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Swimmer Adlington looks forward to London Olympics
The Olympics 2012 is not just any Olympics. It’s the London Olympics. And us mere mortals can only imagine the excitement for professional UK athletes as they look towards taking part in the epic event in their own country. One of the “very excited” athletes is swimmer Rebecca Adlington. Just four years ago, Rebecca was the [...] -
Speedo Fastskin 3
Speedo have been renowned for their fantastic technologies in their competition swimwear ranges, the Fastskin and FSII being some of their most famous. Wednesday 30th November the new Fastskin 3 is set to be released. This incredibly exciting new piece of Speedo swimwear has been created in the ‘Aqualab’ – Speedo’s top secret research and development [...] -
The Motivational Playlist
When I used to compete, the best way to get me in the zone and pumped up for a race was by listening to some seriously motivational music. There is something for everyone on this list, with so many genres of music to get you ready to win! Walking On Sunshine, Katrina and The Waves – [...] -
Great Training, Not Such Great Race Results?
Not quite getting those swimming results that you deserve? It’s so common for swimmers to be the best trainers around – never miss a session, always on time and always works the hardest in the pool – but way off potential race times. So here we have a plan of action if that swimmer is you! I [...] -
Team Building Exercises for your Swim Team
If you get the chance to use some training time, or a day in the school holidays to do some team building games with your swimmers it’s a must, especially if you have some big swimming competitions coming up! These team exercises don’t necessarily have to be done in the swimming pool or even on pool [...] -
‘One Year To Go’ Olympic Swimming Events Kick Off
Within the last couple of weeks the new Aquatics Centre in London helped launch the `one year to go` celebrations until the Olympic Games visit the Capital City in 2012, giving the world of Swimming plenty to shout about in the last ten days or so. The new facility in Stratford hosted its first competitive race, [...] -
What Is FINA?
There are all these regulations and costumes saying FINA approved, but what is FINA? FINA is the international governing body of swimming, water polo, synchronised swimming and open water swimming and stands for Federation Internationale de Natation – International Federation of Swimming. The body meets every 2 years and run the major swimming event The World [...] -
Wounded service personnel in relay swim around Jersey
Battle Back, the UK military initiative set up to rehabilitate British soldiers injured in active service, is to join forces with the British Army Open-Water Swimming Squad in a 41 mile relay swim around Jersey. The swimmers will be up against the Jersey Long-Distance Swimming Club and money raised from the relay will go to Holidays [...] -
London 2012-Swimming Hopefuls
It’s difficult to believe that we’re now just a little under 18 months away from the opening ceremony at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, where thousands of athletes will come together to compete for arguably the most coveted prize in sport- a gold medal. Many experts are hoping that the games will inspire people in [...] -
Open Water Swimming Competitions
Nowadays, swimming competitions aren’t all about indoor pool meets. Competitive outdoor swimming has taken the country by storm over the last few years. Open water swimming popularised after a 10 kilometre race was listed by the International Olympic committee as one of the events for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. Open Water Swimming events can take [...]