Mat's Swimming Blog September 2004 Archive

At the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Long Beach, CA, it was fascinating to watch the swimmers go through their warm-up routines. In fact, this part of the US Swimming ... Read More

As one of the most popular sports in the Paralympic Games, Swimming has provided some thrilling moments and some great swimmers that have captured the majority of the Paralympic medals ... Read More

In November 2003, President Ron Van Pool appointed a task force to take an extensive look at the participation of male swimmers in our sport. The task force was assigned ... Read More

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Sunday, 26 September was the biggest day in the Indoor Aquatic Pool for the Paralympic Games Swimming competition with 58 events, including 18 finals in the evening session. The morning ... Read More

At the Montreal Olympics in 1976, the USA men's team had one of the greatest single team performances of all times. One of the noteworthy swimmers on that team was ... Read More

He is waist deep in water, sculling with hands covered in black webbed gloves that look like something out of "Creature From the Black Lagoon." "These are Jack LaLanne ... Read More

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Michael Phelps and the world's top swimmers are coming to Indianapolis this fall, but they won't be competing at the IUPUI Natatorium this time. They will be indoors, at a ... Read More

It's a question that has taxed generations of the finest minds in physics: do humans swim slower in syrup than in water? And since you ask, the answer's no. Scientists ... Read More

Looking for news about the 2004 Athens Paralympics? Here is one source for summaries of recent news and stories from the 2004 Athens Paralympics.

Former swimmer Neil Martin has been named the new president of the Swimming Australia, the official website reported Saturday. A member of Australia's triumphant 1972 Munich Olympic swimming team, Martin ... Read More

No swimmer works hard, swimming lap after lap, just to get injured. But that may be the cause of swimmer's shoulder. Lap after lap, swimming with the wrong swimming technique, ... Read More

As open-water swimming becomes more and more popular, race directors are hosting longer and longer events. If you've entered one of these distance swims (longer than, say, 2 miles), ... Read More

The Swimming events will take place at the indoor pool of the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA). The competition programme will be completed in 9 ... Read More

While forgetting an item in your race-day swim bag may not have the same impact as missing an item on an aircraft take-off checklist, you still don't want any surprises ... Read More

Olympic gold medallists Roland Schoeman and Ryk Neethling have settled their differences with Swimming South Africa (SSA) after the controversial stand-off between the swimmers and the SSA executive during the ... Read More

The United States Aquatic Sports annual convention provides an opportunity for USA Swimming to gather all of its delegates together for the purpose of making decisions that will affect the ... Read More

Most beginning swimmers perceive that it takes tremendous strength and willpower to tread water. They see it almost as a "trick" that only good swimmers know. Actually, treading water does ... Read More

Swimming Canada has fired head coach Dave Johnson, who came under fire for Canada's poor performance in the Olympic pool in Athens. Tuesday's announcement had been reported in the works since ... Read More

Swimming began as a rehabilitation and leisure activity, but soon developed into one of the most popular and highly competitive sports for athletes with a disability. In Swimming competitions participants ... Read More

The Swim Across the Sound ("Swim") was inspired by people whose lives had been touched by cancer and who were determined to turn that experience into positive, active steps to ... Read More

1. I started going to the gym a few weeks ago, What are the muscles mostly used in swimming so I can work them out at the gym? ... Read More

Marcy MacDonalds attempt to make a triple-crossing of the English Channel ended during the third leg of the swim due to an injury - she hurt a tendon and could ... Read More

Michael Phelps and two teammates from the Athens Games, Lenny Krayzelburg and Ian Crocker, stopped by Atlanta on Friday to demonstrate their skills at a downtown elementary school. Sure, ... Read More

This is one of many dryland exercises that you can do with a stretch cord. All you need to do this right is a stretch cord and something to hook it ... Read More

Asking tourists to swim in a crocodile infested billabong was "inexplicable, indefensible and grossly negligent", an inquest was told today. Seems like the right way to describe a swim with ... Read More

Several years ago, Anneliese Eggert, former USA Swimming Officials Chair and currently Secretary of the Rules and Regulations Committee, delivered a presentation at a national swimming officials clinic on the ... Read More