Year: 2014
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Standout Niles North Swimmer Shot, Killed
Family and friends are mourning the loss of a Niles North High School student who was fatally shot Sunday night. Max Gadau, 17, and another person were either standing next to or inside a Honda Civic in the 9200 block of Kedvale Avenue when they were both shot. Gadau died in the attack and the…
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Japanese swim team threatens SA – Ryk Neethling
We caught up with Olympic gold medalist, Ryk Neethling, he tells us why he thinks the Japanese swimming team should be on every professional swimmer’s radar. Neethling tells us that at the moment Chad le Clos is among the top two swimmers in the world, but he has to be careful of the Japanese swimmers…
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Cats have filthy swimming pool altercation
Cat fight / instant karma, via Nothing To Do With Arbroath http://youtu.be/syPxKwxaNLc
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I Went Swimming in the Arctic and Survived
I grew up swimming in the warm waters of the Pacific. I hate the cold. Yet when it came time to do a polar dive, I surprised myself by leaping feet-first off a platform into the most freezing water on Earth. I didn’t even blink at the opportunity, but when my body hit the water,…
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Behold two Great White Sharks fighting over bait
Oooooh, courtesy of Barcroft TV http://youtu.be/MkWTVwJEQ7c
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Witness: Michael Phelps was gambling, drinking before arrest
New details in the DUI arrest of swimming superstar Michael Phelps, reports WJZ. Michael Phelps had been out gambling just prior to his arrest. Police say when his luck ran out, his blood alcohol level was almost twice the legal limit. Police say Olympian Michael Phelps smelled of alcohol when he was stopped in his…
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Ian Thorpe awarded honorary doctorate
Ian Thorpe has become a doctor, adding another award to his adorned mantlepiece. The Australian swimming great was presented with an honorary doctorate of letters from Macquarie University in Sydney. It recognises the 31-year-old’s achievements in sport, philanthropy and Indigenous rights. Thorpe was greeted with applause from university graduates where he once studied an arts…
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Ten gold medals for Katinka Hosszu (HUN) in Hong Kong
Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu was once more the athlete to beat in the third leg of the FINA/MASTBANK Swimming World Cup, organised in Hong Kong (HKG) on September 29-30, 2014. Out of the 17 individual events, the Magyar athlete got 10 gold medals, an unprecedented achievement in a single meet of this competition. Among men, things…