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Print this entrySwimming Picture of the Week - October 28, 2008
You'll have to look closely to find out why this picture means so much. Give a guess and I'll let you in on the motivating aspect behind this picture in a few days.
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is this swimmer missing one arm? |
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looks like he is missing everyting past the waist.............. |
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My guess is that this is a beginning swimmer that is not very comfortable putting his face in the water. The snorkel helps, but he still does not relax and let his head hang deeper in the water. There is a lot of tension. |
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I'll give a clue but it's not quite that challenging. This is a very talented, high-level swimmer, with a broken bone. |
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Sounds like a possible broken bone in his neck, perhaps, and he wants to keep practicing but could not turn his head well enough to breath. |
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i bet that broken bone in his neck makes it impossible for him to swim so he has to sit there at the wall working on his breathing pattern and streamline |
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There's kind of a dip in the musculature below his left shoulder. Is that it? Some kind of break? |
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Hey, I've learned my lesson on these pictures of the week. Whatever it looks like . . . it ain't that! |
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i'm gonna go with a broken collar bone, since i broke it for him |
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Man... the cat is out of the bag. And I was going to make up some great story about what happens to swimmers who don't do exactly what I say. Truth be told, indeed, our pictured swimmer has a broken collar bone. What inspired me was his attitude. I've never heard him complain about it, but rather, only spoke of what he needed to do to stay in shape while it healed. He'd come to the pool, put on his snorkel, hop in the diving well and start kicking against the wall with his other hand held to his stomach. Since a couple of his teammates are posting here, I'll not get too sappy because I'm sure he'll catch some grief for this anyway... but for them... just wait 'til next week's inspiring picture of an appendectomy scar. :) (It's an inside joke... no emails please). |
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