Month: November 2013
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Phoenix Swim Club pool to be officially demolished
Read SwimmingWorld and see ABC Supporters of a popular Phoenix swimming pool lost a last chance effort Tuesday to save their home. Hundreds of supporters were at Phoenix City Hall Tuesday to appeal to city commissioners during the city council meeting. The council was considering a re-zoning request that would demolish the pool at the…
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Speedo Advisors | How to overcome the fear of swimming with your face in the water
How to overcome the fear of swimming with your face in the water by Julie Johnston
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Textured surface could create ‘driest ever’ super-hydrophobic material
Read for instance BBC, livescience and nature US engineers at MIT in Boston have developed a new way of texturing surfaces that they believe could make for the “most waterproof material ever”. Inspired by ridges found in nature on the wings of the Morpho butterfly and the veins of nasturtium leaves, they added tiny ridges…
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Swedish SC Champs 2013 – Day 1
See the official championships landing page and videos from tonight’s finals on SuperLive Summary Erik Persson (1994) broke the Swedish record in the men’s 200 breaststroke, with a time of 2:07.07 beating Martin Gustavsson’s 2:07.66 record from the 2003 Swedish SC Champs. 9 more swimmers made the Swedish roster (Céline Bertrand twice) for Herning 2013, to…
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Behold the insane 17-story waterslide coming to Schlitterbahn, Kansas
See Fox4News Schlitterbahn, a water park in Kansas City, Kan., is building the tallest, fastest water slide in the world. The Verrückt (which means “insane†in German) Meg-A-Blaster will make its debut next May when the park opens. The company recently shared photos and video of construction of the new 17-story thrill slide. On the ride, four-person…
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Teen swimming phenom Michael Andrew turning heads — as a professional
See Fox4News It’s no jump to conclusions, suggesting one pool in Lawrence is filled with a potential Olympic star. Fourteen-year-old Michael Andrew has swimming speed that already rivals that of Olympians. But unlike other young athletes, he’s already turned pro. During a recent event in Minnesota, Andrew became the youngest male in history to swim…
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Behold Ryan Lochte bringing out Yogurtology flavors to unexpecting fans
Yeah! #majorinawesome Post by Yogurtology Gainesville.
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Swedish SC Championships 20-24 November decides team for Herning 2013, watch it SuperLive
The Swedish Short Course Championships are underway, that will decide who gets to represent Sweden at the European Short Course Championships. Watch the finals LIVE here on livetiming.se, with live results here, start lists here and listed results here. See also the official championships landing page and simma.nu/se Their selection procedure is explained (in Swedish) here…
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