Month: January 2013
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Horse part-owned by Michael Phelps wins at Gulfstream
Cerro, a 3-year-old colt partly owned by 18-time Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps, won the $54,500 third race at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. Phelps and his former coach, Bob Bowman, share an ownership interest in the Ireland-bred colt, which runs in the colors of Team Valor International. “We are really excited to be part of…
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Dr. Dr. Home Gharavi – Workshop D – The Flip Turn
Our friends Home Gharavi and Ren̩ Thomsen arranged this Athletic Performance Conference & Workshop at Bernstorffsminde Efterskole, January 7th Р11th 2013, and the video looks awesome.
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Penguin gets new suit to keep warm
A penguin at the Mystic Aquarium needs a little help staying warm while swimming in this cold weather. The little guy has had some trouble growing his feathers back after molting. *And*, he looks AWESOME
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Winter swimming Finnish championships 2013
“Finnish Winter Swimming Championships 2013. Fastest swimmer Tero Matkaniemi.”
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Óli Mortensen grabs gold (and silver) in ReykjavÃk
The Icelandic are staging their annual ReykjavÃk International this weekend, that since its beginning in 1989 has attracted many a fine swimmer like Alexander Dale Oen (NOR), Therese Alshammar (SWE), Martina Moravcová (CZE) and Pál Joensen (FAR). The Faroese delegation counts only one swimmer this year, but that is okay, since he (Óli Mortensen, 1996)…
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Dolphin swimming in NY canals has died
Read Metro The dolphin that was swimming in the Gowanus Canal died late this afternoon. Friday afternoon, as snow started to fall, about two dozen people stood on the Union Street bridge to look down at the dolphin. The dolphin seemed to be stuck, moving up and down on the side of the canal, surrounded…
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Swim with ‘gators in Gowran
You can’t swim with alligators in any other zoo or wildlife park in the world but now you can in Kilkenny. The Reptile Village Zoo in Gowran is offering a chance for people to get out of their comfort zone and into a tank with two American Alligators – no safety cage and no corks…
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Swimmers stage “swim in” in protest against plans to close the Newcastle City Pool
Hundreds of people have been protesting against the government cuts in Newcastle. Swimmers turned out to stage a “swim in” in protest against cost cutting plans to close the City Pool in Newcastle. Read more here on ITV and watch their videos on Vimeo.