Month: August 2013
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Blake Worsley Street Magic: Sleight of hand
“Beautiful Blake, the successor of David Blaine, takes to the streets of Barcelona catching bystanders by surprise!” Does swimmer Blake Worsley have a future in street magic? Est-ce que @BlakeWorsley a un avenir comme magicien de rue? http://t.co/yMsby1irVA — Swimming Canada (@SwimmingCanada) August 20, 2013
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Race Mark Foster in a 1.25km Open Water Swim!
Guest post by Natalia Wawrowska / Sports Direct Is Mark Foster one of your idols? On the 24th of August in Eton, West London you could race Mark Foster in a 1.25km open water swim. The aim of the race is to raise money for Level Water, a charity which provides free one to one…
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Rebecca Adlington burgled but relieved after Olympic medals are found safe
Read for instance BBC and Mirror Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington has said thieves broke into her home and stole her medals. The gold medallist from the 2008 games in Beijing said on her Twitter page she was in “absolute pieces”. In absolute pieces. Some bastards have broken into my house and stolen my Olympic medals!!! Something…
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Rick Moore swam through blood to rescue Maui shark-attack victim
Read The Seattle Times A woman who lost her arm in a Maui shark attack kept repeating that she was going to die, the California high schoolteacher who jumped into the water to save her said. “As soon as we stand on the beach, we heard this bloodcurdling scream,†said Rick Moore, 57, of Laguna…
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New Zealand DJ accidentally sexts photo of genitals to paralympic swimmer Sophie Pascoe
Read UPI New Zealand radio DJ Dom Harvey apologized for sending a Snapchat image of his genitals to paralympian swimmer Sophie Pascoe. The Edge morning radio host sent the image through the Snapchat social media took, which allows a user to send a photo for a set length of time before it disappears, The New…
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Oleg Lisogor allegedly detained in Liberia this weekend over kidnapping charges
Read for instance forUm and AllAfrica The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine verifies information on detention of swimming world champion Oleg Lisogor and his business partner Mykola Chernyshev by the Liberian police on charges of kidnapping and long-term detention of a person. […] According to the newspaper [Liberian Heritage], the defendants kidnapped Slipchenko and kept him…
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CC photo #596: Jákup on camera duty
Youngest member of our open water camera crew, 9-year-old Jákup with the waterproof Sanyo CA100, ready for action at the 2013 Seaman’s Day Swim across the firth of KlaksvÃk, Faroe Islands. His footage turned out the best on the day, actually, as I immediately got water on the lense of the Sony, and the GoPro…