Month: February 2014
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Brave Swede strips down to his underpants in order to rescue duck from chilly lake
Between this and the cat rescue the other day, it has been a big week for Swedish pet lifeguards. See Nothing To Do With Arbroath Kenth Rehn, 38, was out for a stroll in Kneippen, Sweden, when he saw a mallard caught by a fishing hook. So he jumped into a lake and rescued the…
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Giant surfing crocodile closes Broome’s Cable Beach in Australia
See for instance Perth New A giant four-metre surfing croc has closed Broome’s iconic Cable Beach for a day before moving on. While Perth beachgoers were enthralled with a 2000kg sub-adult southern elephant seal which had “hauled out’’ on a city beach, Broome locals and visitors were captivated by the 4m croc which took to…
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Scott Miller vows to stay clean after death of ex-wife Charlotte Dawson
Read for instance Herald Sun Scott Miller has vowed to remain drug-free after he completes his stint in rehab and devote his “energies†to helping other addicts following the shock suicide of his ex-wife Charlotte Dawson. The former swimmer’s family have revealed the Olympic silver medallist was taken to Melbourne by rehabilitation workers on Saturday…
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Jimmy Fallon to swim Polar Plunge in Chicago
Read The Washington Post Jimmy Fallon is getting ready to do the Polar Plunge, Chicago-style with Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The new host of “The Tonight Show†said Monday on Twitter that he would join Emanuel for the frigid swim on Sunday in Lake Michigan. His decision came after Emanuel said he would appear on “The…
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Zaha Hadid’s London 2012 Olympics Aquatic Centre opens to the public
See for instance London Evening Standard and Better For the first time since the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games the public will be able to make a splash in the same swimming pools as some of Great Britain’s greatest athletes. The iconic London Aquatics Centre at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park opens its doors on…
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Paralympics Swimmer Jessica Long Meets Her Birth Parents for the First Time
Read LifeNews Jessica Long grew up in Baltimore but that’s a long way from where she was born. The Paralympics swimmer was born in Russia and adopted by American parents and the Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia gave her an opportunity to meet her parents. Long was featured on NBC’s Olympic coverage in primetime Saturday.…
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Grant Hackett to get treatment in US for Stilnox addiction
Read The Australian Olympic gold medallist Grant Hackett is seeking treatment in a US rehab centre for an addiction to the prescription drug Stilnox. The former swimming star left for the US yesterday, just days after he was found wearing a singlet around his waist in Melbourne’s Crown Casino while apparently searching for his four-year-old…
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Girl gets slapped in the face by a whale
We went whale watching on the Baja this weekend, for an excursion as a part of the Live Different Academy program (www.livedifferent.com), and unfortunately, Chelsea got smacked in the head by a whale’s tail. Luckily, she was fine and we got it on video!
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Swimming the Channel 34 times didn’t stop one athlete from having a heart attack
Read Express Swimmer Kevin Murphy was in training for his 35th crossing of the English Channel when he felt a gripping pain in his chest. However his record-breaking feats of endurance have taught him to battle through pain and over the years Kevin has overcome numbing cold, fatigue and jellyfish stings so he wasn’t going…