Year: 2012
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Faulty swimming pool light suspected of almost killing girl
A faulty underwater light is suspected of shocking and nearly killing a 15-year-old Garden Grove girl swimming in her family’s pool. Her father, a dentist, is certified in CPR, and worked on his daughter until the paramedics arrived, most possibly saving her. Read for instance Los Angeles Times and KTLA
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‘Underwater’ now officially a word according to Merriam-Webster
The latest edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary adds these top-25 new words and definitions, including ‘bucket list’, ‘cloud computing’, ‘earworm’, ‘f-bomb’, ‘mash-up’ and ‘underwater’. The dictionary definition for ‘underwater’: lying, growing, worn, performed, or operating below the surface of the water being below the waterline of a ship having, relating to, or being a mortgage…
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German London Olympic coach in court on sex charges
A German London 2012 Olympic swimming coach is facing 18 counts of sexual misconduct with an underage swimmer between August, 2004 through March, 2006, see SwimmingWorld Magazine. The 40-year-old apparently defends himself with the girl having been 16 at the time of their first sexual contact, the court now having to clarify whether their relationship…
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George Haines and Fred Schmidt on the Butterfly
At the 1961 AAU National Swimming and Diving Championships, George Haines describes the butterfly technique to Bud Palmer while high school sensation Fred Schmidt demonstrates. Fred won gold at the 1964 Olympic Game, later became a Navy Seal and helped recover several Apollo space crafts on their return from the moon.
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Making of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games’ logo
Only 1400 days and then some to go :-) Making of Rio 2016 from Tátil Design de Ideias on Vimeo.
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CC photo #227: Nólsoy’s Gate of Honor and Diana Victoria
The finishing line of the annual open water swim between Tórshavn and Nólsoy, the Gate of Honor made from the jaws of a whale, back in the 70s. The boat in the foreground is Ove Joensen’s Diana Victoria, at tradition Faroese boat he built and custom made to row the 900 nautical miles (1,700 km)…
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Video from Nólsoyarsvimjingin 2012
A little something I put together from the Tórshavn to Nólsoy open water swim Saturday, using footage from mine and Hestoy’s GoPros. Music unfortunately a bit dark, but that was what I could find in a hurry, searching for “sea” and a suitable duration.
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Team USA’s dancing skills and other talents
Some of the shocking talents a few of the 2012 U.S. Olympians have outside of their sports was shown on NBC’s Today Show. Our shortlist: Tyler Clary is a great belcher (and an amazing cuddler), Ariana Kukors has a nice voice, Ryan Lochte likes to draw and Missy Frankling loves to dance.
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Olympic gold no walk in the park for Ishchenko & Romashina
Nice segment here off Russia Today, featuring Russia’s gold winning synchronized swimming duet Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina, on how they trained 10 hours a day for the London 2012 Olympics. They were also part of the gold winning team, so double Olympic gold for them. London 2012 Synchronised Swimming – Synchro duet of Ishchenko,…