Month: October 2013

Men Who Swim – The story about Sweden’s all-male synchronized swim team

Oct 12, 2013

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in Fun

“Men Who Swim is a humorous and poignant look at a group of middle aged men in Stockholm who find unlikely fellowship as members of Swedenâ€™s all-male synchronized swim team. Award-winning filmmaker Dylan Williams’ feature documentary discovers how a weekly escape from the daily grind of work and family responsibilities, evolves into a more serious…
FINA Swimming World Cup Dubai 2013

Oct 12, 2013

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in Competition, Organization, Wow

“The FINA Swimming World Cup – Dubai 2013 .. Just come and join us on the 17 & 18 October at Hamdan Sports Complex”
Kentucky Wildcats TV: 2013-14 Swimming and Diving Intro

Oct 12, 2013

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in Competition, Organization, Wow

The intro video played before each home meet for the 2013-14 Swimming and Diving team. http://youtu.be/WDdfIOPrVgU
Hilary Phelps talks swimming, half-marathon

Oct 12, 2013

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in Dryland, Gossip

Hilary Phelps, the oldest sister of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, talks with Gerry Sandusky about her family’s swimming heritage, their competitiveness and how she feels before running the half marathon.
Behold Formula Three Freediving – One Breath Underwater Motor Racing

Oct 12, 2013

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in Freediving, Technology, Wow

Or as described on performancefreediving.com, “Formula 3 Freediving (F3F), the underwater racing concept where Top Gun, meets Formula One, meets Freediving.” F3F PROMO from Performance Freediving on Vimeo.
Former swim coach Todd Sousa gets another 16-month sentence for sex crimes

Oct 12, 2013

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rokur

in Organization, Safety

Read SanJuanCapistranoPatch A Laguna Hills swimming coach whoÂ has alreadyÂ served time behind barsÂ for having sex with one of his 15-year-old students wasÂ sentenced today to another 16 months in prison for molesting another teenageÂ girl. Todd Robert Sousa, 39, who co-owned Swim Venture Inc. of Laguna Hills withÂ his wife,Â pleaded guilty in June to six countsÂ of lewd acts on…
Swimmer killed by shark off Jeffreys Bay in South Africa

Oct 12, 2013

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in Nature, Open Water, Safety

See for instance JBAYNEWS,Â IOL and the National Sea Rescue Institute JBAYNEWS 74 year old JBay local Burgert van der Westhuizen was an experienced open water swimmer, who regularly swam along the coastline of Jeffreys Bay. He was often seen training in the canals of Marina Martinique, mainly in the summer months. Burgert had the respect…
Russia 1:41.70 and a new world record in the mixed 4×50 medley

Oct 12, 2013

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in Competition, World Record

At the World Cup meet in Moscow today, Russia’s team of Sergey Makov (23.98), Andrey Grechin (26.90), Daria TcvetkovaÂ (25.97) and Ekaterina Borovikova (24.85) managed to crush the mixed 4×50 medley world record, with a time of 1:41.70 beating Indiana University’s world record of 1:49.87 from September. This is an only recently recognized FINA event, so…
CC photo #649: Meilutyte after winning the 100 breast at BCN2013

Oct 12, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte after winning the women’s 100 meter breaststroke at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Also in picture Russia’s silver winner Yuliya Efimova (in a pink cap, of course), and Denmark’s 4th placed Rikke MÃ¸ller Pedersen. See the result list here.