Year: 2014
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Nudists accused of stealing water to fill swim pool
A nudist resort in Northern California has been accused of stealing water from a local creek during the state’s severe drought, according to local news media. Authorities from the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, which protects wildlife habitat, said the clothing-optional Lupin Lodge had been diverting water, some of which was used to fill the…
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361° Asian Games ‘Pull No Punches’ ad featuring Sun Yang
In preparation for the Asian Games starting September 19, 2014, 361 have released a tongue-in-cheek campaign featuring Olympic Swimmer Sun Yang. The Asian Games will see Sun Yang face his chief opponent, the Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan. In the series of 4 commercials, Sun Yang pokes fun at Park Tae-hwan telling him with a cheeky…
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Tangled Manta Ray asks for diver’s help – Ghost Fishing – Costa Rica
We (Brazil) were diving at Bat Islands, Costa Rica, when this peaceful manta came. Brian Thompson (Canada) gently cut the net fishing and now the manta can live with no pain. Courtesy of Oceano VideoSub on YouTube
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Lewis Pugh – Seven Swims; Arabian Sea
Ocean advocate and endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh is undertaking the first long distance swim in all the 7 Seas (Mediterranean, Adriatic, Aegean, Black, Red and North Seas) to highlight the urgent need for more Marine Protected Areas (essentially national parks in the sea).
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2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Return to Omaha
USA Swimming, in collaboration with the United States Olympic Committee, announced in April of 2013 that Omaha, Neb., has been selected as the host city for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming.
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Bianchi and Bridi overall winners of the Castellabate 2014 LEN Open Water Swimming Cup
LEN European Open Water Swimming Cup, Final – Castellabate (ITA) Italians sweep overall titles Italy’s Andrea Bianchi and Arianna Bridi won the respective overall titles in Castellabate in the two-day final of the LEN European Open Water Swimming Cup series. A tough challenge awaited those who went for the highest ranks in the general classifications:…
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Jimmy Feigen and Chloe Sutton Take Over The Morning Swim Show
Olympians Jimmy Feigen and Chloe Sutton talk about a myriad of topics as they interview each other on today’s episode of The Morning Swim Show!
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Historic Black-Owned Swim Club Seeks Bankruptcy
A Philadelphia-area swimming pool that opened in the late 1950s for black members who were denied access to a nearby whites-only pool has filed for bankruptcy. Officials who put the Nile Swim Club of Yeadon into Chapter 11 protection on Wednesday didn’t explain the club’s survival plan in the seven-page bankruptcy petition. Officials launched a…
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