Month: January 2012
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Marieke Guehrer breaks tooth in rogue snorkel accident
Sigh, no fun breaking a front tooth. http://twitter.com/#!/mariekeguehrer/status/153960244521877504
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World swim cap wearing record set at the 2012 Tybee Island Polar Plunge
You might not have know about it, but the Guinness world record for the largest gathering of people wearing swim caps was 546 people, set in Japan in July 2011. Now it is American, with 2045 people absolutely demolishing the record at the 2012 Tybee Island Polar Plunge in Georgia, USA. Via The Graveyard shift
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Video: High altitude training with James Goddard
BBC’s Nick Hope feeling on his own body what high altitude training feels like. Three-times Commonwealth Games swimming champion James Goddard also comments on his chances against Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps – ‘the two greatest swimmers of all time in my event’ – come London 2012. See BBC
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Swimming With Manatees
Finally someone going for a warm dip in wetsuits with aquatic wildlife on New Year’s Eve, rather than an icy dip with wild people the day after ! :-) Swimming with Manatees from Jess Wang on Vimeo.
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Vancouver Polar Bear Swim 2012
People going crazy on Polar Bear Swim 2012 at English Bay, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada. Air temperature: 5ºC / 41ºF. Water temperature: 7.7ºC / 46ºF. Polar Bear Swim 2012 from Beto Galetto on Vimeo.
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The Race Club interviewing Ryan Cochrane and Randy Bennett
“Randy Bennett is the Canadian Head Coach for the 2012 Olympics. Ryan Cochrane looks to be the only challenger to current world record holder in the 1500 meter freestyle Sun Yang of China heading into the London Olympics.” Let’s (hopefully) see about that last statement! :-P Video courtesy of Gary Hall Sr. / The Race…
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Carry and Keri-Anne having Kopi Luwak (cat poo) coffee
Fun tweet from David Carry, who has been testing some Kopi Luwak coffee. We’re talking coffee made from the beans of coffee berries which have been eaten by the Asian Palm Civet (Toddy Cat), defecated, gathered, washed, sun dried, roasted and brewed. And then drunk by people as the most expensive coffee in the world…
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CC photo #3: Thumbs up from Alex in Budapest
So this photo is from when I was shooting some sponsor photos of Pál and the rest of us at the Budapest 2010 European Swimming Championships competition pool, between prelims and finals the penultimate day of the meet. European 100 meter breaststroke champion Alexander Dale Oen (NOR) was swimming more or less alone in the…
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Robbie Renwick’s Olympic Diary on the Scottish Sun
Scotland’s Robbie Renwick will be writing about his preparations for the London 2012 Olympics every forthnight in The Scottish Sun, here is the first chapter. MY alarm normally goes off at quarter to five each morning. Then it’s a quick bowl of Special K or Rice Krispies and off for the start of training half…