Author: rokur
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Stephanie Rice checks out ‘Zuu’ training
Today’s fitness expert Stephanie Rice reports on a new fitness craze that sees participants train ‘like animals’. http://youtu.be/df0wie-6fCI
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CC photo #679: Happy kids and grown-ups after our spring 2013 swim day
A fun group photo after the ‘Swim Day’ that the Faroese Swimming Association and Fuglafjarðar Svimjifelag arranged in Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands, in March 2013. A lot of stuff happening that I didn’t see when the shot was taken, like ‘rabbit ears’ and water balloon threat. ‘Swim Day’ is a strictly fun event that we have…
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TV Mid Jutland segment featuring Rikke Møller Pedersen
When competing at the TYR Grandprix 2013 in Herning 2-3 November 2013, Danish breaststroke ace Rikke Møller Pedersen took time out to meet her fans, signing autographs as seen in the segment below. ‘Well this is really nice. It is a bit odd, I still feel that I’m just a normal swimmer, and it has…
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Aussie relay set another 2 World Records in one day
Read SwimmingWorld and see the result lists here and here from the 2013 World Cup meet in Tokyo. The Australian foursome of Tommaso D’Orsogna (21.48), Travis Mahoney (21.59), Cate Campbell (23.10) and Bronte Campbell (23.44) nearly unified the world record and the world best in the mixed gender 200 free relay with a winning time of 1:29.61.…
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Usain Bolt claims he ate 1,000 Chicken McNuggets during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
Read The Independent Diets can be of paramount importance to a sportsman – Novak Djokovic’s grand slam success is based on a strict gluten free one, WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley defeated Manny Pacquiao on a trusted vegan one, and Usain Bolt at the 2008 Beijing Olympics…he powered to three gold medals fuelled by Chicken…
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Yuliya Efimova 28.71 and new World Record in the 50 breast
Correction: Efimova’s time was 28.71, as written in the SW piece below. Not 28.17 Read SwimmingWorld and see the result list here. After a particularly rough FINA World Cup circuit during which she’s drawn disqualifications on a routine basis, Russia’s Yuliya Efimova finally had her major breakthrough as she clipped the world record in the…
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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake wakes up competitors for day 2 of Tokyo World Cup meet
Read SwimmingWorld Swimmers in attendance at the Tokyo stop of the FINA World Cup just had the experience of a lifetime as a 5.5 earthquake hit the city just a bit ago. Woah! That was a scary earth quake! I looked my window to see if the city was still there only to see a…
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Swim with great white sharks in South Africa
Read The Australian Even an iron cage doesn’t make swimming with great white sharks off South Africa a relaxing experience. Toasters kill 400 people each year. Sharks kill between five and 10. Why then does a shark cage resemble the internal mechanics of a toaster? Is it a cruel joke to make me even more…
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Swim the Suck 2013
Swimmers compete in a 10-mile swim down the Tennessee River Gorge. Swim the Suck 2013 from Chad Wilson on Vimeo.