Month: August 2013
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Toronto Swim Club: Why Swim?
Courtesy of Toronto Swim Club Toronto Swim Club: Why Swim? from Melissa Dozois on Vimeo.
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Swimming lessons saved baby born with half a heart
Read The Telegraph Charlie Cobb, had to undergo open heart surgery just hours after being born and surgeons warned he might not pull through. Even after the op he suffered a huge heart attack – underwent two more operations – and was hospitalised countless times to fight off infections. But ever since mothrer Louise Bushby,…
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Swimming: A study of biomechanics using underwater motion capture
“A demonstration of how a combined underwater and land-based motion capture system can be used to analyse movements of swimmers. In this video, we’re analysing swimmers in Sweden’s national swim team, studying the start, dive and the first 15 meters underwater. Shot in BorÃ¥s Swimming Arena, Sweden.”
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Paul Yetter – Best Meets He Has Attended
“Florida Swim Network interviews World Jr Men’s Head Coach Paul Yetter.”
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Swimmer snatched by crocodile in notorious Australian river
See for instance Hamilton Spectator and ABC Police have recovered the body of a man who attempted to swim across a crocodile-infested river in the Australian Outback as well as the carcass of a crocodile that was shot by authorities, officials said Monday. Sean Cole, 26, was snatched by a crocodile and dragged under the…
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CC photo #602: Zhao Jing reacts to winning the BCN2013 women’s 50 back
China’s Zhao Jing obviously happy with winning the women’s 50 meter backstroke at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Also in picture, Japan’s bronze winner Aya Terakawa on lane 5. See the result list here. Also, hyperflexible elbow.
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Bitter battle of words between Leigh Nugent, Swimming Australia and AOC
Yesterday, Australian Olympic Committee boss John Coates ‘put a line through‘ now former Australian Swimming national head coach Leigh Nugent, saying that he has to take a lot of responsibility for the handling of the Pre-Games Stilnox incident, and “just let me say he won’t ever be on one of our teams again. And that’s…
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Orlando Duque talks us through a 27 metre free fall
“During the fourth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Malcesine (Italy), we had the opportunity to speak with legendary Cliff Diver [and Barcelona 2013 FINA High Dive World Champion], Orlando Duque. “