Month: February 2012
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Sea pool
Short version of a documentary in production on the Australian ocean pool culture in Sydney such as the famous Bondi Icebergs swimming club. Via Gold Medal Mel on Facebook, love it!
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Michael Phelps ready for London 2012
Swimming superstar Michael Phelps has won 14 Olympic gold medals, more individual Olympic golds than anyone in history. He spoke to AFPTV in New York earlier this month. about the upcoming Olympic competition in London and his plans for retirement after the games.
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CC photo #52: Fancy pants at the Rhodes 2007 Island Games
Shetland coach Keith Oliver participated in all men’s and mixed relays at the Rhodes 2007 NatWest Island Games, I guess because they’d otherwise only be three male swimmers. This photo is from the last mixed 8 x 50 freestyle fun relay – as you can see, he’d chosen the state of the art pants of…
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Rottnest Swim 2009 Perth
Funny how music can make a ‘fun swim’ slideshow really, really dramatic :-) Rottnest Swim 2009 Perth from Robert van Koesveld on Vimeo.
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ORKA – Aldan Reyð by Heiðrik á Heygum
A Faroese music video handpicked by Vimeo Staff to be one of “the videos we really, really love”. The grey people here are the mythical “huldufólk” (‘hidden people’), who according to Faroese folklore live in big rocks and mounds around the islands. “Orka” is the band’s name, song title “Aldan Reyð” translates to ‘the red…
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Misty Swim: Greg Burgess demonstrating the backstroke
Wow, great shot here on the United States Marine Corps Official (Flickr) Page, CC BY-NC 2.0. Major Greg Burgess won a silver medal in the 200 IM at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics, joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1997 and has among other things served two tours of duty in Iraq. Here is a…
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CC photo #51: Monterotondo ‘Stadio del Nuoto’ ready for Roma 2009
The Monterotondo municipal pool in Monterotondo was one of the four additional Roma 2009 World Championships 50 meter training facilities, and the only one indoor. I remember it as a long bus ride, but really nice because we got a break from the sun :-)
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Swimming to the Light
Every kid can swim but for Hugo water is still very dangerous. Absolutely beautiful video here.
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Daytona’s Ryan Lochte to give Gatorade Duel start command
It will be up to Ryan Lochte to say “Drivers, start your engines” as Grand Marshal for the first Gatorade Duel this Thursday at Daytona International Speedway. Read for instance PaddockTalk, The Daytona Beach News-Journal and www.speedwaymedia.com This Nascar Prayer from Nashville, but still :-)