Author: rokur

Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT consultant, spare-time swimming aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters and a wife. President of the Faroe Islands Aquatics Federation. Likes to run :-)

Five-time Olympic gold medalist and former California swimmer, Missy Franklin, announces her retirement from competitive swimming on Wednesday. Franklin swam at Cal for two years, was tabbed the 2015 Honda Cup winner as the top female collegiate athlete and the 2015 Academic All-American of the Year (at-large division). Franklin turned pro in the spring of 2015. https://youtu.be/SvUJYV04D-w https://youtu.be/082ZDqZ9sEc

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Freediver Stig Pryds jumps down a 30 meter deep canyon -without a wingsuit or a parachute! Ok, so it’s underwater, but still… stunt performed under supervision of safety divers by a very well-trained athlete. Find out more about Stig here: https://www.stigpryds.com/ https://youtu.be/Ol9fCPC4GWQ

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