Swimmer's Daily

  • A Race Club interview here with Penny Palfrey, about her 67.2 mile unassisted ocean swim world record (for both men and women) from Little to Grand Cayman Islands. Gary Hall Sr is a master at finding nice interview locations :-)

  • Júlia Farkas is the woman behind this beautiful 2009 graduation film from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest. Via cartoonbrew.com.

    Why this is swimming relevant. Well, Neethling tweeted this, didn’t he. And by the way, I think that the girls were right to work out :-P

    Maybe now that Charlene is becoming a princess mothers won’t tell their daughters that swimming/sport makes them big/manly. Such bsless than a minute ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® Favorite Retweet Replyryk neethling
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  • Former champion swimmer Simon Cowley is suing Nick D’Arcy for damages over the bar room incident which left him with such injuries that he has spent AUS$40,000 (US$41,700) on medical expenses, lost his place on the 2008 Australian Olympic team and had to quit his job. D’Arcy says he hit Cowley in self-defense after being slapped by a bigger, unknown man, but Cowley says the attack was unprovoked. Cowley needed extensive medical help as result of the attack, including corrective surgery to his jaw, cheekbone and nose, titanium plates inserted in his face and orthodontic braces. Source AFP.

  • I stand corrected, if Prince Albert II doesn’t feel threatened by Ryk Neethling, he won’t be threatened by anyone. Like the fact also that Ryk has ‘suits‘.

    Got my suits for the Monaco Royal wedding. Its a 3 day affair. Heading out tomorrowless than a minute ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® Favorite Retweet Replyryk neethling
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  • I think it is Wu Peng doing the Plunge for Distance here. Did you know that this was actually an Olympic event once? Part of the diving at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, USA. Rules that competitors dove into the pool from a standing position and their attained distance was measured after either 60 seconds passed or their head broke the surface, whichever came first. Winner then was William Dickey out of USA with 19.05 meters.

  • Imágenes del príncipe Alberto de Mónaco y Charlene WittstockHe he, Daddy sounds like a hardcore South African :-)

    Wittstock’s patriotism is part of her family heritage. Her father, Mike, is a loyal, no-nonsense South African.

    When Prince Albert II called her father last year to ask for her hand in marriage, she advised him to phone before South Africa played France in the 2010 Fifa World Cup.

    “The next day I asked: ‘When did you call?’ and he said it was five minutes before kickoff. I asked what my father had said, and he replied: ‘He said he had to get off the phone because the national anthem was coming on.’ I said that I hope he got the message,” Wittstock said in a recent TV interview.

    Read more here on Times Live.

  • SWIMMING-400M-FREESTYLEFormer Olympic and world champjon swimmer Laure Manaudou has confirmed that she is returning to competition with a view to taking part in next summer’s Olympics in London. Source: AFP

  • Via abc-7.com:

    As of Thursday, there are no more water activities at the FGCU lake until further notice after this student drowned Wednesday night.

    It was a tragic ending for Joel Johnson.

    Infant swimming resource instructor Kathy Cole says this could have been avoided if Johnson knew the life saving techniques she teachers her students.

    “Staying calm cool and collected is key. It does not matter if you are in 10,000 feet in the ocean or in a 10-foot deep pool,” she said.

  • “My mom saw that I needed my inhaler less and that I was getting healthier’, says Misty Hyman in this video. After winning gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, she failed at qualifying in 2004, retired at 24 years old, and now spends her time at the Melrose Paradise Recreation Club in Phoenix, sharing her knowledge with all ages. Via azfamily.com.