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Phelps fær frið í Riccioni

Tað amerikanska liðið venur í býnum Riccioni stutt undan HM. Riccioni liggur á eysturstrondini væl norðanfyri Rom. Hetta er kanska orsøkin til, at Michael Phelps fær frið frá fjepparum og journalistum. Fyribils hava bara nøkur fá spurt hann um autograf o.t. Venjarin Mark Schubert sigur, at tey hava roynt at akklimatisera seg tær seinastu fýra dagarnar. Phelps venur sum hann plagar. Tey hava etið góðar pitsur í Riccioni, men Phelps etur í løtuni ikki 10.000 kaloriur, sum hann gjørdi undan OL í 2008. (Kelda: Associated Press/Google).

Tvey SMS boð úr Rom

Rókur hevur sent mær tvey sms-boð úr Rom í dag.

Kl 11.25: “So eru Hestoy og eg í Rom. 30 gradir og vaksandi uttanfyri. Hini koma beinleiðis úr Tallin um 40 minuttir”

Kl 12.24: “So eru hini lend. Tey koma umvegis Riga, úr Tallinn. Her eru fólk ímóti okkum sum finna okkum á listum og alt, so alt virkar rættiliga skipað”.

Danskir svimjarar droppa TYR draktir

Nógvir danskir svimjarar velja TYR draktir frá undan HM í Rom, sum byrjar komandi sunnudag. Danski landsliðsvenjarin Paulus Wildeboer sigur við Ritzau:

“Det har ikke været muligt for TYR at give os en dragt, der er sammenlignelig med de hurtigste på markedet, så alle svømmerne har fået tilladelse til at benytte, den dragt, de ønsker. Det har hovedparten valgt at gøre”
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“When in Rome…”

Bretin Mark Foster er sera harmur um, at FINA loyvir superdraktum aftur. Tað er at lesa á BBC Sport:

“The world championships are now going to be the suit wars and it’s taken the shine off swimming… …Michael Phelps is the best swimmer in the world but someone wearing a Jaked suit will beat him if he’s using a Speedo suit – they are that effective…. …I want to see the sport go back to a pair of swimming trunks but that will never happen because this has gone too far now. There’s also too much money involved in the swimsuit manufacturers… …To me these suits are the equivalent of steroids…”

Venjarin Michael Scott væntar, at svimjarir fara at mótmæla FINA:

“I have no doubt that the voice of swimming will make itself heard if what I expect to happen in Rome happens”

“When in Rome, do as the Romans do”, sigur orðatakið, sum merkir, at man eigur at fylgja siðvenjuna hjá teimum lokalu, sum man ferðast hjá. So kanska eiga allir luttakarnir í komandi HM í Rom at svimja í Jaked draktum?

Vandamikið at leita eftir Phelps á netinum

Teldufrøðingar hjá McAfee vísa á hvørji leiti-orð eru mest sannlík at vísa á heimasíður við virus og líknandi. McAfee hevur kannað 2.600 populerar leitingar í USA frá 2008 á Google Zeitgeist og Yahoo “2008 Year in Review”. Tað er undranarvert at finna hugtakið “Phelps, Weber-Gale, Jones and Lezak Wins 4x 100m Relay” á einum 5. plássi. Men hetta stavar frá OL í Beijing og verður væntandi ikki at síggja á listanum í næsta ár, sigur Keats hjá McAfee. Kanska finna vit “Pál Joensen” á listanum í næsta ár?

Listin hjá McAfee sær soleiðis út:

1. Unscrambler
2. Lyrics
3. MySpace
5. Phelps, Weber-Gale, Jones and Lezak Wins 4x 100m Relay
6. Free Music
7. Game Cheats
8. Printable Fill in Puzzles
9. Free Ringtones
10. Solitaire

Les meira á fpn.dk og á ABC News.

Listin av góðkendum draktum er komin

SSF formaðurin gav okkum eitt praj í áðni um, at listin av góðkendum draktum er at finna á swimnews.com. Her stendur m.a. at LZR er framvegis góðkend, meðan Arena X-Glide, Jaked 01 og BlueSeventy eru vrakaðar.

Yvirlýsingin hjá FINA ljóðar soleiðis:

“The FINA Commission in charge of the swimwear approval, formed by representatives of the FINA Executive, FINA Technical Swimming Committee, FINA Coaches Commission, FINA Athletes Commission, and FINA Legal Councillor had a meeting on May 18, 2009 in Lausanne (SUI) and after reviewing 348 swimsuits from 21 manufacturers forwarded its proposal to the FINA Executive, who decided the following:

  • 202 swimsuits approved;
  • 10 swimsuits rejected for not passing the tests of buoyancy and/or thickness;
  • 136 swimsuits to be modified in accordance with “Dubai Charter” rule 3.1 c), as they don’t fulfil the requirement stating that “swimsuit material shall not be constructed to or include elements/systems which create air/water trapping effects during use”. The manufacturers have now a deadline of maximum 30 days (until June 19, 2009) to resubmit the same swimsuit for FINA approval, with the corresponding corrections (“Dubai Charter” rule 4.3 d).

The complete list of approved swimsuits (valid until December 31, 2009) can be found on the FINA official website at www.fina.org

Meeting FINA/Swimming Coaches

On May 19, 2009 FINA and a group of swimming coaches coming from 18 countries met at the EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Lausanne (SUI), where Prof Jan- Anders Manson, Director of the Laboratory of Polymer and Composite Technology, presented the procedures of the testing process defined on the FINA swimwear approval regulations.

The exchange of opinions was very constructive and the direction to be taken on the swimwear approval process is certainly better understood.”

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