I'M BACK!
And I know you all missed me terribly (if you even noticed I was gone.) A few things happened while I was in Paris for the past week or so...
1. European Championships
2. The formally Kerr-McGee, now Elite Pro-Am
3. Laure Manaudou
In the case of the first, I got to watch a lot of it, both on German Eurosport and on one of the Parisian channels. It was so much fun to watch guys like Mike Cavic, Markus Rogan and Duje Draganja at a meet where they were the big stars and got great coverage. I won't go through a laundry list of who won what (you can find that at omegatiming.com), but I did want to mention Markus Rogan's new European record in the 200 back because he is auctioning his gold medal for the charity 'A Spark of Warmth' which helps the poor in Austria stay warm by paying for heating material. Craig Lord over at Swimnews.com had a great idea - that Aaron, or Ryan should purchase it. It's their best shot at a European Gold medal. I think Phelps should throw some of that Speedo money at it - or better yet since Markus is a Speedo athlete himself, they should purchase it from him for an obscene amount of money and then gift it back. Don't y'all agree?
Onto the second matter, Floswimming once again rocks my world with their meet coverage. If you haven't been over there to see the videos from the Elite Pro Am, what are you waiting for? Interviews with people like Craig "Chappy" Chapman for Pete's sake! Eddie talks about Ian Crocker's amazing 500 free, followed by him winning the 50 free shoot-out (rockstar.) and Peirsol is seriously playing with my emotions in that hat. There was some excellent swimming going on over there in Oklahoma.
And finally, a story I probably wouldn't comment on normally but after reading some of the editorial comments at other sites about Laure Manaudou and the release of some privately taken nude photos of her I feel the need to put in my .02 cents. Laure is a grown woman and nothing she did was illegal. Even if you want to say it was immoral, you would perhaps be in the minority in that opinion, and it's not really my place to demand that she live by my standards (nor is it anyone else's). When she get's a DUI (while nude), I'll jump on the soap box. For now I'm going to wish her the best and hope she bounces back quickly from this temporary embarrassment.
1. European Championships
2. The formally Kerr-McGee, now Elite Pro-Am
3. Laure Manaudou
In the case of the first, I got to watch a lot of it, both on German Eurosport and on one of the Parisian channels. It was so much fun to watch guys like Mike Cavic, Markus Rogan and Duje Draganja at a meet where they were the big stars and got great coverage. I won't go through a laundry list of who won what (you can find that at omegatiming.com), but I did want to mention Markus Rogan's new European record in the 200 back because he is auctioning his gold medal for the charity 'A Spark of Warmth' which helps the poor in Austria stay warm by paying for heating material. Craig Lord over at Swimnews.com had a great idea - that Aaron, or Ryan should purchase it. It's their best shot at a European Gold medal. I think Phelps should throw some of that Speedo money at it - or better yet since Markus is a Speedo athlete himself, they should purchase it from him for an obscene amount of money and then gift it back. Don't y'all agree?
Onto the second matter, Floswimming once again rocks my world with their meet coverage. If you haven't been over there to see the videos from the Elite Pro Am, what are you waiting for? Interviews with people like Craig "Chappy" Chapman for Pete's sake! Eddie talks about Ian Crocker's amazing 500 free, followed by him winning the 50 free shoot-out (rockstar.) and Peirsol is seriously playing with my emotions in that hat. There was some excellent swimming going on over there in Oklahoma.
And finally, a story I probably wouldn't comment on normally but after reading some of the editorial comments at other sites about Laure Manaudou and the release of some privately taken nude photos of her I feel the need to put in my .02 cents. Laure is a grown woman and nothing she did was illegal. Even if you want to say it was immoral, you would perhaps be in the minority in that opinion, and it's not really my place to demand that she live by my standards (nor is it anyone else's). When she get's a DUI (while nude), I'll jump on the soap box. For now I'm going to wish her the best and hope she bounces back quickly from this temporary embarrassment.
Labels: 2007 Elite Pro-Am, 2007 European Championships, Laure Manaudou
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12/20/2007 10:18:00 AM
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