Year: 2012
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Mutual of Omaha releases Swim Star 2012 game for iOS
Mutual of Omaha recently launched Swim Star 2012, a unique swimming game app for iPhone and iPad, in anticipation of the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials, which will take place in the company’s hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. in June, and the Summer Olympic Games in London. Swim Star 2012 allows players to select an avatar and…
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Chinese shun meat due to doping fear
Chinese athletes including at least 196 competitors under China’s National Aquatics Centre are swearing off meat ahead of the London Olympics out of fear that domestic pork, beef and lamb could contain substances banned under anti-doping rules, a report said Wednesday. They are instead relying on protein powder and fish to meet the protein needs.…
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Trickett’s advice for Olympic debutants: Expect the unexpected in London
“I’ve had roller-coaster rides at both of the Olympics (I’ve competed in), I understand to some extent how Olympics can pan out, generally it’s not the way we expect them to pan out,” Trickett said. “The biggest advice I would give to any athlete is to expect the unexpected – because the Olympics (are) everything…
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CC photo #110: Watch your back !
A photo from the FLOT learn-to-swim program enrollment back in September 2008, here in Toftir, Faroe Islands. We’ve all been there ! :-)
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Ryan Lochte – TV4 Sport Sweden
TV4 Sport Sweden met Ryan Lochte at the Dual in The Pool in December 2011, apparently you have to wait three months to get a 10 minute interview with the American swim star.
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Russian Trials: Yana Martinova first Russian to earn ticket to the London Olympics
Disclaimer: I don’t understand Russian well enough to be absolutely sure in my translation here, but it looks like Yana Martynova from Tatarstan was the first and only Russian to qualify for the Olympics yesterday, with a winning time of 4:38.69 in the 400 IM, exceeding the FINA A selection cut by 3.06 seconds. Egor…
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Penguins trap air beneath their feathers to use when jumping out of the water
Wow, turns out that penguins use a “coat of air bubbles” as lubricant for when rocketing toward the surface at 19 km an hour (that’s 100 meters in about 19 seconds), enabling small species like Adelia penguins to leap 2-3 meters out of the water, and the big Emperor penguins to reach heights of 20-45…
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