Month: January 2014
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Corpus Christi kids hit the water with Olympic swimmer Josh Davis
See kiiitv.com Olympic Swimmer Josh Davis stopped by Tuloso-Midway High School to work with local kids on their skills in the water and to give them some advise about reaching their goals. It’s called the Mutual of Omaha Breakout Swim Clinic, and Corpus Christi was one of over 70 cities to take part in this…
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Park Tae-hwan heads to Australia for intensive training
See arirang ‘Marine Boy’ Park Tae-hwan is headed to Australia to get a start on training for the 2014 Asian Games. His management announced that he’ll head to Brisbane on the 11th for an eight-week, intensive training session with coach Michael Bohl. The goal will be to get back into top swimming shape, as he…
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Academic issue lands UGA swim coach Jack Bauerle (and swimmer Chase Kalisz) in hot water
Read The Atlanta Journal-Constitution In the record books, Georgia swimming and diving coach Jack Bauerle won his 500th and 501st career victories in a dual men’s and women’s meet against N.C. State at UGA’s Gabrielson Natatorium this past Saturday. But Bauerle actually was not in attendance. Neither was his top male swimmer. An academic eligibility issue has left…
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FINA Aquatic Family selects 11 Athletes of the Year 2013
See fina.org After a memorable year in terms of performances, the FINA Family voted for the “Athletes of the Year 2013â€, having chosen 11 exceptional competitors in the six FINA disciplines. Organised by the “FINA Aquatics World Magazineâ€, this selection had a important participation of 674 voters, coming from the FINA National Federations, FINA Committees,…
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Freedivers capture near drowning incident when speared tuna drags diver into depth
See 9News National Jack Strickland had a GoPro camera strapped to his chest when he and his friend Aaron Gallagher went diving for fish, A Current Affair reports. Mr Gallagher was holding his breath as he chased a dog-tooth tuna 17 metres underwater, but when he eventually speared it the fish started to drag him deeper.
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Behold DigitalRev’s Kai faking a $25,000 Hasselblad H3D photo with a GoPro
A fun (and geeky) episode out of DigitalRev’s Fake a Big Shot video series, in which Kai Man Wong has to replicate a classic dive photo that Chase Jarvis shot with a Hasselblad H3D worth $25,000. ” I gave him 8 hours … and a GoPro Hero3PLUS ($399) to get it done.” [chasejarvis.com] And Kai…
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2014 is Chad Le Clos’ year
Read City Press The young swimmer recently said that his next goal is to break one of Michael Phelps’ world long course records and he is hoping to achieve this at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, or perhaps at the next World Championships that will be held in Kazan, Russia, in 2015. “It is…
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Sacramento Swimmers Take ‘Polar Bear Plunge’
See FOX40 Swimmers, starting off their weekend with a splash, braved cold winter waters Saturday morning to raise money and awareness for the city’s aquatic program. “It’s not even freezing but, trust me, when you jump in over your head, it will take your breath away,†said Terri Webster Schrandt, the City of Sacramento’s recreation…
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Swimmers brave icy waters for start of Harbin’s Ice Festival
“700 swimming enthusiasts braved icy waters to compete in an ice swimming competition ahead of Harbin’s annual Ice Festival.”