Month: November 2013
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146 Chinese athletes nominated for CCTV Sports Awards, but not Sun Yang
Ouch, see Xinhua Double Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang was excluded from the voting for China’s top athlete despite a successful record which includes three world championships titles. Sun isn’t on a list of 146 candidates selected on Thursday to run for the prestigious CCTV Sports Awards. The organizers, China Central Television, announced that they…
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Swedish SC Champs 2013 – Day 3
Web site • Start Lists • Results • Videos Summary A lot of happy qualifiers again tonight, many of them in their second, third or fourth event. Sarah Sjöström clocked 24.12 in the 50 free with Michelle Coleman chasing in 24.46. Qualified Swedes for Herning 2013 in tonight’s events: 200 fly W – Céline Bertrand 400 free M – Mattias Carlsson…
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Memories of Summer in Barcelona
“We re-live the Speedo highlights from the Fina 15th World Championships held in Barcelona, Summer 2013. We love that winning feeling from Ryan Lochte, Sun Yang, Katie Ledecky, Melani Costa, Missy Franklin & Christian Sprenger”
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CC photo #688: Lego Challenge game during the HS/SSF Swim Day 2013
A not so typical for swimming game played during the “Swim Day” organized by (local club) Havnar Svimjifelag and (federation) Svimjisamband Føroya on Saturday 16 November 2013. A relay in which the kids took turns going into a room to observe and memorize a Lego model, that they then had to build without being able…
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Cayman Sports Documentary Episode 10 – Open Water Swimming In the Cayman Islands
Episode 10 of the Cayman Sports Documentary Series looks at open water swimming in the Cayman Islands, from its simple beginnings through its growth into one of the best places in the world for competitions. http://youtu.be/esJ5JjYwf9w
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Ryk Neethling – “Chad le Clos best swimmer in the world”
Ryk Neethling believes “Chad le Clos is the best swimmer in the world at the moment”.
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WLKY School Cribs: Meyzeek swim team
WLKY School Cribs takes a look at the Meyzeek Middle School swim team.
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Man plans swim to Whaleback Lighthouse
A new effort is underway to restore Whaleback Lighthouse off Portsmouth Harbor and open it to the public.
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Underwater Sorrow Movie Montage proves pools are for sadness
See Filmdrunk Underwater Sorrow is mostly an indie film phenomenon, that I think I may have noticed first in the trailer for Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Jack Goes Boating. “Acoustic music plays and someone goes underwater for some reason†is one of the most pervasive indie movie tropes. I think it happens so often because it taps…