Year: 2012
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Ian Thorpe – Fountain For Youth Promotional Video
Ian Thorpe supporting his charity Fountain For Youth, via the17thman.
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CC photo #122: San Marino swimmers on a viking trip in Iceland
The San Marino team outside Fjörugarðurinn in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, where we had quite an enjoyable ‘viking meal’, Saturday night at the “2nd Swimming Championships of the Small States of Europeâ€, June 12-13, 2010. A recommended place, where you can be sworn in as viking and everything. One very special moment was these (very not viking) Harvard…
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UK considers surface-to-air missile batteries on London rooftops to ensure safe Olympics
An east London estate, where 700 people live, has received leaflets saying a “Higher Velocity Missile system” could be placed on a water tower, chosen as it is situated close to the Olympic Park and offers an excellent view of the surrounding area and the entire sky above the Olympic Park. Read The BBC and…
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Breaststroke-specific dryland training with Aleksander Hetland
Norwegian Dubai 2012 medalist Aleksander Hetland doing breaststroke-specific dryland training at altitude in Flagstaff, recently. Nice informative comments in Norwegian also, courtesy of Lars-Arne Andersen / Olympiatoppen on Facebook.
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Sweden announces European squad, terminates partnership with national coach Greg Salter
In conjunction with the announcement of the European Championship squad today, the Swedish Swimming Federation also terminated its partnership with national head coach Greg Salter, saying that ‘Swedish swim sport is facing a new phase of development and therefore needs to strengthen the national team and elite swimming with new skills.’ In her role as…
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British Olympic ban on drugs cheats overturned
Former drugs cheats, including Dwain Chambers, will be eligible to compete for Britain at London 2012 after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned the British Olympic Association’s lifetime ban on offenders. WADA had challenged the ban at a hearing in London last month claiming its controversial anti-doping bylaw non-compliant with its code, which…
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A video from the “Jóansøkusvimjingin 2011”
Just something I put together last night, from the Drelnes – Tvøroyri open water swim here in the Faroe Islands, last summer. Bartal told me to just cut short clips out and order them chronologically (which I have approximately done), and then choose a song from the vast YouTube audio collection that fitted in. Well,…
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Debrecen 2012: “Two years work in three months”
On April 11, the Debrecen 2012 organizing committee was approximately halfway through the preparations for the European Championships, or as director of the committee Mr Mihály Orendi puts it: “They usually award a European Championships to a host country two years prior to the beginning of the event. Two years – 730 days. We have…
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Keri-Anne Payne cashing in on the Olympics
According to The Daily Mail, British 10K marathon swim gold medal favorite Keri-Anne Payne has generated income of of £500,000 this year from her sponsors, Links of London, British Gas, Speedo, Max Factor and Oral-B. Up £200K from 2011, which compared to a lot of other swimmers wasn’t bad either. Via OpenWaterSwimming.com