Year: 2012
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British Gas ‘Free Swims for Britain’ TV Advert
Those two on the inflatable lion … Rebecca and Keri-Anne? “As proud sponsors of the British Swimming Teams, we’re offering everyone in Britain ‘free swims’. Show your support for Rebecca, Keri-Anne and the team and book your free swims today at www.britishgas.co.uk/freeswims.”
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Three shot dead at Auburn pool party
Two former Auburn University football players and another man were shot dead and three people including a current player were wounded when an argument at a pool party at an off-campus apartment complex escalated, police said on Sunday. Read more here on Reuters.
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Red faces for Aussie bosses as other gun pictures emerge
Wow, an embarrassing double standard has been exposed as Swimming Australia is today set to sanction Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk over gun photos the other day. Eamon Sullivan has highlighted the hypocrisy of how the federation organized an AOC-sponsored pre-Beijing bonding session at a Canberra rifle range in 2007, and behold, here is a…
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CC photo #162: Sarah Sjöström’s pre-race bucket routine (2)
Sweden’s champion swimmer Sarah Sjöström before the women’s 100 meter freestyle semi-final at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. She ended up winning the event in 53.61 a day later, see result list here. They should bronze that bucket No. 4 for her :-)
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David Doubilet – master of underwater photography
Wow, take a peek at this gallery on The New York Times, already the first photo is stunning, or visit his website to see for instance this fantastic photo of ‘a young fisherman with tiger shark’. Via PetaPixel
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Oussama Mellouli dominates Setubal Open Water 10K Olympic qualifier
Wow, “Mellouli, representing Tunisia, smoked the field with a 1:45:18.5 for the win, besting Canada’s Richard Weinberger (1:45:30.2) by more than 11 seconds. Bulgaria’s Petar Stoychev, an open water veteran, picked up third in 1:45:34.1.” Read SwimmingWorld Magazine
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CC photo #161: Sarah Sjöström’s pre-race bucket routine
Sweden’s champion swimmer Sarah Sjöström before the women’s 50 meter butterfly semi-final at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. She ended up winning the event in 25.64 a day later, see result list here.
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Open water and triathlon swimming tips from Sean Kelly
Swimming tips for open water and triathlon swimming from Sean Kelly, long-time head coach of Stockport Metro swimmers like James Goddard and Keri-Anne Payne.