Year: 2012
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Rottnest Swim 2009 Perth
Funny how music can make a ‘fun swim’ slideshow really, really dramatic :-) Rottnest Swim 2009 Perth from Robert van Koesveld on Vimeo.
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ORKA – Aldan Reyð by Heiðrik á Heygum
A Faroese music video handpicked by Vimeo Staff to be one of “the videos we really, really love”. The grey people here are the mythical “huldufólk” (‘hidden people’), who according to Faroese folklore live in big rocks and mounds around the islands. “Orka” is the band’s name, song title “Aldan Reyð” translates to ‘the red…
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Misty Swim: Greg Burgess demonstrating the backstroke
Wow, great shot here on the United States Marine Corps Official (Flickr) Page, CC BY-NC 2.0. Major Greg Burgess won a silver medal in the 200 IM at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics, joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1997 and has among other things served two tours of duty in Iraq. Here is a…
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CC photo #51: Monterotondo ‘Stadio del Nuoto’ ready for Roma 2009
The Monterotondo municipal pool in Monterotondo was one of the four additional Roma 2009 World Championships 50 meter training facilities, and the only one indoor. I remember it as a long bus ride, but really nice because we got a break from the sun :-)
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Swimming to the Light
Every kid can swim but for Hugo water is still very dangerous. Absolutely beautiful video here.
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Daytona’s Ryan Lochte to give Gatorade Duel start command
It will be up to Ryan Lochte to say “Drivers, start your engines” as Grand Marshal for the first Gatorade Duel this Thursday at Daytona International Speedway. Read for instance PaddockTalk, The Daytona Beach News-Journal and www.speedwaymedia.com This Nascar Prayer from Nashville, but still :-)
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CC photo #50: Czech supporters at Rijeka 2008
Fancy headwear at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course championships.
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Who elbowed Alicia Coutts in the Shanghai 2011 call room?
Wild story here on SwimNews.com (source Courier Mail), on how Australia’s Alicia Coutts was elbowed in the head and spat at by a European opponent on the way to her blocks for the 100m freestyle final at the Shanghai 2011 World Championships. “I’d never had anyone try to psych me out before. It must be…
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Was Watson trying to drown or save his honeymoon bride?
Gabe Watson is charged with first-degree murder, prosecutors saying he drowned his wife on their honeymoon to collect a life insurance payout, and defense maintaining that Tina, in her first open water dive, panicked and died accidentally. He served 18 months in Australia for manslaughter. Read The Huffington Post.