Not very swimming related, other than this ‘city of samba’ will be the host of the 2016 Olympics, and that there is an interesting rescue helicopter in it fishing someone out of the sea. But beautiful, via PetaPixel
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London Olympics to come in £500 million under budget
Hugh Robertson, minister for sport & the Olympics, has told the UK parliament the London 2012 Olympic Games are likely to come in under budget. “Now 96 per cent complete we remain on time and on budget with more than £500 million of uncommitted contingency remaining,” he said, “this is a good position to be in with 150 days to go and sets us up.” Read Breaking Travel NewsPhoto courtesy of givingnot@rocketmail.com, CC BY-NC 2.0
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Swimming South Africa gets royal lifeline from Monaco
Swimming South is in major financial strife following the possible exit of major sponsor Telkom, and funding from National Lottery fund ending in March. But now they get a helping hand from former South African swimmer and now Princess of Monaco Charlene Wittstock, offering them to host the South African Olympic team for free from June 1, ahead of the London 2012 Olympics. South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) CEO Tubby Reddy says: “We only have to cover travel expenses. She will take care of everything else. She’ll provide the facility, nutrition and accommodation.” Eye Witness News, read also for instance sport24
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Herald Sun names Thorpe as top 3 comeback failure, Torres as top 2 success
Ouch, the Herald Sun has apparently given up on Ian Thorpe with the Olympic Trials yet to come, and names him the top 3 most unsuccessful comeback behind tennis player Bjorn Borg and boxing legend Muhammad Ali:
3: Ian Thorpe: We may never know the genuine reasons behind his comeback but to date it has been agonising to watch. Hopefully it will be all over soon.
(Photo of Ian Thorpe courtesy of Morton Lin, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
USA’s Dara Torres is on the other hand the top 2 most successful comeback, only behind Formula 1 driver Nikki Lauda:
2: Dara Torres: 24 years after winning gold at the 1984 LA games, Torres returned in 2008 at the Beijing Olympics – at age 41 – to win three silver medals.
(Photo of Dara Torres courtesy of Bryan Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0)
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What does swimmer Jeremy Linn think of Jeremy Lin ?
Olympic gold medalist Jeremy Linn, a graduate of Central Dauphin High School, once had a very unique name; now he hears and sees it all the time, thanks to Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks. CBS21 via SwimmingWorld on Twitter.
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GoPro’s are like Lassie when it comes to finding their owner
This photo to the right is a screen grab from Anthony Banuelos’ GoPro video camera as he paddled out at San Onofre on February 12th. He had rigged his camera to the front of the surfboard and on his first wave, it came off. But a couple found it and were able to trace it back to Banuelos, and now another couple found a camera Sunday, that comments to this story on OC Register suggest is already on well its way back to its owner. -
Keri-Anne Payne – Life in the Open Water
Share in Keri-anne Payne’s journey from moving in to the testing and rigorous sport of open water swimming to becoming a 2 time World 10km Champion and Olympic Silver medallist, courtesy of BGswimming.
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CC photo #60: Me and Biedermann at the Istanbul 2009 Europeans
Me and Germany’s Paul Biederman at the Istanbul 2009 European Short Course Championships. Some say we look alike, I’m sure that if Biedermann wasn’t so polite, he would ask if he really looked that fat :-)
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70 hospitalized after chlorine exposure at Canadian swim meet
An adult and a child remain in hospital after a swim meet at a William Lake community swimming pool in British Columbia, Canada, where high levels of chlorine were detected early Sunday morning. 70 people were taken to hospital and treated for chlorine exposure, including 45 children, having their eyes flushed, showered, or in more serious chases, received oxygen. Read for instance Toronto Sun, Opinion 250 and CBC News
Chlorine incident Cariboo Memorial Recreational Complex, Williams Lake, BC