Tag: London 2012
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Hangzhou, the cradle of Chinese swimming champions Sun Yang and Ye Shiwen
Every summer, Chen Jinglun Sports School in Hangzhou is flooded with children whose parents hope they’ll join China’s next generation of swimming champions, the city planning even more swimming centers now with the success in London. This video off cncworld.tv probably quite biased countered by for instance this video off 3news.co.nz, where a kid is…
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Mellouli goes ‘through Hell’ in landmark swim win
Wow, read NDTV Sports The 28-year-old had been laid low by a virus earlier this week but recovered to plunge into the waters of the Serpentine at a sun-soaked Hyde Park and claim victory in 1hr 49min 55.1sec, 3.4sec in front of Germany’s Thomas Lurz. Richard Weinberger of Canada took the bronze medal, with world…
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British swimming to take funding cut after underachieving at the London 2012 Olympics
UK Sport set a target of five to seven medals for London and with only three secured and only the men’s 10km to come, the sport now faces a serious cut to its funding going into the next cycle. That will mean many swimmers losing their support ahead of Rio 2016. And there is pressure…
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Behold, Dana Vollmer’s gold-winning butterfly technique captured in 3D
Computer scientists at Manhattan Mocap have together with New York University’s Movement Laboratory and The New York Times isolated the movements of London 2012 triple gold medalist Dana Vollmer and diver Abby Johnston, through a cutting-edge technique that reveals their motions above and below the water’s surface. A system called AquaCapâ„¢, which captures underwater motion…
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Team Reuters on Photographing the Olympics
Here’s a video that offers a peek into the life of a Reuters photographer covering the Olympics. It features photographers and editors on the Reuters team talking about the joys and challenges of shooting the biggest sporting event in the world. Via PetaPixel
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British PM to Phelps, Lochte and the rest of us: “It is not OK to pee in the pool”
There you go, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron tells off Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte for peeing in the pool. Also, I thought the Brits had humor, but that has maybe been hampered by beach volley keeping him up all night. Read Metro, via The Huffington Post (This one’s for you,…
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Ouch, NBC now also in hot water over ‘racist’ monkey promo
Read and watch The Philly Post The Olympics have triggered a whole lot of angst. People are pissed at NBC’s spoilers. They’re pissed about Americans being too self-obsessed. They’re pissed about Michael Phelps mania. They pissed about Gabby Douglas’s hair. People are pissed about people being pissed about Gabby Douglas’s hair. I thought this was…
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Australia getting ‘soft’ says coach Ken Wood
Australian swim coach Ken Wood has tough love for his compatriots in the Olympics this year: “We’re getting too soft. Our work ethic has dropped down.” Having helped train China’s double gold winner Ye Shiwen, he says the Australians “cannot afford to be soft” to compete with Chinese swimmers, and questions the work ethic of…
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CC photo 223: Eva Risztov being congratulated at Debrecen 2012
Hungary’s Eva Risztov silver medalist in the women’s 1500 freestyle at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. Now also Olympic champion in the women’s 10K Marathon :-)