Monday's Swim Report - A Sing n' Dance Mermaid? A Few Swim Themed Ads.

Lane 1 - The Telegraph posts "London 2012 Olympics: the fascinating journey facing Ian Thorpe and the comeback kids.  The names are familiar – some just a twinge in the memory, others colourful flashbacks. They are the Comeback Class of the London 2012 Olympic Games.  No longer precocious talented teenagers – Janet Evans, Ian Thorpe, Michael Klim, Paul Hamm, Laure Manaudou, Libby Trickett, Rulon Gardner – but battling wrinkles, a sceptical public and the brutal enemy of time in their bold ambitions to re-live precious Olympic experiences."  While Roar posts "Ian Thorpe will shine when the moment arrives.  The man himself denies he’s foxing, but Ian Thorpe showed just enough on Saturday night to prove his bid for a spot on the Australian team for the London Olympics remains on track.  Thorpe is currently playing a game of poker with his rivals and their coaches around the world."

Lane 2 - Favorite swim themed ad ever!  "Guinness Beer (Swim black) commercial" via youtube

Lane 3 - The Chicago Tribune posts "New iPhone app lets users follow roaming great white sharks.  The great white shark is lurking in cyberspace, in the form of an iPhone application launched this week that allows users to track a dozen of the predators as they roam around the Pacific Ocean.  The California-based Marine Conservation Science Institute launched the app, which the nonprofit describes as the first shark tracker of its kind, to raise funds for its research."

Lane 4 - It's got a dolphin so it's cute.  And they swim.  "Frontier Airlines -Triathlon.  Have you made your New Year's resolution yet? Flip is thinking about completing a triathlon... the swim should be a piece of cake (Griz took that literally, by the way)." via youtube

Lane 5 - Gator Country posts "Florida Swimmers take third at SMU.  While the Florida swim teams were defeating the Florida Atlantic at home on Saturday, select members of the men’s team were competing at the Perkins Natatorium in Dallas for the Classic at SMU."

Lane 6 - The Sydney Morning Herald posts "Swimmer killed by shark at one of 'world's deadliest' beaches.  A South African man has been killed by a shark while swimming in waist-deep water at Second Beach in the rural Eastern Cape, one of the world's deadliest spots for attacks."

Lane 7 - Box Score News posts "2011 US National Water Polo Awards Announced.  USA Water Polo’s Annual Awards dinner took place this past January 14 at the LAX Crowne Plaza in Los Angeles, California in conjunction with the USA Water Polo Assembly. As established in 2010, the awards have each been named in honor of a person or persons who have made an extraordinary contribution to the sport."

Lane 8 - It's Pink, it swims and it's a mermaid!  "Barbie™ in A Mermaid Tale - Swim 'N Dance Mermaids Commercial" via youtube. 

Wait did they say her hair turns pink in the water?  I so want it!