Swimmer's Daily

Month: September 2011

  • Last Day of Summer LipDub

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    “The last day of summer vacation 2011: 13 people, a chicken, one take on one amazing summer.” Music: The Swimming Song by Loudon Wainwright III. The camera action is a bit shaky at times, but still I like it a lot :-)

  • Crikey, there’s a crocodile in the pool !

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    Swimmers in Darwin, Australia got a small yet significant shock when a crocodile was found in a public pool. Lifeguard Tim Dupe said he initially thought the reptile was a rubber toy until it snapped it jaws. Swimmer’s Daily comment: The reptile epidemic is spreading, from now on I’ll put a bullet through every toy…

  • Extraordinary Laoyncang tidal waves injure 20 spectators in China

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    Around 40,000 people were watching the tides at the Laoyancang dam of the Qiantang River in east China, when the biggest return tide in nine years destroyed the barriers, washing out about 100 tourists, security guards, a reporter and a car. Twenty people were injured, including nine with serious injuries. Read for instance crienglish.com and…

  • Coach Hawke writes off Bousquet’s chances in the 50 free

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    Tough talk from Frédérick Bousquet’s coach Brett Hawke, on whether anyone can beat his former protegé César Cielo in the 50 freestyle: Peter Busch: “On the 50 side, can you see anyone touching Cielo right now?” Brett Hawke: “No. Not really. If I’m going to be honest, Cesar is built for that race and he…

  • Behold, the World Bog Snorkeling Championships

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    They’ve got some crazy rules down there in Llanwrtyd Wells in Wales. “Competitors must swim (without the use of their arms) down the bog and back again. Only 1 length is required if they are in a fancy dress.” The world record is now 1 minute 24 seconds, from when Andrew Holmes this year swam…

  • How about a Strel Swimming Vacation in Slovenia ?

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    Yup, the Martin Strel, the Big River Man and his son Borut. They arrange swimming holiday trips on Slovenian lakes and along the Croatian Mediterranean coast, as we read about in a review a few days ago. Go visit their website www.strel-swimming.com, it’s got animated sprites and everything.

  • Keating and the rest complete Irish Sea ocean relay

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    They nicknamed it “jellyfish alley” already early in the swim, with 5 of the 11 team members having been stung by jellyfish after 15 hours of swimming. But they kept going, managing to complete the full 56 miles in impressive 35 hours and 18 minutes. Team including celebrities Ronan Keating, Jenny Frost, Pamela Stephenson, Jason…

  • Pssst, there’s a python in the pool

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    A four-meter-long python wallowing at the bottom of a swimming pool in a Malaysian private club sent bathers running last Tuesday. It may a slipped into the pool from nearby bushes to cool itself, when a woman spotted it resting under a ladder, herself and 8 other people including children swimming in the pool at…

  • The Speedo Show – Eamon was awesome, and his fans enjoyed it :-)

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    A glimpse of the recent Speedo Fashion Show, part of the Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival, featuring pro models and struggling sex symbol Eamon Sullivan. Eamon might have been the amateur here, but still it seems like he was better at really connecting with the audience (see 0:16 and 1:33 :-)