Month: September 2013
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Natalie Coughlin supports Olympic wrestling
Three-time Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Natalie Coughlin showing her support for Olympic wrestling. Coughlin won 12 Olympic medals overall.
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The Onion: Jellyfish falls short of dream to kill Diana Nyad
See story on the Onion Just one day after Diana Nyad completed her record-breaking swim from Cuba to Florida, a local box jellyfish expressed its deep disappointment Tuesday morning at narrowly failing to achieve its lifelong dream of killing the 64-year-old swimmer. “From the time I was just a young ephyra, I’ve dreamt of the…
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Michael Phelps blinged out in commercial
See NBC Olympictalk Michael Phelps returned to the pool … for a RadioShack/Motorola/Sol Republic commercial. The most decorated Olympian of all time’s retirement portfolio grew with a video published on YouTube on Monday. In the above ad, Phelps is sitting on a pool deck and is briefly transformed into a long-haired, jewelry-wearing rapper. Phelps then…
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Sport Science – Diana Nyad’s Cuba-to-Florida Swim
ESPN Sport Science’s John Brenkus examines the extreme endurance it took for Diana Nyad to swim 110 miles from Havana, Cuba to Key West, Fl in 53 hours.
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Nyad Says Record-Setting Swim Was to be ‘Fully Engaged’ in Life
Diana Nyad has made history as the first person to swim the 110-mile Florida Strait. This was Nyad’s fifth attempt at the feat, and it took her 53 hours to complete. “I wanted this swim, this endeavor not to just be the athletic record,” Nyad, 64, said, “I wanted it to be a lesson for…
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David Letterman – Top Ten Thoughts Going Through Diana Nyad’s Mind Swimming From Cuba to Florida
“Top Ten Thoughts Going Through Diana Nyad’s Mind While Swimming From Cuba To Florida http://youtu.be/K21MiUKkuOw
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Danish triathlon European champion Camilla Pedersen in coma after bike crash
Read Jyllands-Posten (in Danish) Triathlete Camilla Pedersen is admitted to the intensive care unit at Odense University Hospital. The Danish European champion has sustained a fractured skull and critical bleeding around the brain as a result of a crash while bike training on Tuesday night. “Latest development is that Camilla will be kept in artificial…
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Danish woman to do 30 Ironman events in 30 days
Read Jyllands-Posten Vejle teacher wants to be the first woman to complete gruelling ultra-sport feat. Thea Storm Henriksen says that she has more energy than most people. “I am not much for sitting still,†she told DR Nyheder And she won’t. Here is Thea Storm Henriksen after having participated in the world’s hardest adventure race, the…