Hello,
Kyoko Iwasaki (岩崎恭子) won the Olympic Gold medal 200m Breaststroke in 1992 Barcelona at the age of 14 years 6 days. OMG, that is a crazy feat. She looked so small and young compare to other competitors and the amazing thing is she only caught up at the final 50 meters to cling on to the gold !
The winning video
I think after that she got popular in Japan and has appeared in some videos and photoshoot. She is really cute.
Iwasaki teaching some old dude how to swim
Iwasaki at the beach, pheeeewit , I dont know what to say :)
Iwasaki travelling !
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Olympic male swimmers pull a Britney Madonna
Hello ,
200m Olympic champ was kissed by swimmer next to him almost mouth to mouth after the race. WTF? The champion Evgueni Sadovyi just missed the world record by 0.01 seconds. Maybe that is how Pychnenko console his teammate , by giving him some love and affection :)
Pause at 6:28 to see the action
Madonna Britney Kiss
200m Olympic champ was kissed by swimmer next to him almost mouth to mouth after the race. WTF? The champion Evgueni Sadovyi just missed the world record by 0.01 seconds. Maybe that is how Pychnenko console his teammate , by giving him some love and affection :)
Pause at 6:28 to see the action
Madonna Britney Kiss
Monday, December 14, 2009
Hello !
After two months of non blogging , I log in to my blog and was surprised that my blog was actually visited by people all over the world, well , almost all . :) Well , guess thats the benefits of having a blog , kinda cool ! or kinda geeky :) I hope my blog in one way or another , is useful , informational and fun to everyone !
Visitors from North America !
Visitors from Europe ,Middle East , Africa
Visitors from Asia and Australia
Btw , here in Calgary is minus 29 degrees celcius, yes MINUS! If there is an outdoor pool , it will turn into a skating ring.
So thanks you guys for visiting ! Stay tune!
After two months of non blogging , I log in to my blog and was surprised that my blog was actually visited by people all over the world, well , almost all . :) Well , guess thats the benefits of having a blog , kinda cool ! or kinda geeky :) I hope my blog in one way or another , is useful , informational and fun to everyone !
Visitors from North America !
Visitors from Europe ,Middle East , Africa
Visitors from Asia and Australia
Btw , here in Calgary is minus 29 degrees celcius, yes MINUS! If there is an outdoor pool , it will turn into a skating ring.
So thanks you guys for visiting ! Stay tune!
How did Paul Biedermann Improve 4 seconds in about a year time ?!
Hello ,
It is not a question where I can answer , its more like an exclamation ! If you know , Paul Biedermann recently crushed Michael Phelps in the 200m LC freestlye at the Rome World Championship, clocking 1:42:00 , breaking Phelps record set in Beijing . Phelps record was 1:42:96 .
Out of interest ,
I went to search for the 200m Beijing Clip and found Paul to be in the final as well, clocking 1:46:00 , so Paul Biedermann improves 4 seconds in just about a year ?! wtf ? Anyway, in Beijing , Paul did not wear the full suit , in Rome World Champ this year, He wore a full suit , hmmmmmmmmmm ....
Beijing 200m Olympics.
If you are interested to see how far has Paul improved , pause the video at 4:22 and you will see over the year , he has improved about 3 and a half body length for 200meters , (Paul is in lane 2 )
200m World Champ Rome (Paul Biedermann beats Phelps )
2008 World Champ (Click link to see the video )
I am very interested to see the next race between Phelps and Biedermann. Btw, these ultra fast suits will be banned next year.
cheers,
Darren
It is not a question where I can answer , its more like an exclamation ! If you know , Paul Biedermann recently crushed Michael Phelps in the 200m LC freestlye at the Rome World Championship, clocking 1:42:00 , breaking Phelps record set in Beijing . Phelps record was 1:42:96 .
Out of interest ,
I went to search for the 200m Beijing Clip and found Paul to be in the final as well, clocking 1:46:00 , so Paul Biedermann improves 4 seconds in just about a year ?! wtf ? Anyway, in Beijing , Paul did not wear the full suit , in Rome World Champ this year, He wore a full suit , hmmmmmmmmmm ....
Beijing 200m Olympics.
