Ryan Lochte talks to USA Swimming about what’s on his playlist. iPhone 4 user alert, with frame case for that extra phone calling functionality. Via the17thman.
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Mare Nostrum Canet is LIVE on Sport+
French channel Sport+ is transmitting LIVE from Mare Nostrum Canet 2011 at this moment, as a TV broadcast and maybe even as a live stream here on sportplus.fr (where I get a “Nom de domaine interdit” / “No domain name” error message in the player window). There also seem to be more dodgy solutions like this one, which I’m quite sure are illegal and therefore not to be used.
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Tragedy results in free swim lessons at Shreveport pools
A Red River tragedy that led to grief and public outcry has resulted in free lessons to teach children how to swim, thanks to a grant that enables Rock Solid Athletics Club to offer 1000 spaces for free lessons at 5 Shreveport city pools. The concept of free lessons was initiated after the August 2010 tragedy in which six teenagers stumbled into a big sinkhole in the shallows of the Red River and, being unable to swim, drowned. Even with this huge amount of free spaces, the club currently has a waiting list that surpassed the limit by 200 spaces. Read more here on shreveporttimes.com.
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The strongest fish lead the school
Fish swim in schools partly to evade predators and partly to improve their chances foraging for food. Until now, it was thought that these groups were egalitarian structures in which all members benefited equally in food terms, regardless of their position. But a study published on Wednesday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows that the position of a fish in the school depends on how physically fit it is. The fittest swim at the front, where they get the pic of the best food. Sounds like human swim training to me, only our swimmers don’t get fed while swimming in the pool itself. Via guardian.co.uk.
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Eamon Sullivan is a master chef
Australian sprint champion Eamon Sullivan teaching us all how to prepare a proper cup of oats. Is there a bit of product placement here ?
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Dale Oen happy about his season’s start
Norway’s Alexander Dale Oen won silver and bronze at the Mare Nostrum 2011 Barcelona meet this weekend, and is now ready for the Canet leg today and tomorrow, before Monaco next weekend. The weather in Canet is ‘real West-Norway’ rain and wind, but he doesn’t mind, with the way his form is shaping up.– This is my fastest season start ever, a lot faster than last year. And this right after coming back from an altitude camp, says Dale Oen, who came back from Flagstaff in the USA one and a half week ago.
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Jack Marriott aiming for London 2012
Following his win at the British Gas Championships in Manchester three months ago, 20-year-old Jack Marriott was invited to Loughborough University’s intensive training centre by Ben Titley who coaches Liam Tancock and Fran Halsall, while his college gave him a year out of from his engineering degree.
All to pursue the Olympic dream, that Marriott believes is a gamble for Titley, given that Marriott before joining Loughborough didn’t train much more than eight hours in the pool during term time, and even less during the holiday period.
The goal now is to qualify for the World Championships in Shanghai when he competes in the 100m butterfly at the British Gas ASA National trials in Sheffield, starting on June 14.
รขโฌลIf I want to compete at the Olympics, I know I have to get my times down,รขโฌย Marriott added.
รขโฌลBut I donรขโฌโขt want to get my expectations up at the same time.รขโฌย
Read more here on yourlocalguardian.co.uk.
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Beware, Shanghai meat could be contaminated
German swimmers have been instructed not to eat food beyond that provided by the team hotel in Shanghai during the world championships from July 24 to 31, while team doctors will work with hotel chefs to determine the chain of supply. Read more here on SwimNews.com, and notice this interesting side story: “Table tennis player Dimitrij Ovtcharov tested positive for Clenbuterol last year and was acquitted after it was believed that he had eaten contaminated meat in Shanghai.”
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USA Swimming wins three Communicator awards
USA Swimming has been awarded three 2011 Communicator Awards by the International Academy of Visual Arts, earning accolades for its America’s Swim Team Marketing campaign, television commercial and re-designed website www.usaswimming.org. The 30-second America’s Swim Team commercial, which was produced and aired in 2010, received the Academy’s highest honor, the Gold Award of Excellence. Source usaswimming.org.