Katerine Savard of Quebec City broke the Canadian record in the women’s 100 butterfly on Friday at the Canadian World Trials. Savard, 17, clocked 57.97 seconds to eclipse the previous national mark of 58.67 set by Audrey Lacroix in July 2009. It was also the fifth fastest time in the world this year and she beat her personal best by one second. “I’m really proud with that performance,” said Savard. “It shows that I’m getting closer to the best in the world but I’ll have to swim even faster to get in the final at the world championships.” Source: swimming.ca.
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Japanese dog rescued after 3 weeks at sea
A Japanese dog somehow managed to survive three weeks at sea atop the debris of a house, swept out miles to sea after the tsunami. And still it was well enough to wag its tail and hide from the rescue crew. Sources Geekosystem and scaq.blogspot.com.
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Under Armour spot featuring Phelps
Can you spot him ? (no, there are no prizes)
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Catch up drill with a ball
Interesting catch up drill demonstrated here by coach Brian Brown and Mike Smit of Hydro Swim Team.
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Icelandic Jakobsson sets Norwegian record at Danish Open
Icelandic born Sindri Þór Jakobsson set a Norwegian record at Danish Open 2011 today, with a time of 2:02.38 in the 200 butterfly. Andreas Schiellerup and Daniel Skaaning set Danish junior records, Jeanette Ottesen and Pernille Blume qualified for Shanghai 2011, and three swimmers qualified for the European junior championships in Belgrade this summer.
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Belmonte 4:34.91 and Spanish 400 IM record
Mireia Belmonte GarcÃa was a league apart from the field on the way to her third victory at the Spanish Open in just over 24 hours, a 4:34.91 over 400 IM taking down her own Spanish record by 1.4 seconds. Read more here on SwimNews.com, where Craig Lord rates her as one of the favourites for the crown in Shanghai this summer, and certainly a strong medal contender.
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The 2011 Underwater Diving Championships
One of the very few sports that are harder for the spectators than the performers :-)
Courtesy of The Race Club
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Mireia Belmonte has Phelpsian qualities
Technical director for Spanish swimming, Luis Villanueva, told reporters this week that Mireia Belmonte has Phelpsian qualities. “She is a swimmer with a beastly talent, there are very few like her.” She answered by bagging two titles on the first day of the Spanish Open in Madrid, clocking a Spanish record 2:06.25 in the 200 butterfly, and wiping 15 seconds off her best 800 freestyle time with 8:27.88. Read more here on SwimNews.com.
Mireia Belmonte GarcÃa at the European Short Course Championships in Rijeka 2008