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  • Behold This Swimming Pool Themed Line of Bedclothes

    Behold This Swimming Pool Themed Line of Bedclothes

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    Via Laughing Squid Holland-based Snurk (“Snore”) Bedding has designed a surprisingly realistic swimming pool themed line of bedclothes simply named “Pool“. For this pool you don’t have to be able to swim. That’s because it’s impossible to drown in. Chances are though that you will be sinking into a deep, revitalising sleep. So what are you waiting…

  • Chad Ho, Ashley Twichell retain Midmar titles

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    Read SuperSport South African open-water swimming sensation Chad Ho once again rewrote the aQuellé Midmar Mile record books after he swam to his fifth successive victory in the event in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday. It was the closest finish ever in the race, as Ho just pipped regular rival Troyden Prinsloo at the line.[…] Post by…

  • English TV Presenter Davina McCall Collapses After Sport Relief Swim

    English TV Presenter Davina McCall Collapses After Sport Relief Swim

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    See for instance MTV and Sport Relief Davina McCall is shown in distress and unable to move following an open-water swim in Lake Windermere as part of her epic Sport Relief challenge. The former Big Brother presenter had to be lifted from the chilly waters of the Cumbrian lake and was carried away to a nearby hotel by members of the…

  • Tragedy hits Midmar Mile – swimmer missing, presumed drowned

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    Read for instance sport24 Tragedy has marred the Midmar Mile swimming event for the second time in four years, with a Johannesburg businessman still missing on Sunday after taking part in Race 3 on Saturday, The Witness reports. Thabo van Straten, 43, is presumed to have drowned. Searches on Saturday and Sunday failed to locate…

  • Floating sauna to be launched in Seattle

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    Read Gizmag and see goCstudio Architecture firm goCstudio is planning to launch a floating sauna on Lake Washington, Seattle, later this year. According to goCstudio, the sauna will be accessed by kayak and will provide, “an enticing refuge from the city, a moment to escape, relax and reinvigorate.”[…] According to O’Carroll, the sauna will most…

  • Ryan Lochte jumping into the Olympic diving pool in Barcelona

    Ryan Lochte jumping into the Olympic diving pool in Barcelona

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    “Ryan Lochte jumping into Barcelona’s Olympic Montjuïc pool from the top diving board. Keep watching to see what happens after he hits the water….” http://youtu.be/EhvfRBJ4rao

  • FINA OWS Grand Prix 2014: Geijo and Afanevich take gold in 88km race

    FINA OWS Grand Prix 2014: Geijo and Afanevich take gold in 88km race

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    Read the press release on fina.org A total 25 swimmers from 11 countries took the plunge in the second and longest leg of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2014, organised in Hernandarias-Parana (ARG) on February 9. Home favourite Pilar Geijo turned the 88km demanding effort in a class of her own, winning the…

  • 70-year-old Baldock planning to become oldest to swim English Channel again

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    Read for instance Business Standard and his fundraiser here Cyril Baldock, 70, who swam the English Channel in 1985, has taken the challenge up again. At that time, Baldock swam the English Channel from France to England in just 10 hours and 44 minutes under the guidance of the legendary long-distance swimmer Des Renford, the Sydney Morning…

  • The importance of self esteem – Should Ian Thorpe just ‘cheer up’?

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    Listen to ABC Brisbane Was the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman a tragedy or was he just a foolish junkie who had far too much going for him to do something as stupid as take heroin? Should the successful swimmer Ian Thorpejust cheer up or is he suffering from serious clinical depression? Does success automatically give good…