Australia’s Blair Evans, South Africa’s Jess Pengelly and Scotland’s Hannah Miley training together in Perth in December 2010, all 400 IM medal contenders for the London Olympic Games in 2012. Travis Nederpelt: “I swear to god they are like a pack of sharks.”
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Ian Thorpe on his return to the pool
By Ian Thorpe, 5-time Olympic gold medallist for Australia …
We have a rule of thumb in swimming: for every month you have off it takes about three months of training to get back to your previous condition.
I’m not sure what the time frame is when you’ve been out of action for five years like me, but it can’t be too good!
Read more here on bbc.co.uk (now with video)
See altso this video on mirror.co.uk.
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Cullen Jones wins the swim-off, 22.24 to 22.28
Cullen Jones this evening won the 50 meter freestyle swim-off against Josh Schneider at the Charlotte UltraSwim 2011, and is therefore USA’s 2nd swimmer on the 50 free in Shanghai. Victory in 22.24, 22.28 for Schneider. Tough luck for Schneider, but what an exciting event for all of us. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
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Thoman and Schneider at the YMCA YSplash event
Nick Thoman and Josh Schneider taking time out to teach children how to swim, at a Charlotte area YMCA week-long YSplash event. Now back to the Charlotte UltraSwim Jones vs Schneider swim-off!
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Glen doing good in Libanon
Former Olympian and Swedish national coach Glen Christiansen visited Lebanon this week, for the second time this year, leading a 6 day training camp for Lebanese youth, 40 in total aged 8 to 17, spanning from relative beginners to elite swimmers. Plus had two-hour sessions for adults in the evening, in addition to the all-day youth sessions. What an amazingly good job, promoting our great sport in a war-torn country. Via simma.nu/se
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I should have been a Newport lifeguard
When thinking about career options with high salaries, lifeguarding is probably not one of the first jobs to come to mind. But it apparently should. In Newport Beach, lifeguards are compensated well, when compared, say, to the county annual median household income is $71,735. Even excluding benefits like health care and pension, more than half the lifeguards receive a total salary, including overtime pay, exceeding $100,000. And they also receive an annual allowance of $400 for “Sun Protection.” And probably get all the girls too. Read more here on the Orange County Register.
(The only video I found on the issue right now. I don’t
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NewsChannel 36 on the Jones vs Schneider duel
Tomorrow Thursday May 12 at 6:20 PM Eastern Time (22:20 UTC), Cullen Jones and Josh Schneider will fight for the last spot on the US World Championship team, in a 50 meter freestyle swim-off at the Charlotte UltraSwim. With an official webcast transmitting live on Ustream, we are all ready, for instance on swimmersdaily.com/live. Read more here on wcnc.com.
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USA Today segment on Missy Franklin
At 16, swimmer Missy Franklin is rapidly rising through ranks, leading Michael Phelps and everyone else in this season’s Grand Prix standings. Read a lot more here on USA Today.
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Lee Memorial on drowning prevention
Informative video by the Lee Memorial Health System, advocating these layers of protection: Supervision (“water watchers”), pool gates, alarms and having an emergency plan. View More Health Matters video segments at leememorial.org/healthmatters/
Drowning Prevention from Lee Memorial Health System on Vimeo.