Our favourite images from 10 years of pullbuoy being online.
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tumble turns – video example
This video shows Roland Schoeman in the foreground and Simon Burnett in the centre competing in the final of the 100m freestyle at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. In particular, watch for the speed of rotation (even in slow motion), the amount of compression in … Watch→
back to breast turn – video example
In this example from the 2005 World Championships in Montreal, you can see Kirsty Coventry completing her midway turn in the 200IM. One key thing to note are how well she spots the wall and finishes on a full stroke. Also she turns to almost … Watch→
grab starts – video example
This video shows Ross Davenport competing in the final of the 200m freestyle at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. The key things to note are the intial pull down, which you can see as the block wobbles, but also that Ross still rocks back onto … Watch→
Swimmer of the year 2009
2009 was the oddest of years with a world championships that produced a hat-full of records, in amongst which there was some fantastic racing, widely derided as a circus and meaningless. Navigating this maelstrom, Britain’s swimmers had a whale of a meet, leading to one of their most successful competitions in the pool but one swimmer stood out from the crowd of medal winners.
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