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CC photo #118: Young officials hard at work at FOMM 2011
It looked very intense, the officials' technical meeting at the (still mostly for fun) Faroese Masters Championships 2011, where we sort of switch roles with swimmers taking over as officials, and many...
View ArticleIn Briefs: Silva 59.6 Already in Prelims at Maria Lenk
Coming into the 2012 Maria Lenk Trophy, Felipe Franca de Silva boasted that he was gunning for a World Record. Not a textile-best; not a record in the 50 where he was last year the World Champion, but...
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Running to save a life with Laura's Warriors - Washington Times
Washington TimesRunning to save a life with Laura's WarriorsWashington TimesWe'd spend weeks on end together in the summer, swimming, playing tennis, playing Barbies, going to Disney World, and riding...
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London Olympics won’t allow sharing of photos, video or sound via social...
Sort of mentioned here before, the London 2012 conditions for ticket holders are pretty extensive, including ban on entering the venues with food, beverages, animals, large photographic equipment,...
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Canadians aim to Own the Podium
In this The Morning Swim Show, Jeff Commings and Tiffany Elias highlight six swimmers who could be on the podium in London, and national coach Pierre Lafontaine discusses Own the Podium, a government...
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2 NEWS talks with Janet Evans and Ricky Berens
With less than 100 days until the 2012 London Olympic games, 2 News Today spoke with two members of the U.S. swim team, Janet Evans and Ricky Berens. Via wdtn 2 NEWS talks with olympic swimmers: wdtn.com
View ArticleOn a Mission for Medals
Julia Wilkinson is at the Canadian Olympic Team training camp at Phoenix Swim Club, where Garrett McCaffrey caught up with her.
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Nick Brunelli chasing Olympic dream for the third time
Nick Brunelli has spent the last eight years pursuing his Olympic dream, missing out by just one spot at both the 2004 and 2008 US Olympic trials. Read WCNC.
View ArticleStreamlined News: April 26, 2012
Cesar Cielo, Bruno Fratus and Fred Busquet stage epic 50 free final in Brazil, Thiago Pereira and Felipe Silva also fast in meet; Judge gives sumary judgment to USA Swimming in Brooke Taflinger case;...
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Endless Pools & Swim Across America Partner
If you had to list the most influential people in the sport of swimming, you’d probably say Michael Phelps, the head of USA Swimming and FINA, but your list would be incomplete without one name: Janel...
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Patch Whiz Kid of the Week: Brian Landi - Patch.com
Patch Whiz Kid of the Week: Brian LandiPatch.comWhiz Kid's Accomplishment: Brian, who swims the 100 meter breaststroke and 200 meter, individual medley was recently recognized as an Academic All...
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MIT create anti-fogging, glare-free, self-cleaning glass
Researchers at MIT have developed a new surface texture that, when applied to glass, produces a kind of glass that removes reflections, is free of glare, doesn't fog, and has a surface that causes...
View ArticleIndustry News: FINIS Introduces Agility Paddles
LIVERMORE, California, April 26. FINIS, a world leader in technical swimming products that maximize your fitness potential and technique, announces the immediate availability of the Agility Paddles, s...
View ArticleGrand Canyon Signs New Mexico's Top Swimmer
The 2011-2012 recruiting class has been a really strange one, overall. We've seen very good swimmers coming out of very unusual places (Mississippi, Wyoming, and even Kuwait); a Georgia men's team...
View ArticleMaria Lenk Trophy: Cesar Cielo and Jeanette Ottesen Set Textile Bests; Felipe...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, April 26. THE third day of competition at the Maria Lenk Trophy long course meet, also serving as an Olympic qualifying meet for Brazil, saw another world-leading time by Cesar...
View ArticleOlympic Preview: Men's and Women's Distance Freestyles
By John Lohn GILLETTE, New Jersey, April 26. AS we creep closer to the Olympic Games in London this summer, Swimming World will produce event-by-event previews of the action set to unfold. As part ...
View ArticleCielo, Ottesen Blast Textile-Bests
Thanks to Brazilian correspondent D'artagnan Dias for contributing to this report.Day 3 of the 2012 Mara Lenk Trophy was highlighted by heavy winds and records galore, including a pair of new...
View ArticleMSS: Canadian Olympic Team in Phoenix, Day Four
April 27, 2012: Several storylines emerged from the 2012 Canadian Olympic Trials, and on today&os;s show we talk about some of the swimmers that had people buzzing. Jeff Commings and Tiffany Elias...
View ArticleMartha McCabe and Tera van Beilen Talk About Annamay Peirse's Influence on...
PHOENIX, Arizona, April 27. MARTHA McCabe and Tera van Beilen will be representing Canada in the 200 breaststroke at the Olympics, and in this exclusive video from their training camp in Phoenix, they...
View ArticleDryland Tip: Tennis Ball TFL
Dryland tip by G. John Mullen of SwimmingScience.net and CenterofOptimalRestoration.com, Creator of Swimmer's Shoulder System,Swimming World correspondent SANTA CLARA, California, April 26. TODAY'S...
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