Month: November 2013
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(Polar) Bears can do backstroke too
‘Bears Acting Like Humans Compilation’. Amazed that they can even imitate ‘coach in a lawn chair’ :-P http://youtu.be/n_syweDS2AA
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I’m A Celebrity 2013: Rebecca Adlington in first Bushtucker Trial Drown Under
See RadioTimes Swimming champ Rebecca Adlington is taking on her first Bushtucker Trial tonight for I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of here! 2013. The trial sees Rebecca encased in a tank that is slowly filling up with water as she is joined by a bunch of jungle critters – including yabbies and crocodiles. Should be the…
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Rescued Sea Otter Munches His Clams
“This is Walter, a sea otter with a hearty appetite. He was rescued in Tofino, British Columbia in October 2013 after being shot. Walter currently resides at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre where he is undergoing rehabilitation. Here, he’s getting fed clams and shrimp. They also eat mussels, chitons, snails, prawns, crabs, abalone,…
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Mireia Belmonte blasts 1500 meter Short Course World Record, now 15:26.95
See SwimmingWorld and rfen.es According to the Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN), Mireia Belmonte Garcia has smashed the short course world record in the women’s 1500-meter freestyle. Belmote Garcia raced to a 15:26.95 to demolish Lotte Friis’ world record of 15:28.65. That gives Belmonte Garcia a sweep of the 400-800-1500 freestyle world records currently. Post by…
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Fun Visit Estonia ad featuring the Kalev Spa in Tallinn
Targeted for Russian tourists. I remember that swimming pool well, from back in 2009 when we visited kinesiology professor Rein Haljand in Tallinn for a swim analysis of Pál Joensen. Coach hit that black water slide so hard, that water sprayed over the side and landed right next to a woman swimming breaststroke below :-P
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Five-year-old swimmer aiming to raise £600 for victims of typhoon in the Philippines
Read EDP24 When little Anghelina Bulman heard about the devastation Typhoon Haiyan has caused to millions of people in the Philippines, the country of her mother’s birth, she was determined to help. So the five-year-old, who lives in Fakenham, is to attempt to swim 250 metres to help three Filipino families try to rebuild their…