Year: 2012
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Annual dog swimming event cut short when canine uses pool as toilet
Giggle, this pooch obviously hasn’t listened to Lochte’s message A planned four-hour dog swim at the Longview Swim Center was cut short Saturday after one canine had a bit of an accident. The Dog Days of Summer Dog Swim began at 10 a.m. at the swim center. About an hour and fifteen minutes later, someone…
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Mellouli goes ‘through Hell’ in landmark swim win
Wow, read NDTV Sports The 28-year-old had been laid low by a virus earlier this week but recovered to plunge into the waters of the Serpentine at a sun-soaked Hyde Park and claim victory in 1hr 49min 55.1sec, 3.4sec in front of Germany’s Thomas Lurz. Richard Weinberger of Canada took the bronze medal, with world…
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British swimming to take funding cut after underachieving at the London 2012 Olympics
UK Sport set a target of five to seven medals for London and with only three secured and only the men’s 10km to come, the sport now faces a serious cut to its funding going into the next cycle. That will mean many swimmers losing their support ahead of Rio 2016. And there is pressure…
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Sleeping swimmer causes a scare
This sleeping swimmer caused quite a scare. He apologized but said he was just enjoying life to its fullest. See The Sacramento Bee
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Behold, Dana Vollmer’s gold-winning butterfly technique captured in 3D
Computer scientists at Manhattan Mocap have together with New York University’s Movement Laboratory and The New York Times isolated the movements of London 2012 triple gold medalist Dana Vollmer and diver Abby Johnston, through a cutting-edge technique that reveals their motions above and below the water’s surface. A system called AquaCapâ„¢, which captures underwater motion…
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CC photo #225: Hestoy being interviewed during Nólsoyarsvimjingin 2012
Jon Hestoy, President of the Faroese Swimming Association, being interviewed today by a reporter from IMG / Trans World Sport during the annual (approximately 5K) open water swim between Tórshavn and Nólsoy. In the background you can see 15-year-old Cecilia Wigant Eysturdal and her support boat, leading the race to Nólsoy. She won in a…
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Team Reuters on Photographing the Olympics
Here’s a video that offers a peek into the life of a Reuters photographer covering the Olympics. It features photographers and editors on the Reuters team talking about the joys and challenges of shooting the biggest sporting event in the world. Via PetaPixel
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Cool cat escapes dog by surfing across swimming pool
No doubt, if James Bond was an animal, it would be a cat, via Buzzfeed
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CC photo #224: Russians cheering on their guy at Shanghai 2011
Russian swimmers cheering on what could look like Nikita Lobintsev in the men’s 100 freestyle semi-final at the Shanghai 2011 World Championships.