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There is a race to reach the bottom of the ocean ?

Apr 27, 2011

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rokur

in Nature, Technology

It has been 50 years since anyone has been to the deepest point on the ocean floor, but now “Avatar” director James Cameron wants to go there, and British billionaire Richard Branson, and Triton Submarines CEO Bruce Jones, all in different projects. Cameron has commisioned a submarine made from high-tech composite materials, Branson will be ‘flying’ in his Virgin Oceanic craft, and Jones is patenting a special sphere made of glass, which they say has advantages over synthetics. Notice the obligatory evil squid reference.

“Glass under compression gets stronger,” said Rayotek CEO Bill Raggio. “You can hire some giant squid to come over with a sledgehammer and just start bashing away on that glass sphere. And it won’t hurt it.”
Should you wait a half hour after eating to go swimming?

Apr 27, 2011

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rokur

in Safety

Nice one that he didn’t have time to put his stethoscope down, before going on air :-)

Should You Wait A Half Hour After Eating To Go… by LocalNews-GrabNetworks
SwimNews gets an iPad/iPhone app

Apr 27, 2011

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rokur

in Technology

The new (free) SwimNews.com news reader App for iPhone, iPad, iPod is now available at the iTunes store. Via SwimNews.com.
FINA cancels Mexico OW race on health grounds

Apr 27, 2011

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rokur

in Competition, Health, Safety

The FINA Executives have decided to cancel the Sumidero Canyon Event part of the FINA Open Water Swimming GP Series scheduled to be held on the 7 May 2011. The decision has been reached following the recommendation of the FINA Sports Medicine Committee on the Water Quality in order to ensure the Health and Safety of the FINA Open Water Swimmers. See fina.org.
Can 10.000 hours make anyone a golf star ?

Apr 26, 2011

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rokur

in Training

It is a well-known theory in sports and other fields, that it takes approximately 10.000 hours of practice to excel. But does this then also mean that anyone kan become excellent, if ‘only’ they put 10.000 hours of practice into it? American Dan McLaughlin is testing this, by practicing golf for 6 hours a day, 6 days a week for 6 years, in an attempt to go from being almost a novice in golf, to become a PGA golfer.

The Dan Plan from Dan McLaughlin on Vimeo.

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Arnarson 1:51.56 and European junior champion back in 1999

Apr 23, 2011

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rokur

in Competition

Iceland’s Ã–rn Arnarson wins gold here in the 200 freestyle at the European Junior Championships in Moscow 1999. His time 1:51.56 was almost a second off his then personal best time 1:50.63 from when he won silver at the European junior championships in Antwerpen the previous year, but still good enough to place him on top of the podium now. Yours truly was the shaky cameraman :-)
A day in the life of Matt Grevers

Apr 23, 2011

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rokur

in Training

USA Swimming and AT&T follow Matt Grevers here outside the pool, 2 times Olympic gold medallist and 1 time olympic silver medallist. From he wakes up at 5:30 AM, until sometimes after his daily nap . I’m sorry to have to say this, but that guy eats a trashy breakfast. Otherwise, very inspiring :-)
Coughlin: The daily grind is not glamorous

Apr 23, 2011

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rokur

in Training

Inspiring blog post by Natalie Coughlin here on teamusa.org â€¦

Many people assume that the life of an athlete is a life of glamour. Â Trust me, itâ€™s not all traveling, photo shoots and parties! While I have done some amazingly glamorous things, the thousands of hours of heavily scheduled training has far outweighed them. Â Without the countless hours of relentless work, I would have never experienced the traveling, photo shoots, television appearances, et cetera. Â And while I have enjoyed those once-in-a-lifetime experiences, what I have loved the most is the daily grind of training.
Popova sets Russian records in 100 and 200 free

Apr 23, 2011

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rokur

in Competition

Last Tuesday April 19, Veronika Popova crushed the Russian record in the women’s 100 freestyle with a winning time of 54.22, clearing Anastasia Aksenova’s 54.70 from the World Championships in Rome 2009. And then yesterday April 22, she again improved greatly upon the 200 freestyle Russian record, with a 1:56.94 clearing the 1:57.96 set by Yelena Sokolova at Roma 2009. Both these new records were at the Russian Long Course Championships in Moscow.