If you are interested to see how far has Paul improved , pause the video at 4:22 and you will see over the year , he has improved about 3 and a half body length for 200meters , (Paul is in lane 2 )
200m World Champ Rome (Paul Biedermann beats Phelps )
2008 World Champ (Click link to see the video )
I am very interested to see the next race between Phelps and Biedermann. Btw, these ultra fast suits will be banned next year.
cheers,
Darren
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
I am a handicapped butterfly
Hi ,
I thought I did pretty good butterfly, but I was wrong again ! , now I got a chance to film myself, I realised that I do swim some weird butterfly. Things that I noticed myself doing wrong :
= Quick arm Exit before I even touch my thigh
= Arm Entry creating lots of splashes, not clean entry !
= L shape wrist/palm when exiting , why am I doing that , I wonder hmm
Please let me know other mistakes as well if you spot them :)
I thought I did pretty good butterfly, but I was wrong again ! , now I got a chance to film myself, I realised that I do swim some weird butterfly. Things that I noticed myself doing wrong :
= Quick arm Exit before I even touch my thigh
= Arm Entry creating lots of splashes, not clean entry !
= L shape wrist/palm when exiting , why am I doing that , I wonder hmm
Please let me know other mistakes as well if you spot them :)
Monday, September 14, 2009
Eric the Eel
Hi all ,
When I was taking my Singapore swimming instructor certification back in 2003/4 , the lecturer then, (think his name is Wong Sooi Kut ) told us a true story about an African guy who participated in the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Since my lecturer then happened to be the starter of that particular 100m freestyle heats , he has first hand encounter of what happened then.
The African dude, Eric Moussambani apparently just learnt how to swim 8 months prior to the Olympics and expectedly , didnt perform up to Olympic standard and my then lecturer almost wanted to stop the race , fearing that he could not even swim.
He did finished the race at the end through sheer determination and he was well received with standing ovation albeit his 100m time was 1:52 (worst in Olympic history, I guess) , which is slower than the current 200m (100m X 2 ) world record of 1:42:00
Subsequently, he was given a swimming scholarship to refine his stroke and after some years of training , he managed to do a 57 secs !, according to wikipedia :)
Moral of the story ? you got to have determination ! If Eric can do it , so can you !
Enjoy the video .
When I was taking my Singapore swimming instructor certification back in 2003/4 , the lecturer then, (think his name is Wong Sooi Kut ) told us a true story about an African guy who participated in the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Since my lecturer then happened to be the starter of that particular 100m freestyle heats , he has first hand encounter of what happened then.
The African dude, Eric Moussambani apparently just learnt how to swim 8 months prior to the Olympics and expectedly , didnt perform up to Olympic standard and my then lecturer almost wanted to stop the race , fearing that he could not even swim.
He did finished the race at the end through sheer determination and he was well received with standing ovation albeit his 100m time was 1:52 (worst in Olympic history, I guess) , which is slower than the current 200m (100m X 2 ) world record of 1:42:00
Subsequently, he was given a swimming scholarship to refine his stroke and after some years of training , he managed to do a 57 secs !, according to wikipedia :)
Moral of the story ? you got to have determination ! If Eric can do it , so can you !
Enjoy the video .
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Water treading video lessons
Hi , This is my first time filming myself teaching , not in the water though , but on land. :) I will attempt to teach water treading (standing afloat in the water). Ideally , if you know how to swim breaststroke, this is very easy . (It is sort of like a vertical breaststroke ) , if you dont, suggest you learn breaststroke first. :)
points to note :
Arms sweeping in and away
Legs lift up to 90 degrees and kick downwards
practice near the edge of the pool so you can grab on the wall.
Stay vertical , dont bend your back like a prawn (I like to use the word prawn :) )
Another good and more professional version ( not mine :) )
Suggest not to try the flutter kick one , cause that is tough !
points to note :
Arms sweeping in and away
Legs lift up to 90 degrees and kick downwards
practice near the edge of the pool so you can grab on the wall.
Stay vertical , dont bend your back like a prawn (I like to use the word prawn :) )
Another good and more professional version ( not mine :) )
Suggest not to try the flutter kick one , cause that is tough !
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