Year: 2012
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Top swimming safety mistakes and how to avoid them
Swimming, can turn from a safe activity to a life threatening situation in a matter of seconds. Often it’s because of something we are doing wrong in the water. 13 On Your Side took a look at the top mistakes swimmers make and how to avoid them. Read wzzm13.com.
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Steve Redmond first ever to complete the Oceans7
46-year-old Irish endurance swimmer Steve Redmond has become the first person ever to complete the Ocean 7 Challenge, when he late yesterday evening crossed the Tsugaru Strait in Japan in 14 hours and 24 minutes. Read for instance Irish Times and West Cork Times.
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London is now officially a militarized no-fly zone
The Aviationist reports that as of this weekend, the usual civilian control of London’s skies is (temporarily) over, and the Royal Air Force is in charge. A new task force called “Atlas Control” will monitor London’s airspace in the weeks leading up to and during the Olympics, with most traffic over the city banned or…
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Brenton Rickard’s mother threatened by Swimming Australia
The mother of an Australian Olympian is being threatened with legal action by Swimming Australia after lobbying too hard for swimmers with disabilities. Also, Melanie Schlanger’s parents are angered that they are not sure whether they will get to see their daughter swim in the finals, having applied for ticket in the public ballot but…
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CC photo #197: Our president greeting Magnus at FM 2012
Jon Hestoy, president of the Faroese Swimming Association, congratulating young Magnus Jákupsson (1994) at the 2012 Faroese (Short Course) Swimming Championships. The occasion that Magnus had won our highest-ranked ‘starred golden pin’ for his Faroese record of 55.94 in the 100 IM. Magnus has been a busy man these past 12 days, setting 7 Faroese…
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Danish swim chief to become club director after Olympics
Danish national team director Lars Sørensen announced early 2011 that he would stop after the London 2012 Olympics, and now it has been announced that he will start as club director of Hovedstadens Svømmeklub (the Capitol’s Swim Club), a merger of GI40Hermes and Svømmeklubben København into Denmark’s biggest sports club. In other Danish swimming news,…
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Hackett’s wife Candice Alley under investigation for shoplifting
Candice Alley, the singer and estranged wife of swimming star Grant Hackett, is under police investigation for allegedly shoplifting children’s designer clothing from a posh Melbourne boutique. The claim is that she took four items from a Brighton shop on June 30 and five items from a Port Melbourne shop on July 1. Among the…
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Team USA recap of the U.S. Olympic Trials
Visit teamusa.org Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte lead the Men’s U.S. Swimming Squad to London from Jonathan Solin on Vimeo.
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3 Steps of a Cliff Dive – Orlando Duque Colombia 2012
10X Cliff Diving World Champion Orlando Duque describes his passion and preparation for the sport he loves, cliff diving.