Year: 2014
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Dark side of dolphins: Mammal ‘aggressively’ tried to push swimmer underwater
With their friendly faces and playful natures, it may seem that wild dolphins are always friendly. But a bottlenose dolphin has been reported to have deliberately pushed a man underwater while he was swimming in the sea off County Cork, in the Republic of Ireland. The animal is said to have ‘lashed out’ at the…
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Lewis Pugh starts his swim of the world’s Seven Seas
Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh has completed the first of seven swims in the Seven Seas to highlight the need for protected areas in oceans around the world. The Devon-based swimmer will be the first to undertake a long-distance swim in each of the classical Seven Seas: the Mediterranean, Adriatic, Aegean, Black Sea, Red Sea, Arabian…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 4
The Dutch made it three, the Russians earned the first two The Dutch swimmers proved they were the ruling nation of the open water events at this year’s European Championships in Berlin by winning the team competition. The Russians also started to collect their gold medals in synchro: they got the respective titles in duet…
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BLN2014 Travel Journal Day 4: Walkabout
So I went to town, needing a thing or two for my camera. Jumped off the tram at Alexander Platz and walked to Potsdamer Platz via the Reichstag, and then back partly along the traces of the former Wall to the hotel at Landsberger Allé. It was a long walk.
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Crocodile chases swimmer in Mexico
The tourist was splashing around off the coast of Mexico’s Playa del Carmen when the deadly beast gave chase. Heart-stopping footage shows the man frantically trying to reach the shore as the predator moves in. […] Manuel Carrera captured the astonishing incident on camera and uploaded it to Facebook. See for instance NY Daily News
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 3
Ukraine nearing first ever synchro gold The only calmer day of the European Championships with no medals awarded, still,beautiful synchro events were held in the famous Schwimm- und Sprunghalle in Berlin. With a rest day held at the open water events, the eyes turned to the synchro competitions where some magnificent performances entertained the crowd…
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Michael Phelps on winless run: ‘I’m swimming for myself’
The most decorated Olympian of all time reflects on his winless run since coming out of retirement in April. Michael Phelps says his lacklustre performance at the US national championships served as a good learning experience. ‘I am doing it for myself, and I am going to have to work because I want to,’ he…
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Uh oh, shark gets close to swimmer off Manhattan Beach
A shark sighting was confirmed in the water off Manhattan Beach pier on Thursday, about a month after a man swimming in the same area was left injured when a shark bit him. […] A Baywatch Redondo personal watercraft investigated and confirmed the sighting to be a juvenile white shark that was 7 feet long,…
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Hannah Miley talks about coming home
Smiley Hannah Miley has had a lot of success in her 25 years. Her most recent was at last month’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow where she won a gold medal in the 400m individual medley and a bronze in the 200m individual medley. But her achievements come at a price as she explained yesterday. Her medals, she said, make…