Author: rokur
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Gidropark in Kiev, Ukraine is the manliest gym ever
Behold the “Gidropark” free-access outdoor gym in Kiev, Ukraine, nicknamed “Cook’s Island” after founder and for almost half a century maintainer Yuri Cook. All equipment built out of scrap metal and stuff and chained to avoid theft. Awesome! http://youtu.be/GW3XZmigQBw Gym Gidropark Kiev in kiev Featured image found here on Panoramio
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A swimmer, a coach and two crushed Olympic dreams
Read The Stanford Daily Chad La Tourette is five laps away from making the Olympics. It’s the 1,500-meter freestyle finals on the last day of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb., where the nation’s top 2,000 swimmers have gathered to compete for just a handful of spots on the U.S. Olympic team. […]…
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Olympic swimmer Krayzelburg visits Skokie
See Skokie Review It’s the same sun over California as it is over Skokie. And a tanned Lenny Krayzelburg, four-time Olympic U.S. gold medalist from Los Angeles, was in his element Jan. 12 bringing summer gold to the wintry North Shore. […] “I’m very excited about opening our Learn to Swim Academy here in Chicago,…
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Behold this bird’s eye view of Banzai Pipeline surfers
“Happy new year everyone! Thought I would put together some of my aerial footage of 2013. All shots were on the North Shore of Oahu, Pipeline. More winter swells to come!” Pipeline Winter 2013 from Eric Sterman on Vimeo.
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London Olympic Park Aquatics Centre to open
Read BBC The Aquatics Centre used in the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics is to reopen for the first time since the games. […] Visitor ticket prices for the Aquatics Centre will start from £4.50 a session when it opens in March, according to the LLDC. The centre, which has two 50m pools, a diving pool and…
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Blow for Brazil as Laureus cancels Rio awards
Read for instance BBC The Laureus World Sports Awards, due to be held in Rio de Janeiro this year, have been cancelled. […] The news represents another setback for Brazil in its struggles to prepare for the World Cup and 2016 Olympics. It comes after the cancellation of the Soccerex conference last month and amid ongoing delays in…
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Busan 2014 Polar Bear Swim Festival
A wonderful aerial view of the ‘Polar Bear Swim Festival’ in Busan, South Korea, 12 January 2014. ë¶ê·¹ê³°ìˆ˜ì˜ì¶•ì œ polarbear swimming festival from paul oh on Vimeo.
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Two children rescued from icy pond in Gaithersburg, third dies from cold
See ABC7 Three Gaithersburg boys, all between ten and 12 years old, were yanked from a bitter cold retention pond Monday afternoon. On Monday evening, it was confirmed that the 10-year-old in critical condition has died. Around 4:15 p.m., an eyewitness called 911 to report seeing the trio plunge through a thin sheet of ice…
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Morsowanie || Winter swimming 13.01.2013
‘Morsowanie’ – Polish for ‘walruses’ http://youtu.be/lED1lC5i30Y Quite stoic here, but I found this way more lively video from last year Via www.morsowanie.pl