Nice article also featuring a video on 10k Open Water World Champion Swann Oberson about her training for the 2012 London Olympics.
| December 27, 2011 | to | January 7, 2012 |
I’ll be in Luxembourg at the National Training Center Coque for a 10 day camp with my team. We look forward to some long course swimming and getting some good base work for 2012 done.
Training pool (6-lanes 50m) at Coque Center.
If you live outside the US, you can finally watch Ed Moses’ five-part chronicle “Against the Tide” that was on Universal Sports Network on YouTube. In the premiere episode of Against the Tide Ed finds himself back in the pool prepping for the 2012 London Olympics. His struggle and personal quest to return to his times and results from seven years ago are well-documented. Moses, who walked away from the sport after the 2004 Olympic Trials, shares his successes, failures, disappointments, hopes, dreams and often wacky behavior as he chases the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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| January 12, 2012 | to | January 15, 2012 |
I’ll be attending the first World Aquatic Development Conference. The event will take place in Stadshallen/Högevallsbadet, Lund, Sweden from 12 – 15 January 2012. The conference is arranged by the newly started Swedish Aquatic Research Center (SCAR). The conference will feature visionary and engaging keynote speakers, like US Olympic Head coach, Teri McKeever, Bill Boomer, Milt Nelms, Olympic Gold medalist winner Shane Gould.
| January 20, 2012 | to | January 22, 2012 |
We will be attending all three days of the international meet in Geneva with everyone who gets their time cuts.
Find all the meet information on the events landing page.
| January 28, 2012 | to | January 29, 2012 |
A selection of the senior group will attend the 2012 edition of the international swim meet in Uster. Get all the details on the meet organizer’s website.
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’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.
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, 5k Open Water World Champion, has been nominated for female athlete of the year for the Credit Suisse Sport Awards.
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