Month: November 2013
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Peter Vanderkaay – use your kicks as a weapon
“One thing that you can always improve upon is your underwater kicks! Making sure you are in the proper position and kicking up and down will get you ahead of your competition!” Peter Vanderkaay – use your kicks as a weapon from Fitter & Faster Swim Tour on Vimeo.
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Ryan Lochte injured in fan encounter
Read USA Today After a run-in with a fan – literally – Ryan Lochte will be taking some time away from the pool. The three-time Olympian suffered a torn MCL and sprained ACL in his left knee on Sunday while he was in Florida. The five-time gold medalist encountered an excited fan, who ran at…
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Australia’s mixed 4×50 relay two world records in one day
At the World Cup meet in Singapore today, Australia’s mixed 4×50 meter medley relay broke the world record twice, with a time of 1:38.02 in the final, beating their own 1:39.08 world record from the prelims the same morning, and before that the 1:39.54 of France from Doha last month. The swimmers were Robert Hurley…
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Scottish swimming instructor Craig Brown secretly filmed women
Read BBC A swimming instructor has been found guilty of secretly filming women in schools and leisure centres across eastern Scotland. Craig Brown, 31, also admitted having child pornography at his Dundee home. Brown admitted using his mobile phone to covertly take pictures and make videos of unsuspecting women in at least five locations. Sentence…
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China View: Olympic swimmer Sun Yang detained for illegal driving
“Sun Yang, a swimmer who took the gold at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, has been detained after local police found him driving without a license following a car accident.” See also CCTV
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“Harvest Swim Classic 2013” dedicated to Theo St. Francis
Theo St. Francis was a member of the Napa Valley Swim Team and later on became the captain of the North Bay Aquatics while attending Marin Academy. He was a Junior National level swimmer who was to be a member of the MIT swim team. While conducting a robotics experiment in an island near Boston…
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Water balloons vs arrow
The most waterballoons burst with a single arrow is 33 and was achieved by Luigi Di Michele (Italy) on the set of a CCTV Guinness World Records Special, in Beijing, China, on 6 December 2012. http://youtu.be/y2ucS6NorPE
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Sexiest Athlete Alive? Chad le Clos on Trans World Sport
Chad le Clos on Trans World Sport. Trans World Sport travelled to South Africa to meet up with Olympic swimming sensation, Chad le Clos and his Dad, Burt.
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Ryan Lochte visits the Sarasota YMCA Sharks
Three time Olympian and 11 time Olympic medalist, world record holder, and reality TV star, Ryan Lochte visited the Sharks Swim team on Thursday, October 24, 2013 to stress the importance of teamwork and setting goals. “Everyday, when I woke up, I would set a goal for myself and I wouldn’t stop until I reached…