Swimming World's, The Morning show is a hot property at "Blip.TV"

You know how Dick Cheney would sometimes slip off to a secret undisclosed location post 9/11. Well, swim websites such as Swimming World and many others have been quietly hosting their videos at a quasi-undisclosed location called Blip.TV.

They have been doing so for a lot of complicated reasons whcih generally revolve around the more pleasant license agreement and the better video quality than You Tube provides.)

Well, The cat is so out of the bag that Swimming World has been hosting their videos at Blip and the rest of the world noticed too. Here is a press release stating that Blip.TV has named "The Morning Show"as a hot episode to watch: [Link]

Steven Munatones is on the Sand in Sevilla and reporting for Swimming World!

Steven Munatones of 10kswim.com, a former open water champion himself whose site has been reference in the Wall Street Journal is on the beach in Sevilla, Spain covering the FINA World Open Water Championships for Swimming World.

Here are some of his articles:

On Grant Hackett:

"At the pool during practice, they were just swimming at the hip, practicing how to draft and helping each other," said a coach who observed Grant Hackett and Ky Hurst of Australia prepare for Sunday's 10K Olympic qualifying race. "They looked pretty smooth together." [Link]

FINA World Open Water Championships: Pre-Press Conference Coverage
FINA World Open Water Championships: Pre-Race Swimsuit Check
FINA World Open Water Championships: Starting Positions Drawn

Steve if you are out there reading, why is it that the men don't appear to "attack" one another during the races like the women do?

More 'Speedo LZR' fallout: 'Swimming World' jumps in with a 'Wizard of Oz' metaphor!

Actually, it wasn't enough for Swimming World to use just the Wizard of Oz metaphor; they threw in Pandora's Box and Aladdin too. Here is a snippet:

"...The Genie is the technology itself. Once it is tried, tested and proven, there is no going back. Swimwear manufacturers have every right to bring new technology to the sport. Matter of fact, it is their responsibility. ...

"... Pandora is the consequences of technology not being regulated, standardized or evenly distributed to all on an even playing field. ...

"...The Wizard of Oz movie ends with everyone happy. This story may not end that way, especially when The Man finds Pandora's footprints leading all the way to Beijing. ..."

You have to read for it's quick emotional impact and the entertaining mash-ups; or mixed metaphors and genres, but even better they link to some "scientist's" page who has 23 technical articles regarding speedsuits and how they offer an unfair advantage.

Swimming World article: [Link]

Streaming at WCSN: 2008 FINA Short Course Swimming World Championships

I have said this before and now it is more relevant than ever especially since there has been a power struggle in the blogging community for swim content: WCSN and Swimming World have done more for competitive swimming than any other swim website.

WCSN has the rights to 2008 FINA Short Course Swimming World Championships., a meet that is being held in Manchester, England from April 9th -13th. WCSN is providing daily news and photos and some free videos too. If you want to watch the races like I do, the cost for a month's worth of WCSN programming is just $4.95. For the whole year it's $49.95.

WCSN is streaming the event FREE! [Link]

Above, Dutch swimmers: Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Marleen Veldhuis and Femke Heemskerk celebrate after the 4x200 relay. (Caption copy/pasted from WCSN. I can do that, copy-and-paste and even yank photos from WCSN without having to worry about them sending ninjas after me. Support that network.)