Courtesy of Inside The Games. Duncan Mackay, one of Great Britain’s most-connected journalists who has covered six Summer and six Winter Olympic Games, often breaks inside information in the world of Olympic, Commonwealth and Paralympic Games as the editor of insidethegames.biz. Mackay recently broke the news that FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation Amateur) has proposed

Courtesy of Rory Fitzgerald, English Channel. A team of experienced open water swimmers completed the earliest crossing the English Channel yesterday in water that ranged from 8.5°C (47.3°F) along the English coast to 11°C (51.8°F) on the French side. The team, organized by Howard James completed the swim in 11 hours 26 minutes on April

Courtesy of Underwater probes detect ‘sea cyclones’ off coast of Africa, Science Magazine. The Agulhas Current off the southern coast of Africa is one of the world’s fastest moving ocean flows and likely responsible for enormous rogue waves that sink supertankers without a trace…read the rest of a fascinating article here. The courses of the

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. “It is simultaneously a great opportunity and a sad outcome when athletes are moved to influence and improve their own sport,” observed Steven Munatones. “They put their trust and belief in administrators of domestic and international governing bodies. They are young and idealistic, and cannot see or imagine the