Month: June 2012
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Muse’s “Survival” is the official 2012 Olympic anthem
According to Buzzfeed, they have a poll asking “Is it great?” with the answer “Yes” at the moment narrowly surpassing “OH GOD, PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!”. In other news, Ian Thorpe is to feature in a “mood video” to set the scene at the aquatic centre, to go with this song. Brilliant.
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Tracking the wave of success for Team GB’s swimmers
Training sessions for Team GB’s swimmers have been getting a helping hand from a new system incorporating cutting-edge movement tracking and sensor technologies. Read more here on phys.org and watch the video below.
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FINA releases list of Olympic qualified athletes
FINA has today released the list over all Olympic qualified swimmers confirmed by FINA and their national federations / national Olympic committees, Team USA to be added at the end of U.S. Olympic Trials. See also the more readable list broken down into events, via SwimmingWorld Magazine.
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Victoria’s Secret Swim 2012 – Beach Bums
Another lame pun, we’ll just have to endure them :-) Victoria’s Secret Swim 2012 – Beach Bums from Willy Lunaspot on Vimeo. (the other lame pun was this, in case you missed it)
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US Trials Day 3: Phelps strikes back, Coughlin and Hardy miss out
At the U.S. Olympic Trials yesterday evening, Michael Phelps beat Ryan Lochte in the men’s 200 freestyle with 5 hundredths of a second, both of course qualifying for the Olympics. In the women’s 100 backstroke, Missy Franklin posted a world textile best with Rachel Bootsma also qualifying and Natalie Coughlin just missing out. In the…
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Oceans of Garbage – our seas are a mess
A graphic created by Masters Degree Created by: MastersDegree.net, thanks Meika!
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