A customer who paid only a few bucks for an official 1912 Stockholm Olympics diploma hopes he can flip it for a decent profit in this clip from “Grand Theft Corey”. https://youtu.be/Tcbvtb1Q-AQ
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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 :-)
When to retire is arguably the toughest decision a professional athlete has to make. But for Guy Barnea it couldn’t have been more obvious. He may be only 30 years old, but he has no doubt he is ready for the next chapter of his life. One of the faces of Israeli swimming over the past decade announced his retirement last week, bringing to an end an illustrious career. Barnea reached the Olympic semifinal in the 100-meter backstroke at Beijing 2008 and ended Israel’s 10-year drought without a medal at the European Championships when he claimed a bronze in the…
Florida Gators senior Caeleb Dressel broke so many records it’s hard to keep count. Take a look at all his record-breaking races throughout the 2018 NCAA Men’s Championships. https://youtu.be/_xhoIPC–UU
An Indiana father is dead after saving his young daughter from a car that had rolled into an Indianapolis pond. According to The Associated Press, Anthony Burgess Jr., 24, parked his car at an apartment complex Sunday and left the engine running as he went to talk to a friend. His 3-year-old daughter tried to go with him, but Burgess told her to go back to the car, authorities said. That’s when the girl bumped into the gear shift, sending the car into a nearby retention pond, authorities said. Burgess “jumped into the water and … got the girl out…
Why Olympians don’t drive super nice cars. Not taking a break Lets do this https://youtu.be/NM7HBMIdI7M
Michael Phelps won 28 Olympic medals, the most ever. He won 23 gold medals, the most ever. He competed in his first Summer Games at age 15, one of America’s youngest Olympians ever. He won six golds at 19, a record eight at 23 and went out with five more at age 31. You don’t need a Starbucks barista to tell you where he ranks among the sport’s greats. Interesting names on our Starbucks cups today 😁🙊made us all laugh #hiltonvillage https://t.co/QaW4CFJ7Io — Michael Phelps (@MichaelPhelps) March 21, 2017 But when the wonks at ESPN put their heads together to…
FINIS, Inc., the worldwide leader in technical swim products, is back at it again! This time FINIS is here to talk about how they can save coaches TIME and MONEY with their new Backstroke Start Wedge. For the development of the Backstroke Start Wedge, FINIS worked in collaboration with Vince Harris at WEDG Swim Start Systems (County Cork, Ireland). Vince is an Irish engineer and swim dad who began making wedges for his daughter’s swim team after learning how expensive they were. He had one goal in mind: to create an affordable alternative that fits all standard blocks. If you…
From 2011 – High School swimmer David Tolstyka unfazed by loss of hearing as he succeeds in pool https://youtu.be/AsZHH_b4XG0
The Keepers is a series of films made by The Good Life Experience telling the story of the festival through the people involved. https://youtu.be/unP06mGkBCY
Elijah Winnington is a 17 year old swimmer competing in the biggest sporting event of his life in April 2018. He currently trains under Kyle Samuelson and Richard Scarce at the Bond Swim Club. Elijah is a Georgina Hope Rinehart Swimming Excellence Scholar and is currently studying a Bachelor of Business. https://youtu.be/YP3yVUvwkYU