Month: August 2013
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The Sydney Olympics | Olympic History
Part 2 is especially relevant to us aquatic fanatics … In part two of our look back at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games we focus on the events in the pool and the rivalry between the Australian and USA 100m freestyle relay teams. Featuring interviews with Olympic athletes Ian Thorpe and Gary Hall Jr we…
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Michael Jamieson Goes Back to School | Glasgow 2014
Scottish swimmer Michael Jamieson visit’s his former school, the Glasgow School of Sport at Bellahouston Academy, for the first time since winning a Silver medal at London 2012 and receives a hero’s welcome from the staff and students.
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Shallow water blackout can kill experienced swimmers
See wbaltv.com It may at first make little sense, how an expert swimmer physically fit and water savvy can drown. It nearly claimed the life of competitive swimmer 15-year-old Chris Pilotte, during practice with a Baltimore County swim team last year. “They realized that I was under water and they pulled me out and did…
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Facebook Embedded Posts Now Available to Everyone
See The Facebook Developer Blog. Pretty awesome! We introduced Embedded Posts in July to make it easy for publishers to add any public post from Facebook to their blog or web site. Today, we’re excited to make Embedded Posts available to everyone. We’ve also added several enhancements based on feedback from our launch partners. An example ……
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Ryan Lochte plays ‘Did I tweet that’ on ‘The Crossover’
See NBC Sports Michelle Beadle tested the 11-time Olympic medalist on “The Crossover†on Tuesday. Beadle read one tweet at a time, asking Lochte if it was him, Michael Phelps or Jose Canseco who had tweeted each out. Your browser does not support iframes. Lochte also says why he swam in the Hudson River and…
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CC photo #598: Reviewing video from a safe distance
The boys ran out on a fish farm ring to run through the video that Jákup had just captured of the 2013 Seaman’s Day Swim in KlaksvÃk, Faroe Islands. We’re probably a bit too nonchalant around water, but there you go.
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Kitajima confident in Tokyo Olympics bid, says it’d be ‘dream come true’
Read Japan Daily Press Multi-awarded swimmer Kosuke Kitajima shared his thoughts on Tokyo’s bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. The 30-year old athlete claims that it’d be a “dream come true†if Tokyo hosts the prestigious sports event following its loss to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 hosting. Born in Tokyo, Kitajima believes that the…
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CC photo #597: Crocs on the quay
Just a scene from the 2013 Seaman’s Day Swim in KlaksvÃk, Faroe Islands. The owners have gone swimming.