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12 of the world’s unusual pools

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:46:12 +0000

If you don’t want to swim in these you just don’t want to swim.12 Unusual Swimming Pools.

British freediver Sara Campbell breaks new record

admin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:33:45 +0000

“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 [...]

Swimming tries to get a grip on high-tech suits

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:02:43 +0000

“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

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:55:11 +0000

“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 [...]

SwimNews: “Death Of Performance-Enhancing Suits Nigh?”

admin — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:59:12 +0000

So interesting news – what happens to all the records achieved last year if this goes ahead? This Swimnews article says it’s all about to change again – next year. Does it mean FINA allowed the whole of last year’s competitive calendar to be a complete waste of time, the Chinese will be happy [...]

Swimwear giant Speedo hit back at ‘unfair advantage’ claims

admin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:15:05 +0000

Now why would they dispute the stories? – defeats me!

“FINA, the world governing body of swimming, have convened a summit meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, today to debate the issue of high-tech swimsuits with manufacturers, scientists, coaches and swimmers following calls to ban them on the grounds that they offer extra buoyancy and therefore amount to [...]

Adidas threatens to abandon swimming, have the swimming ‘blazers’ killed the goose

admin — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:52:05 +0000

Money or medals? Who at grass-roots in the sport didn’t see this coming, technical doping reaps its rewards …

“ADIDAS may be about to follow Nike’s flight from professional swimming. The German company, which has poured tens of millions of dollars into the sport over the past 10 years, warned it could abandon competitive swimming [...]

technical doping?

admin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:29:18 +0000

“CHICAGO, June 23 (Reuters) – A revolutionary bodysuit has divided the world of swimming into the haves and the have nots just weeks before the Beijing Olympics, testing relationships between federations, athletes and rival suppliers.

Australian and U.S. swimmers and others wearing the Speedo LZR Racer suit have set 38 world records since its introduction in [...]

GB name Paralympic swimming squad and Dervis Konuralp (Hackney) is in there

admin — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:02:50 +0000

“British Swimming has nominated 36 swimmers for the GB team for this September’s Beijing Paralympics.

The team features a mix of youth and experience from 13-year-old Eleanor Simmonds up to Jim Anderson, 45, who won four golds in Athens in 2004.

Team GB topped the swimming medal standings at the Athens Paralympics with 52 medals, including 16 [...]

Speedo swimwear controversy at swimming champs

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:13:56 +0000

“The Speedo swimsuit partly developed at Otago University is causing controversy at the European swimming championships.

World records continue to fall in the build-up to the Beijing Olympics by swimmers wearing the Speedo LZR Racer suit.

French swimming officials want a high level of debate over the suits, and are questioning whether they are providing buoyancy.”

(Via [...]