Month: November 2015
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Team Denmark unveils first 5 swimmers for Rio 2016
Team Denmark has picked five swimmers to be part of the Danish Olympic team participating in the 2016 Olympics in Rio next summer. Jeanette Ottesen, Lotte Friis, Rikke Møller Pedersen, Mie Ø Nielsen and Viktor Bromer were selected today by the Danish athletics association DFI in co-operation with the national swimming association Dansk Svømmeunion. “All…
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Physicist and photographer combine talents to capture high-speed underwater videos
Underwater photographer Keith Ellenbogen and MIT theoretical physicist Allan Adams might seem unlikely partners, but the pair have just teamed up to produce high-speed videos for the New England Aquarium. If the early results are anything to go by, that’s very good news for ocean research! The two met at a dinner party in 2013 and…
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Could humans swim quicker by imitating eels and jellyfish?
Humans have been swimming inefficiently for hundreds of years and could move more quickly in the water by imitating eels and jellyfish, scientists believe. Experiments by Stanford University have shown for the first time just how the sea creatures undulate through the water, and it has thrown up some surprises. Previously it was thought that…
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Strel World Swim Sponsor Video
Five time Guinness World Record holder and one of Stan Lee’s Superhumans, Martin Strel, swims for peace, friendship and clean water. #strelworldswim Strel’s World Swim begins March 22, 2016. https://youtu.be/7-uQRXSmy3Q
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Lily James Starring as Swimmer Gertrude Ederle in ‘Young Woman and the Sea’
Paramount and Jerry Bruckheimer have tapped Lily James to portray Gertrude Ederle in a movie about the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Bruckheimer is producing and Jeff Nathanson is adapting the script from Glenn Stout’s book “Young Woman and the Sea,†which chronicles Ederle’s 1926 swim across the 21 mile stretch of…
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Life Jackets Float – Do You?
Wearing a life jacket is important even if you’re a strong a swimmer. Rivers aren’t as smooth like most boaters think. As friends go out on a raft for a fun adventure on the river, they suddenly find themselves in the cold, frigid, rough waters. The raft flips over and tragically, they lose a friend…
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Swim The Suck The Movie 2015
Swim The Suck The Movie 2015 – 6th Annual 10 mile race in the Tennessee River Gorge.
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How a Swimming Pool Changes Lives in Malaysia
The swimming program at Malaysia’s Beautiful Gate Foundation helps the disabled transform their lives and regain strength through water therapy. (http://www.operationchange.com)
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News24 speaks to Aussie swim legend Ian Thorpe about SA talent
Australian swimming sensation and five-time gold medal winner at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Ian Thorpe, spoke to News24 Live about the fresh ‘pool’ of SA swimming talent. Watch. Thorpe is currently in Cape Town as a guest speaker at the World Sports Values Summit for Peace and Development. We also ask him about the significance…