Laure Manaudou returned to competitive swimming today with a 25.93 in the Athens, Georgia 2011 Speedo Championship Series 50 free prelims. This is a personal best time ever according to Speed Endurance’s Tom Willdridge. Links to psych sheets and live results here on Nick Brunelli’s blog.
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13-year-old girl sucked to her death by swimming pool circulation pump
Sarah Eberhardt, 13, from Germany, was on holiday with her father at the resort town of Slatni Pjassazi on the Black Sea in Bulgaria, when she was sucked to her death by a swimming pool’s circulation pump after hotel workers forgot to place a safety grille over it.
‘The pump was so strong that as she swam it had the effect of a whirlpool and pulled her under and sucked her in,’ said a police spokesman. ‘It was a terrible way to die.
Read more here on MailOnline
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FINA chiefs respect Cielo despite calling for doping ban
FINA executive director Cornel Marculescu insists that they have the greatest respect for Brazilian sprint star Cesar Cielo and the others despite calling for a doping ban that threatens his Olympic chances.“Cielo is one of the greatest swimmers we have and we respect him very much and we respect the Brazilian swimming federation for all their efforts,†Marculescu told reporters.
“Nevertheless, the decision of the doping panel of the Brazilian federation has been considered as not providing all the necessary information and for that reason an appeal has been presented,†he added.
Marculescu says he does not know that the decision will be of the three CAS jurders, but adds: “Whatever decision is going to be, we have to respect that.” Read more here on Times Live.
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Lifeguard critical, swimmer drowned after breath-holding exercise
One man training to be a Navy SEAL was dead and a off-duty lifeguard in grave condition yesterday after trying to do breath-holding exercises in a public pool in Staten Island, practicing techniques similar to those used in military training. About 20 people were swimming in the pool staffed with 2 lifeguards and 5 other staff members, when the two men were found in 3 feet of water in a corner of the Lyons Pool in Tompkinsville. Via NY Daily News and The Wall Street Journal.
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Swimming the American Way – Forbes Carlile
A gem here on Google Video, almost 40 minutes of historical US swimming video footage, as seen through Australian eyes. “Swimming the American Wayâ€, a film by Forbes and Ursula Carlile, from when they in 1965 toured North America and visited legendary Doc Counsilman at the Indiana University.
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Graeme Moore trying out a Disney-class ice bath
Great picture of South Africa’s Graeme Moore, here in Roland Schoeman’s Lockerz-photos. I wonder what kind of kid gets that kind of tall and narrow pool, so yes, lets’ buy them all and make ice baths out of them :-)
Who needs a $6000 ice bath when you can rock the $50 Disney version like @graemeswim #ingenuity http://lockerz.com/s/120012882less than a minute ago via Echofon
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Canada preparing for Shanghai in Singapore
Singapore is definitely a hotspot for world class swim training at the moment, with the national teams of Australia, Sweden, South Africa, Canada, Iceland and our own Pál Joensen from the Faroe Islands preparing there for the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships. Here is a nice video from the Canadian camp.
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Oprah Winfrey finds swimming to be the great metaphor of life
“Started out the week taking swimming lessons,” Winfrey said in an email Tuesday night. “Moving beyond my amateur doggy paddle. Learning the breast stroke today”. Admitting that for years she had been afraid of the water, she’s finally learned to go with the flow.“This I’ve known forever is the great metaphor of life,” the lady who hates surprises emailed. “Move with the flow. Don’t fight the current. Resist nothing. Let life carry you. Don’t try to carry it. Sometimes we just have to be reminded. A swim lesson did it for me.”
Read The Huffington Post.