Month: November 2011
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Speedo claim their Fastskin3 suits will revolutionise the world of swimming
Here we go again, as mentioned before, Speedo is about to launch the most advanced swimwear design since the introduction in January 2010 of new FINA regulations banning full-body coverage and the use of polyurethane. Sources now say tomorrow November 30th, read for instance The Telegraph
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IOC campaign “Best of Us” asks all youths to share their best
Anchored by this “The Yellow Line” commercial featuring Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt, the Olympic Committee encourages all young athletes to record and submit videos of “their personal best” to the web site olympic.org/showyourbest, and to vote on other submitted videos. The site will include a “mash-up creator” which takes the user-submitted videos and mixes…
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Man throws himself into pool fully clothed to protest membership notice, wins
40-year-old Ian Whitfield dived into the pool at David LLoyd Gym in Darenth Road, Dartford, UK, in his business suit after being told he had to serve three months notice to terminate his membership. He and his partner had missed the deadline with a few days, and faced with having to pay £300, he starting…
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Christy Healy first man ever to swim 10 km underwater without surfacing
A 10 km underwater swim undertaken by 40-year-old Irishman Christy Healy last month has now been confirmed as a world first by the Guinness Book of Records, and also raised over €14,000 for the Share a Dream Foundation for terminally ill children. It took him 6 hours 21 minutes to make the record, on the…
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State Insurance – Swim Promo
Cool promo video here, I guess promoting the State NZ Ocean Swim Series State Insurance – Swim Promo from Gemma Heyes on Vimeo.
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Sleep-swimming with the E-man
That video is gonna haunt him at his wedding ! :-) Emmett is Sleep Swimming Again from Ben Husmann on Vimeo.
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USA Swimming – Rome 2009
A trip back memory lane, courtesy of Bourbon Street Productions USA Swimming – Rome from Bourbon Street Productions on Vimeo.
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Federica Pellegrini ‘dumped’ by coach Bonifacenti
Warning, my Italian is really lousy (/non-existant), but according to Taiwan News, Federica Pellegrini has split from her coach Federico Bonifacenti, third coach since the death of her former trainer and mentor Alberto Castagnetti in October 2009, adding a quote from her website: “Unfortunately it is not easy to work with me”. Google Translate quotes…