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 :-)

High Diving

Now these are some clean dives. | Red Bull Cliff Diving Texas, United States 2017

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Rocking crowds and roaring action in the US – the best moments from a fun-filled and unforgettable climax in Texas. Hell’s Gate combined a wild lake party with world class cliff diving at the fourth stop of the season in the USA, as a rocking and raucous crowd help to spark one of the most exciting finishes in the history of the World Series. https://youtu.be/3DlJ54gaMIg

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Crime

Commonwealth Games swimmer ‘raped a woman who had just had sex with his friend’

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A Commonwealth Games swimmer raped a woman who had just had sex with his friend after she told him she wouldn’t be “passed around”, a court has heard. Otto Putland, 23, who represented Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, is accused of raping the complainant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, twice after a night out with his friends in Cardiff. It is claimed the defendant raped the woman at the home of his friend and Olympic swimmer Ieuan Lloyd after the latter had had consensual sex with her. Putland denies both counts of rape, claiming the…

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Safety

Fewer Canberra children learning how to swim amid parents’ concerns over cost

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The number of kids learning to swim in the ACT has fallen by up to 1,000 participants, prompting safety concerns as summer approaches. The Royal Life Saving Society said some in-school programs have seen participation rates fall over last two years, and out of school programs have not picked up the slack. Royal Life Saving ACT executive director Cherry Bailey said the number of Canberra children learning to swim has fallen since 2015. “We are a little bit concerned that the participation rate is not what it used to be, and that’s across the board for students of all ages,…

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Competition

Park Tae-hwan, An Se-hyeon named ambassadors for Gwangju 2019 World Championships

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South Korean swimming stars Park Tae-hwan and An Se-hyeon were named honorary ambassadors for the 2019 world championships Wednesday. The organizing committee for the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships, which take place in Gwangju, 350 kilometers south of Seoul, unveiled Park and An as their goodwill ambassadors. Park is the only South Korean swimmer to win an Olympic medal. He captured the 400-meter freestyle gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and silver in the 200m freestyle. Four years later in London, Park won silver medals in the same events. Park also won the world titles in the 400m freestyle in…

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Nature

Pedra Que Engole: Rock that ‘swallows’ a hit with tourists in Brazil

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You probably couldn’t pay me to do this but travellers are loving this weird tourist attraction in Brazil where you get “swallowed” by rocks. Pedra Que Engole, which roughly translates to “Swallow Rock”, is a rock formation with a small waterfall above a river in Trindade, about 270km south of Rio de Janeiro. What you do is slide your body through a crevice between these two rocks, letting the water take you, until you disappear into a small, dark cave — as the name suggests, it looks like you are literally swallowed by the rocks. See news.com.au https://youtu.be/UrQRUnSeSaI https://youtu.be/kSKSH0U6urM https://youtu.be/W3wcudIvCvc…

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