‘There’s something in the water.’ http://youtu.be/R5mPELbWVDk
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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 :-)
Active Essex and Olympic swimming and TV personality Mark Foster launched “Get Active Essex†today, kicking off the sports campaign with a 3k park run in Central Park, Chelmsford. Get Active Essex is a campaign that aims to encourage a healthier and more active county. Around 80 people attended the first event, some running, others walking, and some even undertaking the course with babies in buggies. “We want to get as many people active in greater Essex a possible,†explained the chairman of Get Active, Gary Sullivan, who took part in the run. “With this event, obviously park running has…
A dramatic scene played out at Oregon’s Fogarty Creek State Park on Saturday after five people had to be rescued from a rocky outcrop by helicopter and one more was saved by beachgoers who formed a human chain. A group of eight people between 18 and 30 years old were stranded on craggy rocks near Depoe Bay as high tide came in. As rough waves quickly swelled, to jump into the waves and swim back to shore, KATU reports. When a female swimmer began to struggle, a group of beachgoers went to heroic lengths to save her by forming a…
15 year old Erik Nieman is a competitive swimmer with cyclic fibrosis. Make A Wish Foundation gave him the opportunity to train with olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte. http://youtu.be/qB_MnGZhwyE
June 6, 2014 is a day that has forever changed the Franklin community. On that Friday, six teenagers from Franklin Community High School were along the Big Blue River Dam, when Sarah McLevish, 16, became trapped in the churning water. Two other teenagers, Michael Chadbourne and Jason Moran, died trying to save her. McLevish spent eleven weeks in two different Indianapolis hospitals. She has been at home with her family since August 21. “The family room has become Sarah’s room; overwhelmingly Sarah’s room,” her mom, Bobbi Hubbard, laughed. Hubbard and her other daughter, Kaitlin, transformed the room. On the walls,…
Over the years, we’ve seen a lot of teams find different ways to promote breast cancer awareness, through pink uniforms or accessories. Spencer took it to a new level on Monday, turning a swimming pool pink for their high school swim meet. The pool had a slightly pink hue as the “Pink Out” was held at the Spencer Family YMCA. The meet was held in honor of Spencer swimmer Cassidy Fox, who’s mother Missy is battling breast cancer. The swimmers, who come from Spencer, Spirit Lake and Hartley, sold raffle tickets and one winner from each school was drawn to…
Five-time Olympic Games medallist Alicia Coutts has contemplated an immediate retirement from swimming, declaring “if I retired tomorrow, I would be satisfied with what I’ve done in the sport”. Canberra swimmer Coutts also hit out at the sport’s critics, saying that constant criticism was “disheartening” as she weighs up her future. It was speculated last week that Swimming Australia had blown its budget and would be unable to pay athletes up to $300,000 in performance bonuses. Coutts is yet to hear from the governing body and is training for the Australian short-course championships in Adelaide next month. The 27-year-old won…
Deja the F2B Savannah cat goes swimming for the first time in the family pool. Watch as the adorable 3-month-old kitten treads water with confidence while wearing her personal life jacket. http://youtu.be/JddlVEH-UDY
Cesar Cielo is calling you to volunteer. Accept the challenge? Then BOOOORAAAA! http://youtu.be/sMnBh6LEqqE
Swim for Tri coach, Dan Bullock, gives his top tips on freestyle swimming technique in the pool and in open water. http://youtu.be/z5RmBk5iTMQ