Year: 2011
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68-year-old Dr. Katz busy to keep seniors healthy with swimming
Totally positive video here with former Olympic swimmer Dr. Jane Katz, Professor of Health and Physical Education helping seniors keep in shape and fighting the signs of aging with swimming. Love it! Via ABC News. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player
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How to draw a swimmer
Of course extremely important in our world :-) How to Draw a Swimmer — powered by ehow
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Pellegrini, Payne, Lurz and Alex are the 2011 LEN swimmers of the year
The European Swimming Federation LEN today announced the 2011 Len Athletes of the Year, elected by representatives of the 51 LEN Member Federations as well as aquatic journalists from all over Europe. In the pool swimming category, the men’s award was decided by a margin of very few votes in favour of Norway’s Alexander Dale…
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Win a Speedo Fastskin3 experience
On 01 December, Speedo is launching their most advance swimwear concept yet (save the supersuits, I guess). And they are searching for three rising swim stars to help them. Could you become one of them? Visit www.facebook.com/Speedo now to find out how.
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Nyad hasn’t given up: “I will swim from Cuba to Florida”
Kudos to Diana Nyad: “I can swim from Cuba to Florida, and I will swim from Cuba to Florida,” she said at the TEDMED conference in Coronado, California. Nyad received a standing ovation after her inspirational presentation. Since this is was at a TEDMED conference, I’m sure we’ll have a video soon. While we wait,…
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FINIS launches Stroke Lab, Web-Based Video Analysis Tool
FINIS® today announces the availability of Stroke Lab, under the slogan “Video Stroke Analysis, Made Easy”. This web application allows you to upload and distribute your videos online, and has a video editor that allows coaches to slow down the video, make audio or text comments to them, and use various drawing tools to illustrate…
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Walliams had bugs laying eggs in his guts during Thames swim
Nice, while swimming the length of the Thames, David Walliams contracted the diarrheal infection Giardiasis, from the exposure to sewage contaminated water. And tore a disc in his back. Giardiasis or ‘beaver fever’ is an infection of the small intestine by a single-celled organism called Giardia lamblia, that breeds by laying eggs in your intestines…
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The Bora Bora Liquid Festival looks good
The Bora Bora Liquid Festival is a 7-day celebration of sports and ocean-based endurance events taking place on Bora Bora, Polynesia’s most beautiful island atoll. 2010 marked the introduction of the Bora Bora 5km swim, which is fast becoming one of the festival’s highlights, unpredictable and challenging since the change the course each time the…