According to Speedo, the Speedo FASTSKIN3 Racing System offers unrivalled benefits to swimmers, including a full body passive drag reduction of up to 16.6%, an 11% improvement in the swimmer’s oxygen economy enabling them to swim stronger for longer, and a 5.2% reduction in body active drag, to create the world’s fastest cap, goggle and suit ever. Read official press release at Speedo.com
As mentioned before, Russian record holder and Olympian Anastasia Aksenova is currently trying out training in Vágur, here in the Faroe Islands, now almost for two weeks. She competed at a local meet last Sunday, beating our record holder in the 50 freestyle with a time of 26.26 against Guðrun’s 26.55. And she endured our biggest storm since 1988 last Thursday, with roofs blowing off houses and stuff.
Interesting, still think that it helps to hold back a little :-)
The BBC is receiving criticism now after announcing a Sports Personality of the Year shortlist that for the first time since 2006 doesn’t include a woman. World champion Rebecca Adlington for instance tweeted (after receiving a lot of tweets about the list missing women) that “Think there has been some great women in sport this year including my best friend @KeriannePayne and sad they haven’t been recognised.”
http://twitter.com/#!/BeckAdlington/status/141446983717101569
I totally agree, also because I don’t recognize many of the men on that list. If it is any consolation, Faroese media stopped having the “Faroese sports person of the year” award in 2010, after Pál Joensen winning it for three years (and another swimmer before that). And have now sort of relaunched the event with a “Faroese soccer player of the year” award. I’m not even kidding.
Here is Keri-Anne Paine for you, via the17thman
Via The Telegraph and Women’s Views on News
Here we go again, as mentioned before, Speedo is about to launch the most advanced swimwear design since the introduction in January 2010 of new FINA regulations banning full-body coverage and the use of polyurethane. Sources now say tomorrow November 30th, read for instance The Telegraph
Anchored by this “The Yellow Line” commercial featuring Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt, the Olympic Committee encourages all young athletes to record and submit videos of “their personal best” to the web site olympic.org/showyourbest, and to vote on other submitted videos. The site will include a “mash-up creator” which takes the user-submitted videos and mixes them with footage from Olympic Games past, available on the Games’ Facebook page, channels on YouTube and Chinese video hosting service Youku. With the chance to win gadgets and ultimately a trip to the London 2012 Olympics. Via The New York Times and bigleadsports
40-year-old Ian Whitfield dived into the pool at David LLoyd Gym in Darenth Road, Dartford, UK, in his business suit after being told he had to serve three months notice to terminate his membership. He and his partner had missed the deadline with a few days, and faced with having to pay £300, he starting handing out leaflets at the gym, warning other people to be on the lookout. The manager took him into his office, told him they could discuss this, but since nothing happened, Withfield decided to throw himself into the swimming pool fully clothed. He drove home soaking wet, and then received a call telling him the notice period would be waived as long as he did not step foot in the gym again. “I’ve won the battle”, Whitfield said. Read This is Local London
A 10 km underwater swim undertaken by 40-year-old Irishman Christy Healy last month has now been confirmed as a world first by the Guinness Book of Records, and also raised over €14,000 for the Share a Dream Foundation for terminally ill children. It took him 6 hours 21 minutes to make the record, on the second attempt after 3 weeks earlier having to abandon the dive after 9.4 km. Read the Irish Times here and here and see the Facebook page 10k Guinness world record dive attempt
Cool promo video here, I guess promoting the State NZ Ocean Swim Series
State Insurance – Swim Promo from Gemma Heyes on Vimeo.
