Totally positive video here with former Olympic swimmer Dr. Jane Katz, Professor of Health and Physical Education helping seniors keep in shape and fighting the signs of aging with swimming. Love it! Via ABC News.
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Ducklings on a water slide
Because it’s fun, because it’s fun. Via Neatorama
Baby Ducks at the Fair
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How to draw a swimmer
Of course extremely important in our world :-)
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Pellegrini, Payne, Lurz and Alex are the 2011 LEN swimmers of the year
The European Swimming Federation LEN today announced the 2011 Len Athletes of the Year, elected by representatives of the 51 LEN Member Federations as well as aquatic journalists from all over Europe. In the pool swimming category, the men’s award was decided by a margin of very few votes in favour of Norway’s Alexander Dale Oen, while Italy’s Federica Pellegrini easily won the women’s award. In the open water swimming category, Germany’s Thomas Lurz won as easily the men’s award, and Great Britain’s Keri-Anne Payne the women’s award. Now, that will make a pretty picture in Szczecin in December :-)See official press release: LEN PR45-11 LEN Award Winners 2011
Image courtesy of Helgi Halldórsson/Freddi, cc by-nc-nd 2.0
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Win a Speedo Fastskin3 experience
On 01 December, Speedo is launching their most advance swimwear concept yet (save the supersuits, I guess). And they are searching for three rising swim stars to help them. Could you become one of them? Visit www.facebook.com/Speedo now to find out how.
Win a Speedo Fastskin3 experience
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Nyad hasn’t given up: “I will swim from Cuba to Florida”
Kudos to Diana Nyad:
“I can swim from Cuba to Florida, and I will swim from Cuba to Florida,” she said at the TEDMED conference in Coronado, California. Nyad received a standing ovation after her inspirational presentation.
Since this is was at a TEDMED conference, I’m sure we’ll have a video soon. While we wait, let’s watch an old Apple ad with the late Steve Jobs himself as narrator.
Via CNN Health
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FINIS launches Stroke Lab, Web-Based Video Analysis Tool
FINIS® today announces the availability of Stroke Lab, under the slogan “Video Stroke Analysis, Made Easy”. This web application allows you to upload and distribute your videos online, and has a video editor that allows coaches to slow down the video, make audio or text comments to them, and use various drawing tools to illustrate whatever. Price is a bit steep though, $30/month if you prepay for 365 days, plus a $120 setup fee. Too dear for me, but looks good ! Via SwimmingWorld Magazine
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Walliams had bugs laying eggs in his guts during Thames swim
Nice, while swimming the length of the Thames, David Walliams contracted the diarrheal infection Giardiasis, from the exposure to sewage contaminated water. And tore a disc in his back. Giardiasis or ‘beaver fever’ is an infection of the small intestine by a single-celled organism called Giardia lamblia, that breeds by laying eggs in your intestines and multiplying daily, causing abdominal cramps, watery diarrhea, foul flatus and fever for 3-4 days, before proceeding into a more sub-acute phase. So bad that for people with compromised immune systems, such as elderly or AIDS patients, it can be deadly. Read The Sun -
The Bora Bora Liquid Festival looks good
The Bora Bora Liquid Festival is a 7-day celebration of sports and ocean-based endurance events taking place on Bora Bora, Polynesia’s most beautiful island atoll. 2010 marked the introduction of the Bora Bora 5km swim, which is fast becoming one of the festival’s highlights, unpredictable and challenging since the change the course each time the event is held, and increase it by 1K (making 2011’s event officially 6K). Video looks good, especially from the viewpoint of those of us who seem to get only wind and rain these days. Via The Daily News of Open Water Swimming.
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