Month: November 2013
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Bubble Man Attempts Run to Catalina Island
“In the 1957 song 26 Miles (Santa Catalina), The Four Preps describe several ways to get to Catalina Island – “the island of romance” – including joining the Navy, riding in a leaky boat and even swimming across with water wings. The group didn’t suggest running, but that is what one man tried to do…
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Swedish SC Champs 2013 – Day 2
Web site • Start Lists • Results • Videos Summary Sarah Sjöström clocked 25.35 in the 50 butterfly. Simon Sjödin broke the championships record in the 200 IM, clocking 1:56.04. Qualified Swedes for Herning 2013 in tonight’s events: 400 free W – Louise Hansson 200 IM M – Simon Sjödin, Mattias Carlsson, Erik Persson, Linus…
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Greenwich Baths “We Love Summer” (Sydney Harbour’s Eventful Beach)
“Greenwich Baths is nestled on the tip of Greenwich Point, with spectacular harbor views including Cockatoo Island, Iron Cove and Balmain to the south. To the southeast the imposing Sydney CBD skyline includes the banking skyscrapers and Centrepoint Tower. The Harbour’s pleasant waters are ideal for swimming and the facilities at Greenwich Baths cater for…
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Stockholm SwimRun
“21 km trail. 3,8 km open water. 1 hell of a race” Stockholm SwimRun from Team Nordic Trail on Vimeo.
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The Water Is My Sky
Introducing: ‘The Water Is My Sky,’ a feature length documentary aiming to explore the world of elite competitive swimming. Here interviewing Rowdy Gaines. The Water Is My Sky from The Water Is My Sky on Vimeo.
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Swimmer’s ‘idiotic’ shark hug caught on camera
See 9News The man, whose head is only centimetres from the mouth of the lemon shark, has been bagged on social media for the stunt performed while snorkelling off the Pacific island of Bora Bora recently. The lemon shark moves gently through the water as the snorkeler, dressed in board shorts and flippers, approaches and…
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Cam You Can! Episode 2 with high-flying acrobat Cameron van der Burgh
Head and Shoulders Presents Cam you Can! with Cameron van der Burgh!
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Controversy continues to whirl around Chinese swimming star Sun Yang
Read People Daily Despite having finished his seven-day detention for driving without a license, China’s Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang remains the center of controversy. Sun’s relationship with teammates was questioned this time as a local newspaper reported on Nov 17 that the 400m and 1,500m freestyle Olympic champion has become a supercilious athlete after…
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I’m A Celebrity 2013: Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington confesses to peeing in the pool
See Nottingham Post Nottingham’s very own Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington shocked her fellow campers last night on ITV’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here when she confessed that she always pees in the pool. Team mate Joey Essex couldn’t resist probing the gold medallist about her swimming secrets during a Snake Rock campsite…