Year: 2014
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Go Time For Swim Cup Eindhoven 2014
The 10th Swim Cup Eindhoven is about to start, 10th to 13th April 2014, with a spectacular field of participants including local swimmers vying to qualify for the Berlin 2014 European Championships, and swimmers from Sweden, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Greece, Hungary, Brazil, Russia, Denmark, Faroe Islands, … Event Landing Page • Start list • Live…
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Stephanie Rice announces retirement with YouTube video
Read Swimming World Demonstrating the class with which she’s typically carried herself within the sport of swimming, three-time Olympic gold medalist Stephanie Rice waited for the completion of the Australian National Championships before making her retirement public with an emotional YouTube video. Post by Australian Swim Team.
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Colombian Olympian Omar Pinzón exonerated by CAS in cocaine case
Read Howard Jacobs Athletes Lawyer Blog Omar Pinzon’s long fight to clear his name is finally over, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (“CASâ€) issuing its final decision exonerating him earlier this week.
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8-year-old boy survives hours at sea thinking of mum and dad and “swim, swim, swim and don’t stopâ€
Read news.com.au Isiah Andrew, was holidaying in the Solomon Islands’ capital Honiara, when flash flooding associated with Cyclone Ita tore through hundreds of homes killing 17 people, with 30 still missing and thousands homeless. “I was shocked to see how fast the river rose. I could not run anywhere because the house was surrounded with…
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Thorpe’s agent Erskine says Ian is “quite sickâ€, but no risk of losing use of arm
Read for instance ABC Erskine rubbished reports that Thorpe could lose the use of his arm because of the infections, but said Thorpe would never swim again competitively. “From a competitive point of view – he will not be swimming competitively again I don’t think,” Erskine said. “The shoulder operation was a major operation. He’s…
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Whoops, Dutch reporter falls overboard during interview
An interview with Kampen mayor Bort Koelewijn literally goes overboard, when the reporter misjudges the support of the rigging. But the mayor is quick on his feet, and offers the lovely lady first his mayoral chain, and then a maybe more appropriate life buoy. Sound guy is nice too :-) See for instance nieuws.nl
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Human remains found in search for woman ‘taken’ by large shark in Australia
See CNN A cap and goggles belonging to a 63-year-old woman presumed to have been “taken” by a large shark while swimming off the coast of Australia have been found, along with human remains, police said Friday. The search for Christine Armstrong was ongoing Friday morning, New South Wales Police said in a statement. Armstrong…
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New Philly pools rules require kids to swim a length before going in the deep end
See nbc10.com A tragic child drowning at a Philadelphia Parks and Recreation pool last year will mean stricter rules for young swimmers who visit city pools this summer. The biggest change:Â all camp swimmers will have to swim from one end of the pool to the other before they’ll be allowed in the deep end. On…
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