River Spree in central Berlin into a 745 meter “swimming pool”, purified naturally by a an upper 1.8-hectare reed bed. Via gizmag.com
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Please someone, listen to the geek !
FINIS has announced the immediate availability of the SwiMP3® 2G, an upgraded version of their award-winning underwater MP3 player that holds up to 2GB of music, twice as much as the original version, for a total of 30 hours or approximately 500 songs. Utilizing bone-conducting technology to deliver clear sound underwater, ear bud free. See finisinc.com.
We’ve heard about it before, and now it is officially launced. USA Swimming’s Deck Pass, a new online and mobile application that lets swimmers track their best times, set goals and earn digital patches, share milestones with friends and family on Facebook, engage with USA Swimming, and that works as a tool for coaches too. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
We heard about 4-year-old Tae Smith in July, who after only five months managed to take not only the planned 600 meters distance badge, but carried on until she was persuaded to stop at 2000 meters. Here is a British Gas Big Dip video with her and Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington. Via the17thman
So, after a quick change of camera (and Home-made solution to secure the additional camera to the incompatible tripod by using packaging from the recently bought batteries), we go on about Home’s visit to the Faroe Islands, digging deeper into the project of Pál Joensen and Jón Bjarnason in Suðuroy. I ask what Dr. Gharavi thinks of Pál still training in his 25-meter home pool in Vágur, and what he thinks about the plan to build a 50-meter pool on this remote island, rather than on the (relatively) more densely populated North mainland. See also Part 1.
I’m not affiliated with GoPro, and don’t even own one (yet). But by golly … if I wanted one before, it is really really bad now :-)
The Austrian anti-doping agency will not fine European short-course 200-meter butterfly champion Dinko Jukic for missing an unannounced doping test in May. Anti-doping officials visited Jukic during a training session at the Wiener Stadionbad on May 24, but left without taking blood samples after the swimmer complained about hygiene conditions, and disagreeing about the timing of the test. The anti-doping agency has warned Jukic over breaching international anti-doping regulations, but ruled that he cannot be held responsible for not cooperating. Read universalsports.com
