Liam Tancock set a new 50 meters long course backstroke world record this evening, during evening preliminaries of the 200 backstroke at the British Championships in Sheffield. The new record is 24.47, obliterating the former record time of 24.80, that Thomas Rupprath swam in 2003.
Source: Lane 9 News
The Devil’s Pool is a natural (swimable) pool right at the edge of the Victoria Falls in Zambia. Not that you would ever catch me in that death trap.
I truly like that motivational speak, That last 25 when you’re hurting… say I’m a Hurricane, I’m getting to that wall first!
Just take a look at these underwater shots from the European Swimming Championships in Eindhoven, and read here on Reuters about how he did it.
And suddenly I like it much better.
The Italian Swimming Federation FIN has decided to ban the new Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit from their forthcoming Olympic trials, based on FINA rule 5.6: “The manufacturers must ensure that the approved new swimsuit will be available for all competitors”.
Speedo responds expecting that the same rule will be applied to other manufacturers that have introducted new swimsuits, and promise that the LZR Racer swimsuits will be available for all swimmers at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Manchester, 9th-13th April 2008.
Source: swimnews.com
I promised myself that this web site would be launched on April 1st, so there you go. First post, and let me then get back to configuring the rest of the basic stuff.
