A jellyfish mask, constant vomiting and singing Neil Young to herself: Super-gran Diana Nyad, 64, tells how she pushed through excruciating pain to swim from Cuba to Florida
Diana Nyad completed the swim in 52 hours, 54 minutes and 18 seconds
The swimmer achieved her life-long dream on her fifth attempt
Nyad: 'I wasn't out there daydreaming - I was dealing with a crisis'
But she credits the experience of her age, her sheer determination and the conditions of the Gulf Stream in helping her achieve her dream
9/03/2013
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'Never, ever give up:' Diana Nyad completes historic Cuba-to-Florida swim
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Diana Nyad Record: How Does the Body Endure Long Swims?
An exercise scientist explains what the 64-year-old athlete went through.
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The Diana Nyad Swim: 7 Career Lessons For Women
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Diana Nyad finishes record-breaking Cuba to Florida swim
Looking dazed and sunburnt, US endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walks on to the Key West shore becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage.
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Diana Nyad on epic swim: My mantra was "find a way"
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Monday, July 29, 2013
Sun Yang Smashes Men's 1500m Freestyle World Record - London 2012 Olympics
Sun Yang Smashes Men's 1500m Freestyle World Record - London 2012 Olympics
China's Sun Yang sets an incredible new world record of 14:31.02 in the men's 1500m freestyle at the London 2012 Olympic Games (4 August).
Sun Yang 400m Freestyle - New Olympic Record | London 2012 Olympics
Sun Yang wins China's first ever gold medal in swimming and breaks the Olympic record with a time of 3:40.14 in the men's 400m freestyle event at the London 2012 Olympic Games (28 July).
South Korea's Park Taehwan won the silver medal in the event with the USA's Peter Vanderkaay winning bronze. Swimming has featured on the programme of all editions of the Games since 1896. The very first Olympic events were freestyle (crawl) or breaststroke. Backstroke was added in 1904.
In the 1940s, breaststrokers discovered that they could go faster by bringing both arms forward over their heads. This practice was immediately forbidden in breaststroke, but gave birth to butterfly, whose first official appearance was at the 1956 Games in Melbourne. This style is now one of the four strokes used in competition.
Women's swimming became Olympic in 1912 at the Stockholm Games. Since then, it has been part of every edition of the Games. The men's and women's programmes are almost identical, as they contain the same number of events, with only one difference: the freestyle distance is 800 metres for women and 1,500 metres for men.
China's Sun Yang sets an incredible new world record of 14:31.02 in the men's 1500m freestyle at the London 2012 Olympic Games (4 August).
Sun Yang 400m Freestyle - New Olympic Record | London 2012 Olympics
Sun Yang wins China's first ever gold medal in swimming and breaks the Olympic record with a time of 3:40.14 in the men's 400m freestyle event at the London 2012 Olympic Games (28 July).
South Korea's Park Taehwan won the silver medal in the event with the USA's Peter Vanderkaay winning bronze. Swimming has featured on the programme of all editions of the Games since 1896. The very first Olympic events were freestyle (crawl) or breaststroke. Backstroke was added in 1904.
In the 1940s, breaststrokers discovered that they could go faster by bringing both arms forward over their heads. This practice was immediately forbidden in breaststroke, but gave birth to butterfly, whose first official appearance was at the 1956 Games in Melbourne. This style is now one of the four strokes used in competition.
Women's swimming became Olympic in 1912 at the Stockholm Games. Since then, it has been part of every edition of the Games. The men's and women's programmes are almost identical, as they contain the same number of events, with only one difference: the freestyle distance is 800 metres for women and 1,500 metres for men.
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Sun Yang Front Crawl Technique
Sun Yang Front Crawl Technique (Under Water & Slow Motion)
Me vs Sun Yang
Comparison of my freestyle swimming style against the front crawl style of Sun Yang (recorded while he swam world record on 1500m, 14:34.14). To synchronize the both tracks, I adjusted the Sun track with speed factor 0.91, means he moves faster.
The funny thing behind: I always tried to swim the style Gant Hackett did, combined with seeing what worked out the best for me/my body/my training. Until I watched this 1500m final, I didn't even know who Sun Yang was. I was totally amazed to hear that Sun Yang works together with the same trainer as Grant Hackett did.
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Me vs Sun Yang
Comparison of my freestyle swimming style against the front crawl style of Sun Yang (recorded while he swam world record on 1500m, 14:34.14). To synchronize the both tracks, I adjusted the Sun track with speed factor 0.91, means he moves faster.
The funny thing behind: I always tried to swim the style Gant Hackett did, combined with seeing what worked out the best for me/my body/my training. Until I watched this 1500m final, I didn't even know who Sun Yang was. I was totally amazed to hear that Sun Yang works together with the same trainer as Grant Hackett did.
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