Month: February 2014
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The Race Club: Swimming Workouts – Dryland Stretching Exercises
“The best Swimming technique begins with a solid warmup – for more swimming workouts please visit www.theraceclub.com. Having a good dryland training program will work towards an increase in flexibility and improvement in strength especially in the smaller muscles that help achieve a more streamline shape in the water.”
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Paris’s Abandoned Métro Stations, Reimagined as Theaters and Pools
Read The Atlantic Cities and Messy Nessy Chic The Paris Métro, opened in 1900, extends over more than 200 kilometers of track, serving more than 300 individual stops. But there are 11 more stations that, though once built, now stand nearly abandoned. Many of these “ghost” or “phantom” stations shuttered after the occupation during WWII. Two of them,…
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Legendary Armenian fin swimmer Karapetyan to get film treatment in Russia
Read PanArmenian.net The bio, to be named “20 Lives” will chronicle the act of heroism of the swimmer who single-handedly saved 20 people out of a drowning bus. Logos Studio will be in charge of the production, RIA Novosti reported. Back story for instance here One cold morning on September 16th, 1976 he was doing…
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Ian Thorpe Will be in Rehab for Up to 3 Weeks, Says Manager
Read Epoch Times Ian Thorpe will be in rehab, which he entered over the weekend after being found “dazed†outside his parent’s home in Sydney, for up to three weeks, his manager James Erskine said. The five-time gold medalist will be in rehab for between 14 and 21 days, he specified in an interview on…
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Pair of friends to swim 450km unaided
Two South Africans want to attempt the nearly impossible – a 450 km swim across the open sea, without swimming aids. It’s an adventure that could quite literally land them in deep water.
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104-year-old Jaring Timmerman says swimming a key to longevity
Read Swimming Canada Jaring Timmerman says the benefits of swimming have played an important role in his longevity and excellent health throughout his life. The 104-year-old Winnipeg swimmer made headlines once again last week when he officially became the world’s oldest Masters swimmer. “There’s no doubt swimming has definitely kept me in shape,†said Timmerman,…
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Sunrise : Ready for world’s biggest nude swim?
“The world’s biggest nude ocean swim is set to go. Mum Taryn Brumfitt is doing it to show everyone is different!” See also The Sydney Skinny (Obvious NSFW warning: A few bare bottoms, and maybe more if you search) http://youtu.be/zLahaYpeUIU
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ESPN’s “Winner’s Circle” : Jenny Thompson
See ESPN “In espnW’s series “Winner’s Circle,” 12-time Olympic medal-winning swimmer Jenny Thompson sits down with Bonnie Bernstein to talk about how sports helped shape her mindset for a medical career and motherhood.” http://youtu.be/4cPfpBpfyDk
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Australian Swim Team Photo Shoot – Leighton Beach, Western Australia
“Not a bad effort considering the sun had gone down….”