Olympics! - Update on how great Britain are doing!

Team GB are doing great at the Olympics in the swimming! Here are the heats results from this morning.

Men's 400m Individual Medley.

Roebuck.J 4.20.24
Pavoni.R 4.15.56

Women's 100m Butterfly

Halsall.F 58.23 ( which got her a place in the semi-finals)
Gandy.E 58.25 ( which also got her a place in the semi-finals)

Men's 400m Freestyle

Renwick.R 3.47.44
Carry.D  3.47.25

Women's 400m Individual Medley

Miley.H 4.34.98 ( which got her a place in the final)
Willmott.A 4.38.87

Men's 100m Breastroke

Benson.C 1.00.04 (which got him a place in the semi-finals)
Jamieson.M 59.89 ( which also got him a place in the semi-finals)

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

United Kingdom came joint 4th with Sweden on a time of 3.38.21 ( putting them into a place in the Final)

#1Day2Go - boys

As a GB supporter in swimming (of course!)
I'd love too support all the male&female GB swimmers.

This years British Gas Boys Swimming Team :

Adam Brown, who swims for Hatfield SC.

Simon Burnett, who swims for Windsor SC.

David Carry, who swims for Aberdeen Dolphins.

Ross Davenport, who swims for Loughborough ITC.

David Davies, who swims for City of Cardiff.







Daniel Fogg, who swims for Loughborough ITC.

James Goddard, who swims for Stockport Metro.

Antony James who swims for Plymouth Leander.

Michael Jamieson, who swims for Edinborough University.

Matthew Johnson, who swims for City of Sheffield.

Roberto Pavoni, who swims for British Gas ITC Loughborough.






Robbie Renwick, who swims for City of Glasgow.

Michael Rock, who swims for Stockport Metro.

Joe Roebuck, who swims for Loughborough University.

Jak Scott, who swims for Stirling Swim.

Liam Tancock, who swims for Loughborough University.

Grant Turner, who swims for Loughborough University.

Chris walker-hebborn, who swims for Ipswich.

Andrew Willis, who swims for Bracknell.

#1Day2Go - girls

As a GB supporter in swimming (of course!)
I'd love too support all the male&female GB swimmers.

This years British Gas Girls Swimming Team :

Rebecca Adlington, who's favourite events are the 400m Free and the 800m Free.

Jazz Carlin, who's favourite events are the 200m Free and the 400m Free.

Georgia Davies, who's favourite events are the 50m Back and the 4x100m Medley relay.

Ellen Gandy, who's favourite events are the 200m Butterfly and the 100m Butterfly.

Fran Halsall, who's favourite events are 4x100 medley relay and the 100m Free.

Jo Jackson, who's favourite events are the 400m Free and the 800m Free.

Jemma Lowe, who's favourite events are the 4x100m Medley relay and the 100m Butterfly.

Karley Mann, who's favourite events are the 200m Back and the 4x100m Medley relay.

Siobhan-Marie O'connor, who's favourite events are the 200m Individual Medley and the 100m Individual Medley.

Caitlin McClatchey, who's favourite events are the 4x200m Freestyle Relay and the 200m Freestyle.

Hannah Miley, who's favourite events are the 400m Individual Medley and the 4x200m Freestyle relay.

Keri-Anne Payne, who's favourite events are the 400m individual medley and the 10km Open Water.

Lizzie Simmonds, who's favourite events are the 200m BAck and the 100m Back.

Amy Smith, who's favourite events are the 4x100m Freestyle relay and the 100m Freestyle.

Gemma Spofforth, who's favourite events are the 50m Back, the 100m Back and the 200m Back.

Stacey Tadd, who's favourite event is the 4x100m Medley relay and the 200m Breastroke.

Rebecca Turner, who's favourite events are the 4x100m Freestyle relay and the 4x200m Freestyle relay.

Aimee Willmott, who's favourite events are the 400m Individual Medley and the 200m Individual Medley.

swimming injuries

You wouldn't think that being in water you could injure yourself, but people still do it.
Swimming is a highly competitive sport the use of just about every muscle in the body.


The most common swimming/water relative injury is Swimmers shoulder :

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Swimmers shoulder is one kind of competitive swimming injury. It causes the muscles and tendons around the shoulder to swell up become inflamed and cause pain, says the Nicholas Institute of Sports medicine and Athletic Trauma.The act of making large stroke through the water strains the muscles and can result in tears and soreness.









The next is Rotator Cuff :

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Competitive swimming may also cause damage in your rotator cuff in your shoulder. This area includes numerous muscles that make it possible to rotate your shoulder all the way around. Performing repetitive swimming strokes, including breastroke, that requires you too flick your arms quickly.
















Tennis Elbow :

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Despite its namesake, another possible swimming injury is tennis elbow. Known medically as lateral epicondylitis, this condition arises due to over use of the elbow joint and surrounding muscles to pull the arm up out of the water for breastroke or butterfly, according to Sports Injury Bulletin.

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 Tendinitis:

Tendinitis can also occur due to the rigorous physical demands of competitive swimming. According to the Cleverland clinic, tendinitis may occur in the tricep or knee due to the rapid and dramatic movements swimming requires.

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The tendons required can get inflamed, swell up or even tear. Symptoms can include pain, visible swelling, weakness or stiffness. Extending the joints of your elbow or knee will likely make the pain worse/stronger.

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