Year: 2011
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Pssst, there’s a python in the pool
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…
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The Speedo Show – Eamon was awesome, and his fans enjoyed it :-)
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 :-)
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NSWIS launches a world first altitude training pool cover
The NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) and Altitude Technology Solutions (ATS) today launched a revolutionary new altitude training system at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. The new system, a pool-based training system, is a canopy which covers two, 25 metre lanes of a swimming pool. The design includes a hypoxic system that generates an…
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“A family that swims together stays together”
Super (personal) blog post by Mel Stewart here on Gold Medal Mel, on being a swim-parent. The video is his wife’s idea, to capture of their daughter ‘while she’s still a kid, still prone to dancing spontaneously, painting her face randon bright colors, playing with dolls.’ One person, a coach I love and respect, told…
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“Just roll with it”, says George Bovell III
Good news, George Bovell III is getting better every day, restlessly looking forward to resume training, after his recent car crash. Follow up on his status here on www.georgebovellswimming.com.
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Share your unforgettable swims to win GBP 3000
On August 19, Eyeka.com and Speedo launched this video and photo contest, deadline on August 29, for you to share your most memorable swim with the chance to win up to £3000. You have to create a user account there, upload the video or photo, whereafter internet users will vote on it or not on…
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Busted: Magnini caught kissing with Pellegrini
Ouch, read SwimNews.com and see the video below … Former world 100m freestyle champion Filippo Magnini is back in the news after being photographed flirting with Federica Pellegrini at world titles last month. No consequence for the Italian Olympic champion but for Magnini the moment has cost him the woman he might have married. Italian…
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70-year-old Roger Allsopp now oldest man to swim the English Channel
At 70 years and four months, retired breast surgeon Roger Allsopp completed the 21-mile challenge in 17 hours and 51 minutes, beating the previous Guinness World Record holder George Brunstad (uncle of Academy Award winner Matt Damon) who swam the Channel at 70 years and four days in 2004. All for charity. Read more here…