Year: 2012
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Wayne Soutter makes history with North Channel swim
43-year-old South African Wayne Soutter has become the first person ever to swim from the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland to the north Antrim coast in Northern Ireland. Others have conquered the North Channel between Scotland and Northern Ireland, but none of them have crossed by the shortest and most treacherous route, from Kintyre. And…
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CC photo #241: Oldest and youngest, coach and swimmer
Yup, that is right, I’m blatantly pushing my kids into swimming. First day of swimming for our youngest, last Saturday, second year of coaching for our oldest.
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Lochte’s sister Megan apologizes for “racist” video
Ryan Lochte’s sister Megan Lochte is in hot water for making offensive remarks during a talk show appearance back in 2008, saying now it is misunderstood, that the “talk show” was actually a comedy skit. See US Weekly via BlackBook and Gossip Cop This was not a real interview, and it in no way reflects…
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CC photo #240: 3 guys having fun with a fishing crate in Toftir harbor
A strange sight in Toftir harbor, yesterday evening, three young men who’d put on wetsuits and lowered a fishing crate into the harbor, to see if they could get up into it all three at once. Quite difficult, by the looks of it, as it was very prone to keeling over. Moments later, all three…
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Bride drowns during photo shoot when wedding dress pulls her into the river
Warning to all wedding photographers, a newly married Montreal-area women drowned this past Friday during a ‘trash the dress’ photo shoot in the Ouareau River. The 30-year-old woman stepped into water that was neither deep nor fast-flowing. However, her wedding dress soaked up the river water, making it extremely heavy. She then slipped on the…
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Behold, the world’s first water jetpack wedding
Grant and Amanda Engler were married Thursday in Newport Beach. Their wedding, which was organized by ZOZI, an “adventure travel” start-up, is believed to be the world’s first jet pack wedding. See Buzzfeed, but warning, bride in a seriously short miniskirt (/ maybe none at all)
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Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, completes the 2012 Round Christiansborg open water swim
According to SN.dk and the official result list, HRH Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, yesterday participated in 2012 Round Christiansborg in the canals of Copenhagen, and completed the 2000 meter swim in 35.20 and 65th spot, flanked by famed Olympian Mette Jacobsen who finished in 35.21 and 68th. Not many swimmers noticed Her Royal Highness, hidden behind her…
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Ryan Lochte on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy asks Ryan about his start in swimming and celebrating with Prince Harry in Las Vegas.
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CC photo #239: Our youngest now also a registered swimmer
He protested this morning that he couldn’t join our local swimming club, since he didn’t know how to swim. ‘I only know how to jump and dive and make somersaults’. I guess we forced him to the registration / free swim today, and I guess it went okay ;-)