Month: May 2015
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Pál clears all Faroese breaststroke LC records in one race
This morning during the Bergen Swim Festival prelims, Pál Joensen set a new Faroe Islands national record in the 200 meter breaststroke, qualifying for the final in 2:21.71. But that is not all – en route to that he broke the Faroese records also in the 50 and 100 meter breaststroke. A consequence of being…
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Phelps holds clinic for Special Olympic Athletes ahead of World Games
Cathy Bennett vividly recalls a wild, 7-year-old boy whom she had to give swimming lessons. “He would run around and would use every excuse he had not to get in the water,” said Bennett, an instructor at the Meadowbrook Aquatic & Fitness Center in Baltimore. “He would have to go to the bathroom. He would…
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Bomb sniffing dog swimming on the job
On Tuesday, a bomb threat led to the evacuation of West Hills High in Santee, and although no explosives were found, the story took a rather amusing turn thanks to a bomb sniffing dog. CBS News 8’s Jeff Zevely tracked down the bomb sniffing dog from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms who could…
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Why Swimming Pools Turn Hair Green (It’s Not the Chlorine!)
Chlorine is commonly assumed to be the culprit behind Kermit-colored hair. But the truth is, another compound designed to keep the pool clean may actually be what’s turning your hair green. Copper sulfate is often added to swimming pools to combat algae, according to the authors of a 2014 case study about a 15-year-old girl whose blonde hair was…
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Jarrod Alonge Releases New Metal Parody Video, ‘The Swimmer’
Jarrod Alonge has released a br00tal (not really) new video for The Swimmer – taken from parody album Beating A Dead Horse. See Kerrang!
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Ken Gallinger: Boycotting swim meet won’t deter Russia’s aggression
This summer, FINA, the world body for competitive swimming, will be hosting the World Masters swimming championships. I have a realistic shot at a gold medal. So what’s the issue? The venue is in Kazan, Russia, a country at war. I am not concerned about personal safety but about the ethics of holding the championships…
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Meet the man who will swim across the Pacific
Ben Lecomte was the first man to swim across the Atlantic Ocean without a kick board in 1998. In 2015, the French-born long distance swimmer wants to reach the next level. Ben wants to swim from Tokyo to San Francisco, from July ’til December, eight hours a day, around 8000km. Here is his crazy plan……
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For California Swimming Pools, This Is Hardly A Dry Spell
Despite the severe drought, Californians built more backyard swimming pools in 2014 than in any year since the peak of the housing boom. And this year the state is on pace to shatter last year’s mark. Listen to NPR Photo by stevendepolo