Year: 2016
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Alicia Coutts ready to make splash at NSW meet
Married life is bliss for dual Olympian Alicia Coutts but she is not quite ready to let go of her first love – swimming. Coutts, 28, admitted it was very tempting to walk away from the pool for good after tying the knot in September. A chronic shoulder injury that refused to go away provided…
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Dangerous Places You Wouldn’t Want to Swim
Take a look at 5 of the most dangerous places to swim in the world, courtesy of Simply Swim Often we talk about the best places to swim, whether that be in open water, or our favourite water parks. But today we’re going to be counting down the top five places NOT to swim! Photo by sidibousaid60
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Syrian swimmer to compete on team of refugees at Rio Olympics
The International Olympic Committee has reportedly identified 43 potential refugee athletes to compete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. As many as 10 will be selected to compete on a team as “a message of hope†at this summer’s Games. According to IOC President Thomas Bach, the 10 athletes selected will compete on “Team Refugee…
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Michael Phelps has no worries about fiancée, son going to Rio Olympics
Despite an outbreak of the Zika virus, Michael Phelps says his fiancée and newborn son will accompany him to the Rio Olympics. Nicole Johnson is due to give birth to the couple’s first child in May. She is with Phelps this week at the Arena Pro Series meet in Orlando (NBC Sports Live Extra, Friday…
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7 Non-Swimmers Whose Worst Enemy Is Water
If humans were meant to swim, we’d have flippers, gills and, ideally, inflatable air bladders. This goes some but not all of the way to explaining how games heroes like Master Chief, Claude from GTA 3, Altair and John Marston react so poorly when they come into contact with water.
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European Masters Games 2015 Nice – Disabled swimmer feature
This is a small promotional video to undestand better the athlete’s perspectives about masters sport. It was made during the European Masters Games 2015 in Nice, France.
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Massively Majestic: What It Feels Like to Swim With Whales
Anuar Patjane is a photographer who last year won National Geographic’s photo contest for a picture of a humpback whale and her calf. He relives his encounter swimming with the largest living mammals on earth.
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GoPro livestreamed a shark swim on Periscope using a simple cable and an iPhone
To show just what’s possible when you use your iPhone to livestream from a GoPro camera using Periscope, GoPro Thursday livestreamed a dive featuring famed wingsuit flyers / base jumpers Jeb Corliss and Roberta Mancino and some great hammerhead sharks. Read CNET LIVE on #Periscope: Testing out the GoPro underwater with bull sharks and hopefully a great…
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Incredible New Guinness World Record – 24 Minute O2 Assisted Breath-Hold
The Guinness World Record for the longest underwater breath-hold has just been shattered – Aleix Segura from Spain held his breath for 24 minutes 3 seconds, after breathing Oxygen as part of his breath-up, on February 28th 2016 at the 17th Mediterranean Dive Show in Barcelona. Read Deeper Blue Video: Aleix Segura breath-holding 23 min…