Year: 2014
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Note to Olympic Sailors: Don’t Fall in Rio’s Water
See NY Times Nico Delle Karth, an Austrian sailor preparing for the 2016 Summer Olympics, said it was the foulest place he had ever trained. Garbage bobbed on the surface, everything from car tires to floating mattresses. The water reeked so badly of sewage that he was afraid to put his feet in it to…
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Paris’ legendary Piscine Molitor reopens after 25 years of abandonment
Read  The Guardian Built almost a century ago, the art-deco Piscine Molitor in the 16th district of Paris is no ordinary swimming pool. It was here the first bikini was unveiled and the topless sunbathing revolution took off, and it is after this swimming pool that the main character in the 2001 novel Life of…
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WADA decides to add Xenon gas to banned substances list
Read The Telegraph The World Anti-Doping Agency banned the inhalation of xenon gas on Sunday night after deciding it could be used to enhance athletes’ performances illegally. The president of Wada, Sir Craig Reedie, revealed that the untraceable substance, which studies have shown can stimulate the production of erythropoietin (EPO) and testosterone, had been added…
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Sun needs time to be back to top, says coach Zhang
Read Xinhuanet After 200m free, Sun shouted and punched in the air, releasing his pressure from the public since the non-license driving incident. “I’m satisfied with today’s performance. It’s an easy win,” Sun said after setting the world’s fifth best of this year in 200m free. Sun is expected to meet with arch rival Park…
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Lost In Jellyfish Lake
Via PetaPixel Originally filmed a year ago, the video has been given new life by GoPro, who decided to pick it up, do some color grading and other edits, and repost it on their own YouTube channel where it’s gotten over 150,000 views in the last 2 days. The original footage isn’t quite so vibrant, but…
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Kieren Perkins reveals panic attack that almost cost him Olympic swimming glory at Atlanta 1996
Read 7NEWSÂ and ABC Swimming great Kieren Perkins has revealed a panic attack nearly led him to abandon an Olympic gold-medal-winning race that became one of the most enduring moments in Australian sporting history.
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Two 38-Story Skyscrapers Connected At The Top With A Pool Bridge
See Geekologie These is the almost 600 apartment Sky Habitat currently being built in Singapore. The 38-story towers will have three 50-meter bridges connecting the two. The top one of which will be a pool. It looks like the perfect place to get out of the pool and die. “I suspect the deceased was trying to cheat at…