Author: rokur

Hungary’s GergÅ‘ Kis after the men’s 800 freestyle final at Debrecen 2012, 25 May 2012. See result list here.

Danish breaststroker Rikke Møller Pedersen interviewing ‘altitude dad’ Larry Colley and ‘NTC dad’ Paulus Wildeboer at altitude in Leadville. Here is a video from earlier featuring them and others, courtesy of 9News Setubal 10K ‘gate crasher’ Oussama Mellouli was one of the ‘Danish’ at Leadville, just saying ;-)

Off Ryan Lochte’s website With Father’s Day only a week away, Gillette has released this tribute to dad. I want to thank my dad for all of his support throughout my life, for coaching me to be the swimmer and Olympian I am today, and for being one of the greatest dads a son could ever have. Here’s to dad !! Happy Early Father’s Day!

Those two on the inflatable lion … Rebecca and Keri-Anne? “As proud sponsors of the British Swimming Teams, we’re offering everyone in Britain ‘free swims’. Show your support for Rebecca, Keri-Anne and the team and book your free swims today at www.britishgas.co.uk/freeswims.”

Two former Auburn University football players and another man were shot dead and three people including a current player were wounded when an argument at a pool party at an off-campus apartment complex escalated, police said on Sunday. Read more here on Reuters.

Wow, an embarrassing double standard has been exposed as Swimming Australia is today set to sanction Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk over gun photos the other day. Eamon Sullivan has highlighted the hypocrisy of how the federation organized an AOC-sponsored pre-Beijing bonding session at a Canberra rifle range in 2007, and behold, here is a picture of Libby Trickett shooting a (most awesome) flintlock pistol. Read more here on The Sydney Morning Herald.

Sweden’s champion swimmer Sarah Sjöström before the women’s 100 meter freestyle semi-final at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. She ended up winning the event in 53.61 a day later, see result list here. They should bronze that bucket No. 4 for her :-)

Wow, take a peek at this gallery on The New York Times, already the first photo is stunning, or visit his website to see for instance this fantastic photo of ‘a young fisherman with tiger shark’. Via PetaPixel

Wow, “Mellouli, representing Tunisia, smoked the field with a 1:45:18.5 for the win, besting Canada’s Richard Weinberger (1:45:30.2) by more than 11 seconds. Bulgaria’s Petar Stoychev, an open water veteran, picked up third in 1:45:34.1.” Read SwimmingWorld Magazine

You decide :-) Via Geekologie