zwemza.wordpress.com
Swimming World retracts awards of GDR drug fueled swimmers | ZwemZa
https://zwemza.wordpress.com/2013/12/01/swimming-world-retracts-awards-of-gdr-drug-fueled-swimmers
The Independent Swim News Site. Swimming World retracts awards of GDR drug fueled swimmers. December 1, 2013. Based on a mix of positive tests, personal admissions as well as doping admissions from their coaches, Swimming World Magazine. Has stripped Kornelia Ender, Ulrike Tauber, Petra Schneider, Ute Geweniger and Kristin Otto of their World Swimmer of the Year awards from the 1970s and ’80s. Below, Swimming World. In the December 1994 issue of Swimming World Magazine. Has always returned the conversati...
zwemza.wordpress.com
No further punishment for swimmers | ZwemZa
https://zwemza.wordpress.com/2013/08/24/no-further-punishment-for-swimmers
The Independent Swim News Site. No further punishment for swimmers. August 24, 2013. A group of Olympic swimmers who took sleeping drugs and “pranked” their female colleagues in a bonding ritual ahead of the London games have avoided further punishment from the Australian Olympic Committee. The AOC said the fines handed to the six members of the men’s relay team, including newly-crowned world champion James Magnussen. Were “proportionate and sufficient.”. But AOC boss John Coates. In Rio de Janeiro.
zwemza.wordpress.com
The perfect stroke | ZwemZa
https://zwemza.wordpress.com/2013/08/25/the-perfect-stroke
The Independent Swim News Site. August 25, 2013. 8220;Swimming is technical and improvement is difficult even for advanced swimmers”. Explains how to make the most of your time in the water. If you’ve taken the plunge and started swimming. You’re bound to be reaping the benefits of improved fitness, more energy and a leaner, better body. And by improving your technique and stroke. Your performance will get even better. 8220;Think of swimming like learning a language or a musical instrument. 8220;But rega...
zwemza.wordpress.com
Tips for improving nutrition and reducing your times | ZwemZa
https://zwemza.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/tips-for-improving-nutrition-and-reducing-your-times
The Independent Swim News Site. Tips for improving nutrition and reducing your times. August 22, 2013. Want to shave 1.82 seconds off your 100-meter free? How about 7.93 seconds off your 200 IM? Not his real name), a 16-year old swimmer did just that by improving his food choices to support his training and conditioning. He dramatically slashed his times after committing to improving his food choices in the months leading up to a national-level meet. How did he do it? Intake. His fat intake was 35% o...
zwemza.wordpress.com
Coutts and Gandy crush Commonwealth records | ZwemZa
https://zwemza.wordpress.com/2013/08/25/coutts-and-gandy-crush-commonwealth-records
The Independent Swim News Site. Coutts and Gandy crush Commonwealth records. August 25, 2013. Former Great Britain Olympian Ellen Gandy. Has broken her first Australian record. And a Commonwealth record. At that, in the women’s 200m butterfly on the final night of competition at the 2013 Short Course Championships in Sydney, with Alicia Coutts. Also setting a new Commonwealth mark in the 200m IM. Missing this year’s FINA World Championships in Barcelona. I’ve looked up to Jess Schipper. For so long so to...
zwemza.wordpress.com
A guide for swimmers breaking boundaries | ZwemZa
https://zwemza.wordpress.com/2013/08/24/a-guide-for-swimmers-breaking-boundaries
The Independent Swim News Site. A guide for swimmers breaking boundaries. August 24, 2013. Has spent more than four decades swimming past the known limits of human capacity. Driven by an explorer’s voracious desire to do what has never been done, and frankly obsessive about mental and physical preparation, she has completed scores of pioneering swims, most famously the frigid Bering Strait. In just a suit, cap and goggles. The book, Open Water Swimming. When a stingray stung his chest. ( Applying aci...
zwemza.wordpress.com
Crockart claims Commonwealth record | ZwemZa
https://zwemza.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/crockart-claims-commonwealth-record
The Independent Swim News Site. List of Commonwealth records in swimming. Crockart claims Commonwealth record. August 22, 2013. Laura Crockart has successfully defended her 1500m freestyle title on the opening night of the 2013 Australian. Short Course Swimming Championships and at the same time broken a Commonwealth record. The 18-year-old from Sydney. Hit the wall in a time of 15:45.89 taking close to six seconds off the previous Commonwealth record set by Rebecca Crooke of Great Britain. In the 10km o...
zwemza.wordpress.com
ZwemZa | The Independent Swim News Site | Page 2
https://zwemza.wordpress.com/page/2
The Independent Swim News Site. August 25, 2013. Former Swimming Australia executives deny Leigh Nugent’s claim of Stilnox cover-up. Former Swiming Australia president David Urquhart has lashed out at claims of an Olympic cover-up. Picture: Scott Fletcher. Powerbrokers have rejected claims they orchestrated the Stilnox cover-up and believe the costly fallout could have been avoided had head coach Leigh Nugent. His bosses told him not to investigate the team behavioural issues. 8221;It was nearly two week...
zwemza.wordpress.com
The towering face of French swimming | ZwemZa
https://zwemza.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/the-towering-face-of-french-swimming
The Independent Swim News Site. The towering face of French swimming. August 22, 2013. Yannick Agnel after winning the 200-meter freestyle at the world swimming championships. ‘ To be an Olympic and world champion is something really special,’ he said. (Josep Lago/Agence France-Presse Getty Images). It seemed inevitable heading into the final that the U.S. team featuring Ryan Lochte. Watching on the sideline was Yannick Agnel. To silver and Russia to bronze. To be an Olympic and world champion is somethi...
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT