Year: 2014
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Behold Swedish football star Zlatan Ibrahimović ice swimming in this Volvo commercial
The soundtrack is him reading the lyrics to a remix of the Swedish national anthem “Du gamla, Du fria“, while the video shows Zlatan in beautiful Sweden, driving a Volvo and hunting reindeer and stuff. And to show true manliness, he goes ice swimming.
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Alicia Coutts set to swim on to Rio 2016
Read The Age Australian swim star Alicia Coutts is set to swim on to the Rio Olympics, and it’s all thanks to her wedding venue being booked out. Coutts had initially planned to marry her fiance Steve this year, with the pair floating the prospect of having kids next year. But after failing to secure…
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MU President commits to investigation into alleged rape of swimmer
See fox4kc.com University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe renewed his call for an independent investigator to look at the facts in the accusations of sexual assault of Sasha Menu Courey, a former student athlete. The Wednesday afternoon news conference was held at 12:30 p.m., immediately before the University of Missouri Board of Curators’ meeting, which…
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Can you swim as fast in syrup as in water ?
“Can you swim as fast in 12,000 gallons of syrup as you can in water? Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage swim for science.” See also The Physics of Swimming in Syrup
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USA Swimming abuse incidents: Review recommends 39 changes
See azcentral.com An independent review has recommended 39 changes to USA Swimming’s anti-abuse program in the wake of a series of sex-abuse incidents involving coaches and the swimmers they oversee. USA Swimming issued a statement in response to the review: “We find the independent report by Victor Vieth, executive director of the Gundersen National Child…
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Ariana Kukors heading to Sochi
See king5.com The Winter Olympics in Sochi begin in just over a week and KING 5 has teamed up with NBC once more to bring you 18 days of coverage, as well as spotlighting Northwest athletes going for gold! This year, the KING 5 Olympic team is welcoming a new addition – Olympic swimmer and world…
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University of Michigan Coaches to Provide In-Meet Commentary on Twitter
Read mgoblue.com University of Michigan head swimming coach Mike Bottom announced Wednesday (Jan. 29) an unprecedented plan to bring the world’s swimming community closer to U-M’s men’s and women’s teams during Saturday’s (Feb. 1) meet at Ohio State through live “Aquatics Analysis” from the coaches on the program’s Twitter account, @umichswimdive. […] “Here at Michigan, we want to try…
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Behold Will Gerard swimming with Orcas
As the video description says, “Free Willy Vs Free Willy” Will Gerard was visiting family in Pelorus Sound for Christmas and decided to take a swim while out on a fishing trip. While swimming he spotted what he thought were signs of dolphins and had his family pass him his waterproof camera. “I’ve always loved…