Author: rokur
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I’m A Celebrity: Rebecca Adlington reveals she has anxiety disorder and has suffered panic attacks
Read the Mirror Former I’m a Celebrity campmate Rebecca Adlington has revealed she has an anxiety disorder which has caused her to suffer panic attacks. The retired Olympic swimmer, 24, said the condition related specifically to confined underground spaces, explaining her inability to take part in several Bushtucker Trials. She told the Daily Mail: “I…
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Finnish swimming hall rejects 3-year old boy: Not allowed during ladies-only sessions
Read yle uutiset Patrons of the Rantakylä swimming hall in Joensuu, northeast Finland are perplexed by the rules pertaining to special ladies-only swimming sessions. A local mother recently tried to take her three-year old son to the session but they were turned away and told that only women were allowed. (Image courtesy of Michael Coghlan, CC…
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“Gold in the Box” – the official Herning 2013 European SC Championships song
“Guld i Boxen” (“Gold in the Box”), produced in the KOMO-studio in Herning and performed by local stars Rikke Hvidbjerg and Rasmus Steenberg.
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Photo(s) of the NJSC/SC 2013 flags
So tricky, trying to get the perfect photo of flags in motion. I have a lot more photos, but still guess I’ll have to do a bit of photoshopping.
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Free diver and shark researcher William Winram’s new film Great White Sharks
See The Sydney Morning Herald Life as William Winram must be breathlessly exciting. One day you’re ocean diving (without an oxygen tank) to a world record (145 metres down in three minutes, eight seconds); the next you’re swimming with great white sharks and living to tell the tale. There used to be some big-wave surfing…
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Herning 2013 European Short Course Championships Entry Lists published
See svoem.dk, the Herning 2013 Europeoan Short Course Championships entry lists / psych sheets are now online. I for one am happy and proud that our guy Pál Joensen is once again in a major championships final, ranked 5th in the men’s 1500 freestyle. Entries by event Entries by athletes Statistics
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Nordic Junior and Pre-Senior Swimming Championships 2013 in numbers
Right, we are a bit swamped this weekend, but here are a few numbers. After two days of racing, Denmark leads the medal table Their strength is in the junior division While the Swedes lead the medal table in the pre-senior division Individual medals are more evenly spread Top-10 performances include all medal winners in…
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Nordic Junior and Pre-Senior Swimming Championships 2013 underway
The Nordic Junior and Pre-Senior Swimming Championships 2013 are now underway, here in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. See the results from this morning’s preliminary heats. The final session starts formally at 16:00 local time, and will hopefully be live streamed on kvf.fo, with live results on LiveTiming. I’m continuously uploading photos here on Flickr, that can…