Author: rokur
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Jonathan Bird’s Blue World: Freediving with Karol Meyer
Jonathan travels to the island of Bonaire to take a course in freediving from Karol Meyer, a world-champion freediver. Soon he learns how to hold his breath and dive—with no scuba tank!
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SwimBritain 2014 Launches
Now in its second year, British Gas SwimBritain is supported by a host of big-name swimmers including fellow London 2012 medallists Ellie Simmonds, Michael Jamieson and Becky Adlington alongside funny man David Walliams, who all completed the challenge at events around the country last year alongside thousands of swimmers. Find out more and register for…
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Swimming New Zealand have medals in their sights
Read stuff.co.nz As expected, Lauren Boyle will head the Kiwi charge for medals in Glasgow. The three-times bronze medallist at last year’s world champs in Barcelona will contest the women’s 200 metres, 400m and 800m freestyle events and lead the 4x200m freestyle relay team. Glenn Snyders should be in the medal hunt in the 100m…
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50 friends swim in 17 Irish counties over 38 hours for “loyal and fun†friend in a coma
Read thejournal.ie, Caring for Pádraig and hospi-tales.com A group of almost 50 friends will swim in 17 counties across Ireland over 38 hours to raise money for their friend who is in a coma after a tragic accident. Pádraig Schaler is a hugely popular 23-year-old who is currently in Germany receiving rehabilitative neurological care after being…
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Swimmer suicide report finds Mizzou failed to follow federal law
See KSDK and KMOV An independent report released Friday says the University of Missouri failed to follow parts of the federal law that governs sexual harassment on campus when handling the case of a former swimmer’s suicide. The report concludes administrators on the Columbia campus should have investigated 20-year-old Sasha Menu Courey’s 2011 death after…
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15-foot Oarfish Spend Last Moments Swimming With Tourists Off Mexico
See for instance Indian Country and Examiner An oarfish in Mexico was filmed by tourists as it swam right up to the beach. After being turned away gently from the beach sand with a paddle, the 15-foot oarfish swam under a kayak, continued to swim around the Mexican tourists, and eventually disappeared. The oarfish and human encounter was caught…
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Five anglers swim to safety after ice shifts on Lake Winnebago
Read The Northwestern Five men had to swim to safety after the ice they were fishing on broke loose on Lake Winnebago. Winnebago County Sheriff’s deputies were called to Lake Winnebago near Waukau Road in the town of Black Wolf Thursday shortly before 10:30 a.m. When deputies arrived they found a 58-year-old West Allis man…
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Rikke Møller Pedersen gives up sweets in pursuit of world record
At the Danish Open / European Trials in March, Rikke Møller Pedersen was only 0.83 sec from the 200 meter breaststroke world record, that she set at the Barcelona 2014 World Championships. She wasn’t fully rested at the trials, but is that now at the Swim Cup Eindhoven 2014, with a declared mission to take…