Month: March 2012
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English Channel Swimming website launched
The Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation (CS&PF) launched their newly designed site cspf.co.uk this week, offering a wealth of practical information including an informative explanation of what English Channel rules are, and featuring personal accounts of swimmers who have successfully swam solo between England and France. It also has a lighter side with advice regarding…
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CC photo #64: The swim pool in Vágur, Faroe Islands
The swim pool in Vágur, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands ready for the “SUM 2008” Faroese youth championships. This is the 25 meter pool that Pál Joensen has been training in since childhood, in his home town of Vágur. A bit shallow in the far end and often hot and humid when full with people. Posted now…
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Titley had Tancock & co push a car up a hill (with Titley in it)
Fun story told by Liam Tancock here on The Telegraph “We were up at the crack of dawn throwing medicine balls around the camp site. Everyone was washing their pots and pans, looking at us as if we were crazy. “Then Ben Titley, our coach, got his car out and got us pushing it up…
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A song made up of sounds of Olympians competing
Why do I like every single sound in that track? Because it is made by human beings trying to do their best! DailyHouse via GoSwim on Twitter
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Camera survives months underwater
Nine months ago, a Canadian man lost his waterproof camera while paddle-boarding near rodanthe, and last week, a Virginia Beach man found it on an Outer Banks beach. Brilliant! Read WAVY.com Camera found after months underwater: wavy.com
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Navy SEAL endorses swimming
“Competitive swimmers have an advantage in this pipeline because of their familiarity and comfort in the water. Something you can’t really teach. One of the biggest and largest hurdles that any potential SEAL has to face is fear of the water, fear of the ocean.” Via GoSwim on Twitter
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Italian Sky Sport HD London 2012 promo featuring Luca Dotto
We know that pool, we know it well :-) Via the17thman
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Flo the dog climbs ladders and high dives into pool
Extremely impressed here, not so happy about heights myself, but this dog just don’t care. What is that, 3 meters? And that comment, “Don’t think about it!” :-D Via Neatorama
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Nugent says Thorpe didn’t want to swim and his goggles fell off
Australian head coach Leigh Nugent says there were mitigation factors to Ian Thorpe’s 52.28 and 4th in the Zurich International 100 meters freestyle last week, and that his 3:59.28 in the 400 meter was just a cruise. Via Reuters “Bernard Savage was there and he got the impression from Ian that he didn’t really want…