Croatia’s Duje Draganja after winning bronze in the men’s 50 freestyle at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Rijeka, Croatia.
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Read for instance 9MSN, Illawarra Mercury and ABC Bishan Rajapakse, a 38-year-old doctor from Bondi, was knocked unconscious for 10 seconds when he was struck by a whale, thought to be a southern right, while surfing at Bondi Beach on Sunday morning. The surfer was taken to St Vincent’s Hospital and is in a satisfactory condition. “It was a near drowning,” said Gordian Fulde, director of the emergency department at St Vincent’s. “But he has no broken bones. He will probably go home tomorrow.” Image courtesy of Michaël CATANZARITI, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Just a photo from the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia.
See swimthecostabrava.com, they have an interesting open water swimming event coming up in 76 days (21-22 September 2012), and regular “Secret Swims” training sessions every Saturday and Sunday. This season our technical team offers all open water lovers the possibility to indulge in a different type of training in the most spectacular spots off the beaten track of the Catalan coast. Secret Swims are born out of this philosophy. “Secret†in this context means that, on the one hand, training takes place in uncrowded and secluded spots, and, on the other hand, the swimming location is not disclosed to the…
Sean is aiming to do the never been done before and swim the entire length of Britain. Sean will start his 1000-mile round trip in Land’s End and will need to swim further than the channel every day to stay on track. Follow his Swimming Britain adventure here on speedo.co.uk
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Read Hürriyet Daily News Upon a question about how he felt while swimming, Thorpe said he did not consider himself 30 years old in sport because of the four years of retirement, in which he did not compete in any races. Rather, he said he thought of himself as a 26-year-old athlete. “I kind of take the four years off that I did not have the wear and tear on my body like the other swimmers have had because I was not swimming during the time,†Thorpe said, adding that he had swum socially during the four years but had…
Mundial de Natación, Barcelona 2013. http://youtu.be/f5FvYaFsd-g