Month: October 2014
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Ian Thorpe awarded honorary doctorate
Ian Thorpe has become a doctor, adding another award to his adorned mantlepiece. The Australian swimming great was presented with an honorary doctorate of letters from Macquarie University in Sydney. It recognises the 31-year-old’s achievements in sport, philanthropy and Indigenous rights. Thorpe was greeted with applause from university graduates where he once studied an arts…
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Ten gold medals for Katinka Hosszu (HUN) in Hong Kong
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu was once more the athlete to beat in the third leg of the FINA/MASTBANK Swimming World Cup, organised in Hong Kong (HKG) on September 29-30, 2014. Out of the 17 individual events, the Magyar athlete got 10 gold medals, an unprecedented achievement in a single meet of this competition. Among men, things…
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Eamon Sullivan makes dancing debut
Perth swimming champion Eamon Sullivan was a splash hit with a romantic foxtrot full of lifts and spins on last night’s premiere of Dancing with the Stars. The triple Olympian, who recently retired from swimming, impressed three of the four judges with help from his professional dance partner Kalamunda’s Ash-Leigh Hunter. Though judge Todd McKenney…
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Car thief attempts swim to freedom
A teenage boy had two Auckland police officers swimming after him in a short-lived chase that turned aquatic this morning. The youth was reported by members of the public to be driving erratically about 10.30am in the Ellerslie and Panmure area, speeding and weaving in and out of lanes, Inspector Ian Brooker said. Police checks…
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Branko Petrovic Attempting Longest Breath-Hold World Record at Dubai’s Extreme Sports Expo
Fazza Freediving Champion, Branko Petrovic, will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest breath-hold underwater also known as static apnea next month. The existing record of 11 minutes and 35 seconds underwater on a single breath of air was set by Stephane Mifsud of France in 2009. The Guinness World Record attempt…
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Adventurers swim with humpback whale and calf
Two Gold Coast adventurers in Australia have had a rare close encounter with humpback whales off South Stradbroke Island. A mother humpback whale and her calf approached the swimmers, diving deep out of sight and then rising slowly next to their new friends. This exchanged happened for about an hour, enough time for one of…
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What eternal youth looks like: Four men try to break their 51-year-old swim record
It’s the oldest record still standing in the Northern Virginia Swimming League. Over the decades, young swimmers in high-tech suits and year-round training regimens have shattered nearly all of those creaky old race times. But no team has been able to match what the Four Amigos did that day in the Vienna Woods pool in…
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Man charged after Sunday afternoon swim in river
A 34-year-old man will have to make an appearance in court after he went for a swim in the frigid South Saskatchewan River Sunday afternoon. The man was wearing a wetsuit and appeared to be a strong swimmer, but that didn’t prevent the Saskatoon Fire Department from launching its water rescue boat. People on shore…
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Kerry Washington Is a Mermaid Fanatic
Kerry Washington talks about her love for swimming and the water on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon! See Diversity in Aquatics