Year: 2011
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How about an underwater bedroom suite for two ?
A little over five years ago, Conrad Maldives Rangali Island opened the very first all-glass, undersea restaurant, offering guests the chance to eat 16 feet below sea level of the breathtaking tropical Indian Ocean. Now in celebration of this, they turned the Ithaa restaurant into a temporary private Hilton-class bedroom suite for two, complete with…
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Shanghai pools closed in preparation for the World Championships
As probably a natural result of hosting the event, seven or eight swimming pools in Shanghai have temporarily been transformed into training centers for athletes competing in the 14th FINA World Championships, forcing members there to find another pool until next month. Nearby pools are taking advantage of the situation by hiking the already relatively…
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90-year-old coaching legend Forbes Carlile still going strong
A Channel Nine portrait of Australian coaching legend Forbes Carlile, who just recently turned 90, and though still walks the deck on occasions at Carlisle Swimming. Nice historical videos in this video.
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Planking reaches swimming also (with Fanta)
Planking is a craze consisting of having a photo taken while lying face down as a plank in an unusual location. Fanta Iceland has been arranging a competition on Facebook now for 4 weeks, called “Plankað með Fanta”, where people post photos of themself planking with Fanta bottles, with the chance of winning an iPhone…
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The World Swimming Time Zone is now GMT+8 hours
All the best swimmers in the world are now flocking along the China Standard Time zone, waking up at approximately 7 AM in Shanghai, midnight in London, 7 PM the day before in New York and 4 PM the day before in San Francisco. The Brits are in Osaka, the Americans at the Gold Coast…
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Clenbuterol-contaminated meat a worry at Shanghai 2011
Interesting article here on the Washington Examiner, listing how different teams will cope with the danger of clenbuterol-contaminated meat at the Shanghai 2011 World Championships. USA are as always their own food with them, Australia will import meat and refrain from any pork meat, Italians will be urged to avoid red meat and instead eat…
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The Jetlev r200 Jet Pack is as cool as it looks
Mount me a camera, and I’m all set for some cool open water swimming coverage!
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Lucky guy catches baseball in a swimming pool full of girls in bikinis
What is this sport, and were do I sign up ?
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“Drugs cloud over world swimming championships”
Nice one Brazil, serve the journalists the opportunity to write headlines like this, followed by these intro words: “A damaging drugs scandal overhangs the world swimming championships in Shanghai, where a misfiring Michael Phelps will try to reignite his Olympic form.” It could have been this, quote Swimming World Magazine’s John Long: “The 2009 World…