The British government has rejected advice from the British Olympic Association’s chief medical officer that athletes should now shake hands at the London Games to avoid germs that could make them sick. Government health advisers seemed perplexed by the guidelines, which Olympic hopefuls derided as “rude” and “pointless”. Team GB is also distancing itself from the doctor’s advice, see for instance MercuryNews.
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We’ve heard about these waterproofing solutions before, but now Nokia is also stepping into the game, announcing how they can keep mobile phones water resistant by using superhydrophobic coating. Via übergizmo
A week before the Australian Olympic trials, Thorpe has told Australia’s Network Ten that he doesn’t have high expectations of making the team after modest results in lead-up event. “The most realistic outcome of this is that I will most likely fail. … I wish I had another six months to do this,” he said in the television interview.
Hackett is also starting to doubt whether Thorpe can do it, saying his best chances are in the 4×200 relay. Via CBC Sports
Great Britain’s Liam Tancock on the Rome 2009 World Aquatics Championships podium, after having won the 50 meter backstroke in 24.04. I sat right next to Team GB (and his girlfriend), which probably explains why he turned this way :-)
Janek Lisewski, 42, a kite surfing champion from Poland, was two-thirds of the way through a 124-mile trip between Egypt and Saudi Arabia when the wind died down and deflated his kite. He survived by drinking energy drinks and two energy bars. He used a knife to fend off sharks. “I was stabbing them in the eyes, the nose and gills,” Lisewski told Polish state news agency PAP. Read WorldNews on msnbc.com
Two down, two to go. I think we can conclude that there is plenty of wind energy here in the Faroe Islands, only problems harnessing it
Really nice video here, from the Szczcecin 2011 European Short Course Championships.
On this fourth day of the British Olympic Trials, Rebecca Turner qualified in the 200 freestyle with a 1:57.65, ahead of Caitlin McClatchey in 1:58.07, Eleanor Faulkner in 1:58.39 and Joanne Jackson in 1:58.70, who’ll qualify as relay swimmers. In the men’s 200 butterfly, Joe Roebuck secured himself a 2nd spot on the roster with a winning time of 1:55.94, ahead of also qualifying Roberto Pavoni in 1:56.10. And in the 200 IM, Hannah Miley posted a world top-ranking time of 2:10.77, ahead of also qualifying Sophie Allen in 2:11.71. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine and here on swimming.org.
You might remember Dr Homayun Gharavi MD PhD Phd, the team doctor and internationally renowned fitness coach from Germany who visited Pál & Jón in Suðuroy back in October, and whom I afterwards interviewed on the boat ride back to civilization. Well, after working with rigid suspension training systems for many years, he’s concluded that they made his athletes slower rather than faster, and therefore reinvented the system, into the dynamic 4D PRO ReAction Trainer.
Recommended by Russian world champion Anastasia Zueva, I know for a fact that they’ve been testing this system also in Suðuroy, and are very impressed. Pál for one, but also younger swimmers like 13-year-old Kristina Elin Thomsen, who recently broke the Faroese (senior) records in the 100 and 200 meter butterfly, with times of 1:03.44 and 2:25.36 respectively.
Launched today, go visit 4dpro.inline.de
