This year’s Finswimming Championships were held on Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7 at the Centro Sportivo in Tenero. Unfortunately, the first day of the meet had to be canceled due to heavy rain and thunderstorms. As a consequence of this, Sunday was packed with events as the organizers decided to integrate most of the events into the program of this second day of competition.
Finswimming Championships Tenero 2009
Photos from the finswimming National Championships at the beautiful outdoors pool in Tenero.
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Michael Phelps is up on the charitybuzz Auctions website. Place your bid for your chance to jump into the pool with the greatest swimmer of all time. The proceeds for this auction will benefit The Kristen Ann Carr Fund. If this is too much money for you, check out if the Swim Champions “Fitter and Faster Tour” is coming to a city near you.
Is Your Suit Still Legal?
FINA has finally announced the approved suits list for 2009. The Speedo LZR makes it for this summer, but there’s no sign of the arena X-Glide in which Alain Bernard set his 100m free world record and also no sign of the Jaked 01 in which Fred Bousquet scorched a 20.94. This probably means that the first sub-21sec 50m free and the first sub-47sec 100m free are yet to be achieved in terms of counting for world records. There’s also no sign of the BlueSeventy in which several others world records were set during the last few months. As always, there’s already a lot of writing and talking going on … check out some interesting articles on the topic over at Swimming World Magzine or SwimNews.com.
Until There’s a Cure
Until There’s A Cure announced the addition of Michael Phelps to their Public Service Announcement Campaign which features celebrities from the entertainment industry and the sports world wearing “The Bracelet” in support of vaccine development that will stop HIV infection. This campaign and the return to competition at the USA Grand Series in Charlotte mark …
It’s No Longer Man vs. Water
Is It the Athlete or the Equipment? This seems to be the ongoing question in other sports than swimming as well. The New York Times tries to answer in a recent article if there should be drawn a line on the latest technology? Gary Hall Jr. and Craig Lords give their opinions on the issue for the sport of swimming.
Finswimming WC Tenero 2009
Photos from the 6th Round of the CMAS World Cup in Tenero.
CMAS World Cup 2009 Round 6
The 6th round of the CMAS Finswimming World Cup was held on Friday, May 1 and Saturday, May 2 at the Centro Sportivo (outdoor) pool in Tenero. I did only participate on the 2nd day of competition on Saturday but did take on 4 race that same day.
Meeting de Printemps 2009
L’édition 2009 du Meeting de Printemps a eu lieu le samedi 25 avril à la piscine de Tivoli à Lancy. Ceci était la première compétition après les Championnats Suisse en grand bassin et les Championnats Suisses des Clubs. Bien qu’on avait fait une petite pause après ces deux échéances, nous n’avons pas perdu de temps pour reprendre le travail en dehors et dans l’eau.
Great Turtle Race
Conservation International and National Geographic have teamed up with field research partner Canadian Sea Turtle Network to bring you the 2009 Great Turtle Race. This is the third event in a series that brings public attention to the critically endangered leatherback sea turtle and generates important research and conservation support. The turtles were being “coached” by U.S. Olympic swimmers such as Eric Shanteau who’s turtle, Backspacer, won this year’s race. The rest of the turtles continue to swim toward the finish and there are plenty of challenges still to be won.