Month: August 2013
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U.S. Men’s 4×100 Medley Swim Team Disqualified At BCN2013 After Mistake
Brought to us by Andrea Feczko for ‘The Fumble’
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12 of the world’s best water parks according to CNN
See CNN The twelve water parks are (apparently in no particular order) Aquatica (Orlando, Florida) Aquaventure Waterpark (Dubai, UAE) Area 47 (Innsbruck, Austria) Beach Park (Fortaleza, Brazil) Caribbean Bay (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) Siam Park (Tenerife, Spain) Tropical Islands (Krausnick, Germany) Watercube Waterpark (Beijing) WaterWorld Waterpark (Ayia Napa, Cyprus) Wet ‘n Wild (Orlando, Florida) World Waterpark…
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Katinka Hosszú 2:04.39 and new 200 IM SC world record in the Eindhoven 2013 World Cup prelims (!)
Breaking news !! Old record was Julia Smit (USA) 2:04.60 at the Duel in the Pool meet between Europe and USA in Manchester back in 2009. See the result list here. #BCN2013 might be over but #swimming #WorldRecord are still falling! Hosszu (HUN) just set new 200m IM WR in 2:04.39 at #swc2013 Eindhoven —…
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Giant Pyrosome caught on video, looks like that thing in ‘The Abyss’
Pyrosomes are pelagic (free-swimming) tunicates or sea squirts that live in the open ocean, as colonies of tiny animals that form hollow tubes sealed at one end. Divers off the Tasman Peninsula caught this giant Pyrostremma spinosum on video in 2011 or earlier (judging by the YouTube video upload date), a colony that can reach…
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FinaTV and zwemsport.tv live stream from Eindhoven 2013 World Cup
FINA announces that the events of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 – Eindhoven (NED) on August 7-8 will be streamed live and free of charge here on FINAtv. Streaming of morning heats will also be available here on zwemsport.tv’s YouTube channel. Start lists and results can be seen here on omegatiming.com. The competition times for the…
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YouTube expands Live Stream availability to all channels with 100+ subscribers
Check out YouTube Creators, before this it was 1000+ subscribers. This bodes well for future live streams also in swimming. Start live streaming if you have 100+ subscribers: All channels in good standing with at least a hundred subscribers will be able to live stream, within the next few weeks. Check your Account Features page for an “Enable†button,…
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Swimming Britain | A quick update from Sean on his epic swim adventure
Sean Conway is the first person to ever attempt to swim the length of Britain from Land’s End to John O’Groats. Follow Sean’s swimming adventure here - http://bit.ly/15hZXm8