Not so much about swimming, but that’s beside the point.
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Jones vs Schneider for last spot on US Shanghai team
Josh Schneider and Cullen Jones tied each other in the 50 freestyle last summer at the ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships and World Championships Trials, setting up the need for a swim-off now 9 months later at the Charlotte UltraSwim on Thursday May 12, 2011, to determine the last spot on the US World Championship team. Read more on speedendurance.blogspot.com and wcnc.com.
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The most beautiful swim photo I ever saw
Adelaide Now brings this story about some row in Australia over who should host the 2012 Australian Olympic Trials, the brand new State Aquatic Centre at Marion in South Adelaide, an upcoming venue in Brisbane, or “Australia’s premier swimming venue”, Sydney’s Olympic Park. I don’t know, but their picture of swimmer Whitney Ireland at the Marion Aquatic Centre is just amazing.
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Peirsol on Crippen, open water and retirement
ESPN caught up with now retired Olympian Aaron Peirsol, at the 10K Crippen SafeSwim in Fort Lauderdale, honoring Fran Crippen by doing what he lived for – racing in the open water. Peirsol turns out to be an eager open water swimmer, still swimming 3-4 days a week while enjoying his retirement. Via espn.go.com.
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High school coach resigns after pulling swimmer by her hair
Parents in Roseville, California are in an uproar after high school assistant swimming coach Geoff Capell tried to pull the captain of the school’s girls swimming team Jennifer McCarroll out of the pool by her hair during a swim meet last Friday. The action was caught on camera by the parent of another girl on the team.
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The Big Splash has launched
British Swimming announce today the launch of “the world’s largest celebration of swimming”, the Big Splash partnership between the BBC and British Swimming stretching 10 months, seeking to inspire the UK to get into the water. The first major event will be The Great Salford Swim on Sunday 15th May when thousands of swimmers including Ian Thorpe, Keri-Anne Payne and David Davies will take part in a mile long-swim around Salford Quays. Find out more at www.bigsplash.co.uk.
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So you wanna talk to dolphins ?
American researcher Denise Herzing has been testing 2-way communications with dolphins since 1998, first with them replying by pointing out underwater icons, but now in collaboration with artificial intelligence researcher Thad Starner by “co-creating” a language that uses features of sounds that wild dolphins communicate with naturally. They are building a prototype device featuring a smartphone-sized computer, two hydrophones and a “Twiddler” mouse/keyboard that a diver will carry, in order to talk with the dolphins. Read more here on newscientist.com.
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ABC News speaks with Jakub Maly
“Did you ever think ‘I’m not going to get out of this alive’?”
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Olympic swim team member hospitalized after being buried in sand
19-year-old Austrian Olympic swimming team member Jakup Maly had spent much of Sunday digging a hole 2.1 meters deep by 1.8 meters wide on Pompano Beach in Florida, when the sand collapsed around him. It took 60 rescuers two hours to rescue him, where after he was taken to a hospital and later released. Read more here on guardian.co.uk and here on NBC Miami.
