Year: 2012
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CC photo #116: More Japanese fans at Roma 2009
Another photo of Japanese fans at the the Rome 2009 World Aquatics Championships, the other one was here.
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London Olympics’s security guards trained to deter photographers
Wow, according to The British Journal of Photography, security guards from private security firm G4S recently ran out and harassed photographers taking pictures of the Olympic site from public land, going as far as shouting at them, grabbing the cameras and pushing them back. The guards’ manager approached the photographers, explaining that they had been…
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Brazil unveils new carbon fiber swimsuits for London 2012
Brazil’s Olympic champion Cesar Cielo unveiled on Monday (April 23) the latest skin-tight Arena swimsuit he will wear at London’s Olympic Games this summer. And promised to break the world record, come London 2012. Cielo and other Brazilians swimmers will compete for a spot in the Olympic games this week at the Troféu Maria Lenk…
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James Magnussen floored by chest infection despite being wrapped in cotton
Swimming superstar James Magnussen has been laid low with another chest infection, ruling him out of a three-day training camp with his Australian relay team-mates in Canberra. Aussie head coach Leigh Nugent plays down the illness concerns, insisting it is just a blip in his preparations ahead of the London Games starting in July, and…
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Swim lessons can reduce toddler drownings by 88%
According to the US Center of Disease Control and Prevention, participation in formal swimming lessons can reduce the risk of drowning by as much as 88% among young children aged 1 to 4 years, who are at greatest risk of drowning. But with many families still struggling financially, swim lessons are not a top priority…
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Historical Olympic Swimming
Vintage swimming footage from the Japan 1933, Helsinki 1952, Melbourne 1956, Rome 1960 and Munich 1972 Olympics. WestCoastMedia have a DVDs from these Championships that you can purchase for $20 if you live in North America and $26 if you live overseas, see video description.
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Lee Memorial Health System on Pool Safety
“The one thing that will keep the kids safe around the pool is a parental supervision. Watching your kids while they’re swimming to make sure that they are out of danger and they are not falling down hitting their head or having any types of accident while they’re in the pool.â€
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13-year-old Michael Andrew keeps it close against Tyler McGill
The just-turned-13-year old Michael Andrew kept in close against world championship medalist Tyler McGill, in a series of head-to-hear-races on Saturday. Already 6-foot-2 with size 15 feet and massive hands, the media is drawing comparison with Michael Phelps, but Andrew is fast to dismiss that: “When I hear that, I have to correct it,” the…
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CC photo #115: Pál Joensen and Mark Foster in Budapest
Faroe Island’s Pál Joensen and British legend Mark Foster having a chat in the Budapest 2010 European Championships mixed zone. Foster really should have been on this side of the fence, but Hungarian security was admiringly tight.