Swimmer's Daily

  • Earlier this month, five-time Olympic swimming medalist Josh Davis was filmed at New Braunfels in a small role for the coming movie “Return of the Hiding Place”, which details the fight by a group of youths in Holland to save the lives of Jews during World War II. Davis, 38, plays a Dutch resistance agent passing over contraband to two young heroes of the film, a sequel to the 1975 movie based on the famous autobiographical novel by Corrie ten Boom.

    “My little dream has always been to get asked to try out for the ‘Aquaman’ movie,” said Davis, laughing. “Too bad. I can hold my breath for a long time underwater for all those scenes.”

    Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/article/Making-another-splash-Davis-tries-his-hand-at-1439825.php#ixzz1QJFuRyCm

     

  • The Massachusetts man who faked his own disappearance off La Jolla shores in February was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston on Wednesday, charged with defrauding his former employer of more than $3.1 million, ordered to pay restitution and sentenced to five years in prison. Read LaJollaPatch.

  • Battered and bruised, but happy after a successful open water swim in Tvøroyri, followed by a sailboat barbecue and sleepover on the old sloop Johanna. Now to read up on the news …

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    Here are some handpicked photos from the event

  • Ahh, Schmoyoho, Roomie, Walk off the Earth and positive thinking, all in one neat package. The video has only very little to do with swimming, but the message is right ! :-)

  • This site might get awfully quiet tomorrow, while me and Bartal go to our southern most island Suðuroy to cover the annual open water swim there. 870 meters in 7° Celcius (44.6° Fahrenheit) warm seawater, what’s not to like?

    We’ll go on this boat, only a 2 hour ride, each way

  • Florida Gator Marco Loughran was admitted to a hospital this morning after a minor scooter accident that involved Ryan Lochte, the best swimmer in the world at the moment. Loughran ended up in North Florida Regional with minor internal injuries, while Lochte banged up his knee in the crash. Read The Daily Reezy via The Swimmers Circle.

  • Unveiled yesterday at CommunicAsia 2011 in Singapore, the Xperia Active is a compact smartphone targeting consumers with an active lifestyle, featuring a 3″ screen, the latest Android Gingerbread 2.3, a 5 MP camera with HD video functionality, and a powerful 1 GHz processor. Dust proof and water-resistant, it also uniquely incorporates wet finger tracking, to ensure the phone works perfectly when either the screen or a user’s fingers are wet. Pre-loaded with sports apps, users can set their training route using the built-in GPS, barometer and compass. And there is on-screen heart rate and pulse monitoring, enabled by ANT+ wireless networking technology. See press release.

    If all that geek data doesn’t convince you, then maybe Sharapova will

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  • Rebecca AdlingtonI like this, Rebecca Adlington speaking out on MailOnline

    ‘A lot of people are talking about the Olympics, and they are so big, but so are the worlds.

    ‘I haven’t even qualified for the Olympics yet. People say “oh you’re there” and I have to tell them that I’m not. It’s a very tough process.

    ‘The World Championships are coming and I want to focus solely on this right now.’

    Adlington will race in the 200m in Shanghai, as well as her preferred 400m and 800m freestyle events. She will also compete in the 4 x 200m relay.

    Read more here on the Daily Mail

  • The 2008 Beijing Olympic champion, Cesar Cielo, plans to establish a professional swim training club in Sao Paulo, naming the scheme as Pro-16 to prepare for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. The scheme is likely to exceed a little more than USD 1$ million, involving Cielo and his relay team-members Santos, Cerdeira, Leonardo de Deus and Oliveira under the leadership of coach Alberto Silva, wit the mission to be successful at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. Read more here on blogs.bettor.com.

    César Cielo após terminar a prova de revezamento para o Flamengo