Swallowing even a small amount of water into your lungs is serious, children have been known to have died up to 24 hours after getting water into their system. There might be some differentiation between ‘dry’ and ‘delayed’ drowning, but the symptoms are in both cases tiredness, coughing, paleness, and trouble with breathing, and the prevention measures to keep a close eye on people if these symptoms occur. Read more here and here, via SCAQ
Yesterday, we heard that César Cielo’s supplement contamination had been found and confirmed to be from the pharmacy where his usual supplement was prepared. Today, however, the pharmacy denies accordingly to swim.com.br, saying that they always take very careful sanitation measures, including never using the same tray on the same day, and that the cross-contamination was not their fault. Read more here on The Swimmers Circle.
In other news also on The Swimmers Circle, FINA knew of Cielo’s positive test prior to the Paris Open, but FINA President Julio Maglione and CBDA President Coaracy Nunes decided that it was best to wait until after the meet to let the athletes know of the positive test. The Swimmers Circle speculates that this seems to make it even less likely that FINA will overturn the CBDA ruling that it was accidental cross-contamination of a non-performance enhancing substance
Exciting list here on The Swimmers Circle, where Braden Keith has French swimmer Camille Lacourt most likely to set a world record in the short backstroke distances, then USA’s Rebecca Soni in the 200 breaststroke, Sun Yang in the 1500 freestyle, Ryan Lochte in the 200 IM, Soni again in the 100 breaststroke, and then several in the 400 freestyle. Sun Yang is on top on my list, in the 1500 and maybe 400 freestyle.
China’s Zhang Lin will not defend his 800 metres freestyle title at this month’s world championships in Shanghai because he is “out of shape”.
“He is still far from his top form and is in an adjustment period now,” said national coach Yao Zhengjie, who has limited China’s most recognisable swimmer to just one individual event.
“We decided to let him only swim in the 200m freestyle in Shanghai. We believe it’s the best choice for him. He’s out of his best shape.”
Read more here on Eurosport.com.
Now we’re talking, a marvelous and generous coach who sets time aside to help out coaches even here in tiny Faroe Islands.
Wow, if it doesn’t work out between Charlene and Prince Albert II of Monaco, I think that she should go for this Ateliers deMonaco watch-maker, for being the obviously in-love, over-romantic Cyrano de Bergerac poet of watch-making. I mean, what woman wouldn’t fall for thoughts, commitments and words like these? Via blogs.forbes.com
In fact, according to Pim Koeslag, co-founder of the company and its watchmaker, it was the princess herself who jokingly suggested that the company should have a ladies’ watch. “We promised her to start the development the next day,†Koeslag said. “And we actually did.â€
Yes please, very much. Via The Life Files.
I must confess, this story is so far out that I catch myself checking and re-checking that I’m not reading The Onion or something like that. The Haitian woman who was found floating in a public Fall River pool on Tuesday, apparently did drown in the pool on Sunday, with a boy noticing her going under, life guards being alerted, the people accompanying her knowing that she was missing, and health inspectors checking the pool on Monday and Tuesday.
They don’t have eyes per se, but apparently detect light and form images by the way the shadows from the spines are falling on the surface of the body, creating one huge all-compassing compound eye. It is not 20/20-vision, but maybe as good as that of a nautilus. Still sounds confusing to me. Via www.sciencedaily.com.
