Michael Phelps...

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Michael Phelps In Action!

Swimming olympians and what they have done....

Mark with his seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics.

Some of the greatest Olympians in swimming have a lot of medals but others maybe just have the one....


Mark Spitz..

Mark Spitz is the greatest swimmer in the history of swimming. With his 11 Olympic medals, he became the fourth highest medalist in the Olympic history and jointly the highest in Men’s Swimming.

Matthew Nicholas Biondi..

Biondi is another great swimmer in the swimming history winning 11 Olympic medals including 8 gold. Appearing in three Olympics Games, he could prove his skill and potential in swimming.

Johnny Weissmuller..

Johnny_Weissmuller is another talented swimmer in the swimming history. This multi skilled legend is also very famous for playing the role of Tarzan in the movie titled ‘Tarzan’, one of the successful movies ever released in Hollywood.

Ian James Thorpe..

Nicknamed ‘Thorpedo’ he is one of the most popular swimmers in the present world. Having participated in two Olympic Games, Thorpe bagged nine medals including five gold.

Ian Thorpe.

Michael Phelps..

Phelps is another passionate American swimmer in the present world. He has showed his talent and skill to be accepted as a legend in the swimming history.

Jennifer Elizabeth Thompson..

Jenny Thompson is a great swimmer in the world swimming. Jenny could win 12 medals participating in four Olympics games. Her number of Olympic gold medal is 8 which deserve her to be included in the list of one of the great Olympians. 

Krisztina Egerszegi..

This Hungarian great Olympian was a famous swimmer from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. Participating in three Olympics Games, she bagged 7 medals in which 5 were gold.

Dawn Fraser..

This Australian great swimmer is mostly famous for her successes in the Freestyle event. She is the first women to finish swimming within one minute in the 100m events.

Michael Phelps.

Shane Gould..

Shane is another great Australian swimmer in the world swimming. It is still a mystery that in spite of having a great skill and potential, she retired at the age of 16.

Johnny Weissmuller.

Kristin Otto..

Shane Gould.

Kristin is the famous swimmer in the swimming world. This German swimmer appeared in one Olympic Games in 1988 and she could prove the tale that great people does not need two chances to show their greatness. In that tournament she won 6 gold medals.

Kristin Otto

What we would do and concentrate on in training....



A OK'S



In training we consentrate on lots of different things:

Usually first we do 200m A'ok's or 200m Trickle fingers.

A'ok's help you feel the water as it goes through your fingers.

Trickle fingers is wear you trickle your fingers along the tip of the

water as you are swimming frontcrawl/freestyle.

Then we would do 3 times 300m Pull, Kick, Swim.

Pull helps you concentrate on your arms more then with a pull boi you don't

have to concentrate on your legs.

Kick helps you concentrate on your legs more then with a kick board you don't

have to concentrate on your arms.(opposite to the above).

Swim is just normal swimming (usually frontcrawl)

We would then do 10 times 50m Frontcrawl front/end.

This would then make us go all out on the first 25m then come back slowly so that you get back your breath ready for your next 50m. This shows what you would be like for example at the end of a 400m.

Kick (kick board)

Pull (pull Buoy) 

Swim

Sunderland Swimming Gala...

Me and my team went all the way to Sunderland for a swimming gala. I had seven races to compete in....

200m Freestyle,
50m Freestyle,
100m Freestyle,
200m Breastroke,
400m Freestyle,
50m Breastroke,
100m Freestyle.

It was top 3 medals.

The  competitors there were really hard to race against however I did not do that bad in the Breastrokes (my best stroke!).

The pool was really nice, big and spacious. The water was really thick with a lot of chlorine in but this is sometimes a good thing!

I would love to go there again!

Swimming Facts...

Swimming facts....

• 
• Swimming started in the 1st century.

• Over 50% of world-class swimmers suffer from shoulder pain.

• Swimming has been a part of the Olympics since 1896.

• Peanuts are a source of energy for swimmers.

• The shorter your hair is the more chance you have for swimming faster because there is less friction
• Swimming can be done for competition and it is helpful in survival.
• Swimming strengthens the heart and lungs 

• Swimming works out all of the body’s major muscles

• Going swimming is very relaxing and has been compared to yoga and meditation in terms of its soothing effect on the mind and body.

Wrexham Swimming Gala...

Great Gala!

On the 26 th of November I went to Wrexham to compete in a level 3 gala. The Swimmers there were really big competitors and were hard to beat...

50 fly- 13 Moseley, Eden 12 ECTM 49.13
50 Breast- 6 Moseley, Eden 12 ECTM 43.85
100 IM- 10 Moseley, Eden 12 ECTM 1:32.79
50 Back- 11 Moseley, Eden 12 ECTM 42.98
50 free- 13 Moseley, Eden 12 ECTM 37.51

It was top 6 Medals... So I got 1 medals.



It was a nice pool . The changing rooms were all really clean and there were great facilities for a pool.
I would definitely go again for a swimming gala!