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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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?
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