Year: 2012
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Ehm, the Olympic beds are only 172 cm long (5 feet 8)
The London 2012 Olympic Village is now officially open for business, looks okay but the beds are tiny by most standards, some of us would call them ‘kid’s size’. They have arrangement for longer beds for ‘extra long beds’ for basketball players, rowers and the like … but really, 172 cm ?!? Read for instance…
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CC photo #195: Pál being interviewed by Swedish media at Budapest 2010
Pál Joensen being interviewed by the Swedish national broadcasting company SVT at the Budapest 2010 European Swimming Championships.
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Massachusetts man says Harvard swim coach sexually abused him
Stephen Embry, now 55 years old, says he is dealing with demons that have haunted him since he was 12. He says he was sexually molested by a university swimming coach, Benn Merit at a Harvard pool. Merit committed suicide in his Bilerica home in 1996, after another man, an older brother of one of…
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CC photo #194: Martina Granström on the Debrecen 2012 medal podium
Sweden’s Martina Granström on the medal podium at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. Here from when she won bronze in the 200 butterfly on day 7, she also won a silver medal in the 100 butterfly on day 5.
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Expect rain to play big role at London 2012
Ahh, just like home for some of us ;-) Tennis fans have likely noticed how often the retractable roof has been closed at Wimbledon over the last two weeks. There have been frequent weather-related delays, and the Met office (The United Kingdom’s national weather forecaster) is predicting more of the same for the coming month.…
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Swimming with sunfish and sperm whale
Daniel Fox having fun with his GoPro camera during an Atlantic crossing in 2012. Atlantic Crossing 2012 from Daniel Fox on Vimeo.