The Official Swimming Thread

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

Stuck in work and missed it - what time did he do?

7:50.63

 

[El Guapo]

Finke finished like a train. I think the commentator said 25.9 last 50m

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

Jaysus, Milak in the 200 Fly -savage!
Sub 1:50 looks on the cards now, he was heading for that up to about 160 metres…

 

[El Guapo]

Dramatic rescue at world championships after swimmer faints and sinks to bottom of pool

The American artistic swimmer had to be rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach after losing consciousness in the water

www.theguardian.com

Christ.

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

Dramatic rescue at world championships after swimmer faints and sinks to bottom of pool

The American artistic swimmer had to be rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach after losing consciousness in the water

www.theguardian.com

Christ.

Fair play to the coach for being on the ball and reacting so quickly.

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

Am out in Spain this week as Team Manager at the Dolphin high-performance training camp at the Crol centre in Calella - massive learning as always. The swimmers are putting in two two-hour sessions in the water, an hour in the gym and two 30-minute core/activation sessions each day. Yoga or Pilates then every second day. They are really coming on. No national squads here this year - due to the worlds being on last week - but a good few development squads (Poland, Italy, Germany “South”) and two or three Norwegian clubs, like us, preparing for their national championships. The focus and commitment- as well as the facilities- are just so far ahead of anything that’s possible in Ireland. Great too to share and listen to ideas with the other squads. Just one of the squads here (you can guess which one) has to: 1. Pay every cent of the costs of the camp themselves 2. Train in an antiquated 1970’s 25m leisure facility for the other 50 weeks of the year

 

[El Guapo]

Savage going.
What age are the Kids? 5.5 hours a day is some going. Its different in camp I'm sure with the "we're all in it together" mentality that comes with being away

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

Savage going.
What age are the Kids? 5.5 hours a day is some going. Its different in camp I'm sure with the "we're all in it together" mentality that comes with being away

Youngest is 13, oldest is 17 and the majority are 14,15, 16

 

[El Guapo]

Great experience for them. The younger Dolphin kids are coming out of the pool as we're heading in most weeks.
They seem to be have great craic in fairness

 

[BlackpoolTerrier]

Great turnout at the Lee Swim yesterday. 500 hardy souls delivered the 2k. Somewhat of a major ballsup by the organisers though - Hannah O’Shea won the race - beat everyone and was first to the line. First time ever in close to 100 years that a female had won the overall race. The organisers didn’t even mention it at the prizegiving. Handed out the mens cup first then the womens (smaller) cup like it was business as usual. Very poor show. The event itself was great craic. I had swum precisely 5 times since the Lee swim in 2019 so I was happy to plod down along in the middle of the field and get the annual view of Cork from beneath!