Month: November 2014
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Weird And Wonderful Things That Swimmers Do
Courtesy of South African swimmer JustUsBrah / Calvyn Justus http://youtu.be/Ye3u6ujLEl0
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Guinness World Record: Most Bench Presses Underwater
In this week’s Spotlight, watch a man complete the most consecutive bench presses underwater — hold your breath!
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Swimming polar bears chase photographer in waters off Alaska
A wildlife photographer has made a return trip to the Alaskan city of Kaktovik to capture the high number of polar bears being drawn to the area. David Swindler, 35, from Utah, first visited came to the city in October last year to photographer the bears going about their everyday lives on the Barrier Island.…
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8 Students Drown During Swimming Break in Bolivia
Bolivian authorities say eight students have drowned during a swimming break on an end-of-term school trip. Local police chief Alberto Antezana says the 29 students aged 17 to 19 set out from the eastern city of Santa Cruz on a trip around part of the country. They asked the driver to stop at the Ichoa…
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Naoya Tomita plans to deny stealing camera
Swimmer Naoya Tomita, who was summarily indicted for stealing a camera at last month’s Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, plans to deny committing the theft, according to an informed source. Tomita, 25, intends to give an explanation of what happened at a news conference on Nov. 6 in Nagoya. According to the indictment, he…
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Fina stands by decision to honour Putin
Swimming’s world governing body has defended a decision to award it highest honour to Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying it had nothing to do with politics. Fina has been criticised over the timing of the decision with relations between Russia and the NATO alliance under strain, but the body’s executive director Cornel Marculescu told Reuters…
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Chad Le Clos confident of beating Phelps again in Rio
Chad le Clos, one of the few men to have beaten Michael Phelps at the Olympics, has thrown down the challenge to his old rival, urging him to get back into training so they can have a rematch at Rio in 2016. […] “I really, really hope that he and his team decide to swim…
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Extreme selfies: diver poses with great white shark
The selfie trend has been embraced by everyone from astronauts and fighter pilots to world leaders and the Pope. But Dutch conservation photographer Peter Verhoog decided to go one step further – by posing for a personal shot with a passing great white shark. The 59-year-old, a director of the Dutch Shark Society, leaned out…
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Speedo on a Plane Prank Gone Wrong
YouTube star Jerome Jarre (previously) staged a silly prank in which he changed into a Speedo and inflatable turtle pool toy on a flight from Mexico to Miami. In a video that also shows the prank itself, Jarre says he was escorted from the plane by police and interrogated by the FBI who told him,…