A bit old, from when U.S. Nationals were in California last August, but a nice recap of when Ryan Lochte set the first long course record in 19 months, at the Shanghai 2011 World Championships. Rebecca Soni and Melissa “Missy” Franklin also mentioned.
Jessica Vilchis: Road to London 2012 Ep. 2 from JessicaVilchis.Com on Vimeo.
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Fishing under ice from Juuso Mettälä on Vimeo.
According to Wired, publicIntelligence.org leaked a U.S. Department of Defence “Non-Lethal Weapons Reference Book†online last week, that amongst other thinks mentions an “Impulse Swimmer Gun” that uses “pulsed sound waves” to cause “auditory impairment and/or nausea” among scuba divers engaged in “unauthorized underwater activities”. As if sharks and sea swells wasn’t enough. Read Wired.
In Maine, roughly half of the homicides over the past ten years have been caused by domestic violence. On New Year’s day, hundreds of people took a ‘Polar Bear’ plunge in the Atlantic ocean at Gooches Beach in Kennebunk to support those victims by raising money for Caring Unlimited. Read wcsh6.com and see video:
University of Tennessee Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Dave Hart announced Tuesday that head men’s swimming and diving coach John Trembley has been relieved of his duties. Assistant coach Lars Jorgensen will serve as the interim head coach for the program for the remainder of the season. Read for instance vonuteertv.com and govolsxtra.com
British Olympian Keri-Anne Payne has been signed as the face of Max Factor’s award winning False Lash Effect Gold Mascara. I don’t blame them. See for instance the Links of London blog, Grazia Daily and Payne’s own blog
According to a recent study at the Catholic University of Louvain, indoor swimming in a chlorinated pool for as little as 30 minutes every two weeks may result in altered hormone levels in boys. The effects are most pronounced before the age of 7, and boys are particularly sensitive because the skin of the scrotum is susceptible to absorbing chlorination by-products such as those formed when urine or other organic material is found. The lowered hormone levels may contribute to reproductive problems when adult, no significant changes were found in boys who swam in outdoor chlorinated pools. Environmental Health Perspectives via chron.com
FINA released today the full list of swimwear approved for use in 2012, and for the first time ever also a list of approved caps and goggles that can be worn. Pretty much every company is now required to submit their line of camps and goggles to FINA for approval, read more on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
Another technological feat of mankind, this functional hamster wheel powered “HPS Hamstar” submarine made out of a 3-liter soda bottle. Project page is here, with photos and stuff so that you can construct one yourself, and a materials list disclosing that the biggest cost was the $12 hamster Houdina, now retired after one voyage. Via geekologie
“The major difference between steam power and hamster power is that you don’t have to shovel hamsters into a furnace. Another key difference is the smaller carbon footprint made by hamster energy than that of coal and other fossil fuels.”
~creators of HPS Hamstar
