Month: April 2013
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Michael Jamieson: “Sign up to SwimBritain”
“Fancy having Olympic silver medalist Michael Jamieson on your SwimBritain team? Sign up today at swimbritain.co.uk”
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Meet the next generation of Aussie swim stars
Mack Horton and other up-and-coming Australian swimmers introducing themselves.
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Underwater Record Gets Examined On ‘Outrageous Acts Of Science’
See Huffington Post In November 2002, Tim Yarrow set a world record for most time spent underwater. He was underwater for 240 hours, beating out the previous record, 212 hours and 30 minutes, set in 1986 by Michael Stephens of Britain. Yarrow, was 30 when he dropped into the water for a week and a…
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Poor swimmer rescues 5-year old girl from rip current
Natallie Porter can’t swim and got caught in a rip current off Coquina Beach Saturday. Isaac Espinoza dove in to save her.
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CC photo #480: Moniek Nijhuis reacts to winning bronze at Rijeka 2008
The Netherland’s Moniek Nijhuis obviously pretty happy about winning bronze at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships ih Rijeka, Croatia. See the result list here.
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Alicia Coutts: I almost quit swimming
Read Brisbane Times Australia’s most successful swimmer at the London Olympics, Alicia Coutts, almost quit the sport in the wake of the turbulent Games. Coutts won five medals in London but says a harsh post-Olympic let-down almost ended her swim career. “I honestly came back from London and I did go through a bit of…
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Stilnox video has Australia’s Olympic athletes on edge
Read news.com.au Swimming’s Stilnox scandal has deepened, with the Australian Olympic Committee seeking the damning video evidence that could further condemn the relay men. […] Less than a week after Swimming Australia handed the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team fines and suspended sentences for their Stilnox bonding session last year, the AOC is hunting the…
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