Year: 2014
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CES 2014 VIDEO: BOOM Swimmer Wireless Bluetooth Speaker
See Crave Online It may be easy to laugh at the design of the BOOM Swimmer Wireless Bluetooth speaker, but when you start thinking about the functionality that the BOOM guys (that stands for Born On Original Motives, in case you were curious) have tapped into with that prehensile tail, it probably won’t seem quite that…
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Germany: 300 swimmers take to river Rhine for annual New Year swim
“Some 300 die-hard swimmers dressed in colourful outfits take to the ice cold waters of the river Rhine, Germany, for the annual New Year swim.”
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James Magnussen cover shoot with Fitness First Magazine
“Don’t miss exclusive moments of James Magnussen’s cover shoot with Fitness First magazine!”
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Adorable Baby Pygmy Hippo Takes Her First Swim
“A 3-week-old pygmy hippopotamus went for a swim for the first time at the Marwell Zoo in the UK. Jen Markham has the adorable video.”
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Deal secures elite swimming future in Swansea
Read BBC News Elite swimming in Swansea had only been guaranteed until this summer’s Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Budget cuts following a poor London 2012 by Britain’s swimmers meant that British Swimming removed Swansea’s status and funding as an Olympic and Paralympic training centre. But now elite swimming will continue and it is hoped top athletes…
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Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard opens up about eating disorder
See wzzm13.com “She has won seven Olympic medals, two of them gold. But professional swimmer Amanda Beard has had to overcome a lot, from depression to an eating disorder.”
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Olympic legend Michael Phelps surprises St. Pete swimmers
See myfoxtampabay.com When the Westminster College swim team arrived for training in St. Petersburg, they could not believe their eyes. Standing poolside at the North Shore Aquatic Complex was a man some might consider an Olympic giant. The Pennsylvania students would be sharing the water with Michael Phelps. “We were standing there and we’re like,…
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Rebecca Adlington on The Alan March Sport Show
Jumping straight into business here And later in the show
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Michael Phelps gets bust in swimming Hall of Fame
See NBC Sports For everybody opining on the MLB Hall of Fame, check this out from the International Swimming Hall of Fame. The ISHOF in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has a bust of Michael Phelps on display. The waiting period for induction into the ISHOF is four years, which means Phelps couldn’t be inducted until at…
