Nice article also featuring a video on 10k Open Water World Champion Swann Oberson about her training for the 2012 London Olympics.
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USA Swimming Splash Magazine
USA Swimming’s Splash Magazine is now available in digital format. Get US National Team news, training tips, photos and event coverage, along with special online enhancements such as sound and video. Access each issue with the web browser on your iPhone, and read back issues in our archive or save each issue to your hard drive to read offline.
FINA Aquatics World Magazine
FINA’s official publication, the FINA Aquatics World Magazine is now available in electronic format (yearly subscription for only $12). Enjoy the latest articles on the greatest stars of swimming, diving, synchro, open water swimming, water polo and of the Masters movement by downloading this new version of Magazine to your PC, iPad or smartphone from the FINA web-site.
What’s the right sport for you?
Have you ever wondered which sport you’re most physically suited to? The Open University has devised an interactive game to find out if you’ve got what it takes physically, psychologically and socially to make it to the podium at the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. The “Olympisize Me” page also contains a wealth of Olympic information such as the Ancient Olympics portal which has an illustrated map, timeline and random quote generator. You can also read a series of academic articles related to the Olympics.
Swann Oberson – Kandidatin Sportlerin des Jahres
Swann Oberson, 5k Open Water World Champion, has been nominated for female athlete of the year for the Credit Suisse Sport Awards.
Swiss Olympic Volunteers
5k World Champion Swann Oberson and 2008 Olympian Flori Lang are among the athletes to take part in a campaign of Swiss Olympic to thank all the 735’000 volunteers for they’re investment in sports (click on their names to watch the videos).
Splash on em
Splash on em is a promotional video for the upcoming Universal Sports Network series “Against the Tide” debuting on December 14, documenting the comeback effort of Olympic medalist Ed Moses as he attempts to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Some other well known swimmers out of California such as Mike Alexandrov and Katie Hoff are also in this music video.
Speedo Fastskin3
Speedo unveiled the Fastskin 3 Racing System. Cap, goggles and suit engineered as one revolutionary racing system. Below you can watch the introduction video from the launch. As used from Speed it looks pretty cool but will be use as one racing system by athletes?
Swimming Terminology – Hypoxic
Hypoxic – Distance where the swimmer breathes only after a given number of strokes or works on his breath hold. For example a 400 hypoxic freestyle could mean the first 100 the swimmer breathes every 3, the second 100 the swimmer breathes every 5, the third 100 every 7 and the last 100 every 9 strokes.