Swimmer's Daily

Month: October 2011

  • Can you guess this famous face?

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    Four hints: It is a swimmer turned singer Her husband is also a famous singer She’s had success in a band and as solo artist She has her very own fashion line Go to Aol.Music to get the answer

  • Kayaker captures amazing GoPro video of blue whale

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    Earlier this month, Rick Coleman and his wife were kayaking off Redondo Beach coast when a nearly 50-foot blue whale began eating lunch at the side of his boat. Coleman had his new waterproof GoPro head-mounted video camera with him, and well, then decided to just jump in to film the whale also underwater. Here…

  • Awww, Joey the otter is afraid to swim

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    Joey is a young river otter at the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale who won’t jump into the water, probably because he was separated from his mother before he learned to swim. He is making progress though, so go Joey. Read and see videos for instance on ABC 7 and RightThisMinute

  • Deaf US swimmer wins bronze at Pan Am Games

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    For American swimmer Marcus Titus, being deaf is more advantage than disability, at least when it’s time to get in the water. “It helps me stay in my own world, helps me focus on what I need to do,” the 25-year-old said at the Pan American Games after winning a bronze medal in his first…

  • Pál Joensen on Danish National TV

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    We had a TV crew from the Danish national broadcasting channel DR following us to the Faroe Islands today, who are doing a segment for next Saturday evening. Already this evening, they had a short TV segment ready about Pál’s win in Stockholm, where he says he’s happy about winning a gold in Stockholm for…

  • Cheerleader makes a ‘splash’ at Pan-Am Games

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    Whoops, Mariana de Leon performing with her team here during the morning swimming competition at the Pan-American Games in Mexico this weekend. Via ABC News. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player

  • A gold medal it is

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    So Pál won gold in the 1500 freestyle at the Stockholm 2011 World Cup leg, in quite dominant style lapping everyone but Serbian Stefan Sorak. Our younger swimmers found it difficult to swim up to their best times, but the meet was nice and the stay superb. Hopefully coming back next year. Photo: René Thomsen

  • Missed the medals

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    Small misunderstanding today, resulting in none of the 400 freestyle medalists being ready for the medal ceremony. Called to the scene, they were blocked because there was a medal ceremony taking place. Biedermann somehow got through, the two others had to wait until later for their medals. Looking forward to tomorrow.

  • The Last Swim

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    Note to self: If you see a monster in the pool, don’t stop and shower when leaving :-) The Last Swim from Eirik Halset on Vimeo.