Year: 2014
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Grant Hackett and Stephanie Rice share growing bond
Gossip here on Mail Online Troubled Australian swimmer Grant Hackett has found a friend in Stephanie Rice. The former Olympian, who recently attended rehab in the US for sleeping pill addiction, is said to have grown close to the recently retired fellow swimmer. A report in Woman’s Day this week claims it’s common knowledge inside swimming circles that…
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Ex-Spartan Todd Anderson proposes to Katie Hoff before her first pitch at Rays game
She said yes, see Detroit Free Press American swimmer Katie Hoff, a two-time Olympian who won two bronze medals and a silver at the 2008 Games in Beijing, threw out the first pitch before the Tampa Bay Rays closed a series with the Yankees at Tropicana Field today. Waiting for her at home plate was…
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Behold surfers blissfully oblivious of the Great White Shark beneath them
Don’t remember if I posted this back in 2013, but then it is worth re-sharing. Via Reddit Surfer watches GoPro footage only to find he swam 3 feet above Great White shark without realising
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British swimmer Adam Walker to tackle Cook Strait
See video on TVNZ A British tourist is getting set to take the plunge and swim the Cook Strait tomorrow as part of an attempt to swim seven oceans around the world. Adam Walker will make the notorious sixteen nautical mile stretch down the Cook Strait as part of the Ocean’s Seven challenge – which…
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Fiji Swimming get 20-thousand dollars grant from the Australian Sports Outreach Program
Read FijiOne The Australian Sports Outreach Program, ASOP Sports Development Grant through their Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has provided a grant of close to 20 thousand dollars to Fiji Swimming. This is for its “Swim Safe†project initiative. The primary aim of the Project is to qualify the coaches of Fiji’s seven swim…
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Rebecca Adlington blocked nearly 4000 Twitter trolls over abuse which led to ‘nose job’
Read The Mirror Swimmer Rebecca Adlington has revealed the extent of thousands of cruel Twitter taunts which led to her having surgery to reduce the size of her nose. The four-time Olympic medallist said she had “fallen into fame” and never expected the recognition – and criticism – that would follow. She said she had been…
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Schoolkid’s Instinctive Swim to Survive
Read The Wall Street Journal “At first we didn’t think it was that serious,†Joon-hyuk said. But then the boat lurched further onto its side and the waters rose. “We heard the helicopters outside and told each other that the rescuers were coming.†Joon-hyuk and his friends helped a young girl, not even 10 years…
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Sewage Levels In Rio 2016 Waters Have Olympic Experts Worried
Read The Atlantic Guanabara Bay, the site of several 2016 Olympic sailing events, has 78 times Brazil’s legally allowed limit of fecal pollution, and 195 times the U.S. limit. In addition to human waste, the bay is also a receptacle for trash from ships and the bay’s 15 adjacent communities, as well as toxic runoff from a former landfill.…
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British Prime Minister David Cameron stung by jellyfish in Lanzarote
See for instance Sky David Cameron has reportedly been stung by a jellyfish while swimming in the sea at a Lanzarote holiday resort. According to reports the Prime Minister was said to have ignored warnings after locals spotted a number of the stinging marine animals at the island’s Arrieta beach. According to the Daily Mirror,…