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First day of the season at Dover

Concerned dads, protecting swimmers, scour the sea for hazards after swimming in the Channel (and two large cod & chips!)

The first May weekend is traditionally the start of the Channel swimming season and Clissold’s own Channel swimmers went down to remind themselves how it all feels. The weather was great and the water was [...]

British freediver Sara Campbell breaks new record

“The 37-year-old was taking part in Vertical Blue 09 in Dean’s Blue Hole, Long Island in the Bahamas, which is 203 metres deep.
Campbell, 37, managed to reclaim her world title by holding her breath for three minutes and 36 seconds, while diving to 96 metres and returning safely to the surface.”

(Via British freediver Sara [...]

Half-term cycle training at Hogg Hill

British Cycling are organising the following sessions for juniors at Hogg Hill during the Easter and half-term holidays:

7-Apr, 8 Apr, 9 Apr, 17 Apr, – 27 May, 28 May, 29 May
Suitable for all abilities
10-16yrs

Redbridge Cycle Centre
Forest Road
Hainault
IG6 3HP

10am to 3pm
£7.50 per day.

Bike hire available from East London Velo – £5
(payable locally & [...]

Swimming tries to get a grip on high-tech suits

“FINA should have kept much closer watch over it all. Better surveillance and foresight would have avoided plenty of unnecessary controversy and angst in 2008, which should have been nothing other than a historic Olympic year highlighted by Phelps trumping Mark Spitz with his eight gold medals in Beijing.

How the waters got muddied by swimsuit technology [...]

Overdressed swimmer stripped of world record

“SYDNEY: Sweden’s Therese Alshammar broke her own 50m butterfly world record at the Australian swimming titles yesterday but was later disqualified by Swimming Australia for wearing two swimsuits.

World champion Alshammar set a time of 25.44 seconds in the morning qualifying heats to take 0.02 of a second off the record 25.46 she set at [...]

British Swimming continues support for water polo

Following the announcement from UK Sport that Water Polo was to receive a 75% cut in expected funding the British Swimming board has maintained its commitment to find support for both the men’s and women’s programmes. National Performance Director Nick Hume has been working with Ian Mason, Director of World Class Operations, on the budget [...]