Happy Birthday Ian Thorpe!
And many happy returns!
I love Swimming!
RSSGerman squad for SC world cup
A lot of German swimmers listed for the SC world cup which starts in Dubai next weekend.
Special interest will of course be bestowed upon Paul Biedermann, the WR holder (1:42).
More interesting, of course, will be Ian Thorpe though. But good luck to the German team!
Link: 100m freestyle world champion James Magnussen not swimming 200m in London
That’s an interesting but understandable decision! Please follow the link for the full article.
(Source: fitseries)
Link: Swimming NZ high performance manager Jan Cameron to resign today
“My departure is as of next Friday and I’m sad to be leaving pre-London, but I wish all of New Zealand’s swimmers the very best. “I’m certainly going to miss being involved with the high performance team working toward the London Olympics. “But, really, I think it’s time to consider some options.”
After swimming NZ president and chairman of the board Murray Coulter resigned, the high performance manager now also bids farewell with the following words:
Video: Ian Thorpe discussing his 2012 aspirations
Australia going big for 2013.
Link: Grant Hackett's New Career, Coventry and Injuries
So is Grant Hackett jumping onto the comeback bandwagon? According to swimnews.com that is a definite “Nay” from the Olympic Gold Medallist. Since he hung up his equipment he is now a director of the Regal Funds Management hedge fund for the Westpac Banking corporation. Not lacking being passionate about that, he rules out coming back to swimming.
Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe is moving to Monaco before London 2012.
Sending get well greetings to Gemma Spofforth, who broke her nose in a bike accident, and George Bovell, who had a truck crash into his BMW.
Link: German backstroker Helge Meeuw combining medicine and training
This is a German article on the backstroker Helge Meeuw and his challenges in studying medicine and being a competitive swimmer. Although the article was already published on July 11th, 2011, it shows the solitude of him training. Quite interesting, let’s see what he can do in London!
Link: Ian Thorpe tweaks technique under Gennadi Touretski
Please follow the link to the online version of The Australian.
About I love Swimming!
I am blogging about swimming because I love watching swimming. I am not a competitive swimmer and do not claim to be an expert, I just love it and would like to chronicle swim news from around the world!
