Swimmer's Daily

Year: 2012

  • Keri-Anne Payne now also ambassador for P&G’s Oral-B dental brand

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    Procter & Gamble has announced that Olympic open-water swimmer Keri-Anne Payne has been selected as the latest ambassador for its Oral-B dental brand, as official face of the Oral-B Triumph 5000 with Smart Guide power brush and Pro-Expert toothpaste. Procter & Gamble has as we know also selected Payne to represent its Max Factor brand…

  • A day in the life of Brent Hayden (and a journeyman)

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    Video here paralleling the day in the life of a journeyman and Olympian Brent Hayden, emphasizing on how Learn to Learn and Essential Skills are integral on any journey to success. A Dave Hamilton Production for UA Piping Industry College of British Columbia. A day the life of…….. from dave hamilton photography on Vimeo.

  • Vinnie Jones’ hard and fast (hands-only) CPR

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    Toughest guy in the universe teaches us how to do CPR, without the kissing because “you only kiss your missus on the lips”. Courtesy of British Heart Foundation, see bhf.org.uk/handsonlyCPR, where they’re preparing a free smartphone app and everything. Thanks Vinnie!

  • The “Kirsty Coventry / Eliot Mujaji” tribute song by Joe Wailer

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    Cool, Zimbabwean roots reggae musician Joe Wailer has made this tribute song dedicated to swimmer Kirsty Coventry and runner Elliot Mujaji, paying homage to the two athletes for raising the Zimbabwean flag high. Read the HeraldOnline http://twitter.com/#!/KirstyCoventry/status/154900358332813313

  • Killer whales drag sea lion under boat

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    And kill it and eat it, that’s nature. Clever guy at the end, reaching his hand out to the whale in the middle of dinner :-S

  • The Big Swim Pilot

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    Dominique and Pauline Pratt presenting what seems to be a potential great documentary about open water swimming, I guess about the two teams preparing to cross the English Channel, one as the fastest team ever and the other as the oldest. Comments from team members also. It’s only a working title, and a rough cut…

  • CC photo #6: The Dubai 2010 competition pool

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    Photo of the main competition area of the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex in Dubai, from when it hosted the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m). Best seats ever, btw, the most (or all?) of them cushioned!!

  • ISHOF video: Tomb of The Diver

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    Nice video here from The Swimming Hall of Fame, showing us the ruins of a public swimming pool (including an underwater labyrinth!) in the ancient city of Paestum, Italy, the remains of a presumed private residence with a 10 x 25 meter swimming pool, and the local National Museum that hosts the oldest image of…

  • Federica Pellegrini is the AIPS Europe 2011 Female Athlete of the Year

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    The International Sports Press Association AIPS announced Monday that Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic and Italy’s champion swimmer Federica Pellegrini have won the AIPS Europe 2011 Athletes of the Year Awards. Pellegrini won the women’s Evgen Bergant Trophy with a convincing 71 votes ahead of Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova (50 votes) and Norways ski…