Month: April 2014
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Five anglers swim to safety after ice shifts on Lake Winnebago
Read The Northwestern Five men had to swim to safety after the ice they were fishing on broke loose on Lake Winnebago. Winnebago County Sheriff’s deputies were called to Lake Winnebago near Waukau Road in the town of Black Wolf Thursday shortly before 10:30 a.m. When deputies arrived they found a 58-year-old West Allis man…
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Rikke Møller Pedersen gives up sweets in pursuit of world record
At the Danish Open / European Trials in March, Rikke Møller Pedersen was only 0.83 sec from the 200 meter breaststroke world record, that she set at the Barcelona 2014 World Championships. She wasn’t fully rested at the trials, but is that now at the Swim Cup Eindhoven 2014, with a declared mission to take…
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Sioux Falls Swim Teams Looks Forward To Possible Indoor Pool
See keloland.com On Tuesday, 70 percent of Sioux Falls voters voted “no” for the construction of an outdoor pool complex at Spellerberg Park. That vote leaves room for an indoor pool in the area. It’s something some swim team members are looking forward to. Summers mean swimming for area swim teams like the Snowfox and…
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Ottesen and Friis among 20 nominees for Denmark’s Greatest Sports Name title
Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet is arranging a vote for Denmark’s Greatest Sports Name as of now, starting with 36 two days ago that have now been narrowed down to 20. Two of the 20 are swimmers Jeanette Ottesen and Lotte Friis, whom we all can for vote for now until Sunday morning. The public vote…
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BTS clip from Journey Gym’s infomercial shoot with Ryan Lochte
‘The world’s first truly portable universal gym’, see journey gym Post by journey gym.
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Katinka Hosszu: “I always learn something new, even after 20 years of swimming!”
Read fina.org Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu is attending the SportAccord Convention in Belek, Turkey this week. The current 200m and 400m IM World champion is on-hand both in and out the pool as she is to take part in a practice session with kids from the local swimming clubs today and the first-ever “Youth Club” discussion…
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Thorpe ‘in good spirits’ as he fights infection: Manager
Read The Peninsula and see video on Today “He’s fine, he’s a battler,†James Erskine told Channel 9’s Today programme. “He’s in good spirits, you know, he’s got drips in, he’s got antibiotics and all that sort of thing so he’s not exactly going to swim in the Commonwealth Games tomorrow.†Erskine said he was not…