European 200-meter butterfly champion Dinko Jukiรโก is under investigation for missing an unannounced doping test, refusing it on the basis that he was unhappy with the hygiene standards. The Austrian swimming federation confirmed the refusal, which may count against Jukiรโก under FINA’s three-strikes-and-you’re out rule. Read more here on SwimNews.com and on USA Today.
Stinging or not, I wouldn’t do it. Via Photoblog.msnbc.msn.com.
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Grampa scoring a perfect ten here ! :-)
Gary Hall Sr sits down with USA Swimming Open Water Coaches Paul Asmuth and Jack Roach, discussing the recent trends in open water swimming including safety and an increasing popularity.
I have to try one of those beach chair interviews one day, back here in the Faroes, only need someone with a gun to fend off polar bears, and maybe long trousers :-)
Via The Race Club
First trailer here, now only 50 more days to go ! :-)
Video from the LEN Congress 2011. Warning, it is very pro-european :-)
Cancer Research UKรขโฌโขs รขโฌหThe Swimรขโฌโข is a celebrity-led relay challenge where a group of eight swimmers and celebrities will team up with two members of the public to take on the 56-mile stretch between Wales and Ireland, including Ronan Keating and Sir Richard Branson. The gruelling stretch is almost three times the length of the English Channel, several degrees colder, deeper and more treacherous. With tides taken into account, the distance is more likely to be 80 miles, taking an estimated 40 hours in the water. Everyone who raises รยฃ100 by 15 July 2011 and can swim more than 3,000m will be entered into the ballot for the two public places on the team, and for this they hope to raise รยฃ1million to help fight cancer. Read more here on swimming.org, and visit www.the-swim.co.uk
5th video in the รขโฌลSwimmersรขโฌย web series: รขโฌลThe Voice of Swimmingรขโฌย:
They often go unnoticed, though their voices are (literally) ringing in your ears. They are the puppet-masters, the dictators of the pace, tone, and excitement of swim meets. And while you casually watch each race, they scramble behind the microphone, calculating splits, learning pronunciations, scanning facts and forecasting the race รขโฌโ all at the same time.
They are swim meet announcers.
Read more here on usaswimming.org
Australian swim stars admitting to their most embarrassing swimming moments, including Grant Hackett revealing that he ended with a tumble turn at the end of his still 1500 meter short course world record 14:10.10 from the Australian Short Course Championships in Perth 2001. Via the17thman.
