Author: rokur
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Sea swimming helps English Channel swimmer Rob Starr with his Crohn’s disease
Read Express When Rob Starr decided to swim the English Channel in memory of his father Edward, who had passed away from cancer, he knew he had set himself an enormous challenge. The 21-mile swim through the freezing waters of one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes would be enough to daunt even someone at…
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Berlingske first major Danish newspaper to launch Swim section
As spotted by SwimNews.dk, Denmark’s oldest newspaper Berlingske has launched a dedicated swimming sports section, as the first of the “big three” broadsheet-quality national daily newspapers, the other two being Jyllands-Posten and Politiken. It is somewhat a surprise that Berlingske beat Politiken to this honor, as Politiken with journalist Allan Nielsen for many years has…
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CC photo #667: Olivia Smoliga on the Istanbul 2012 medal podium
USA’s Olivia Smoliga world champion in the women’s 100 meter backstroke at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. In red Denmark’s silver winning Mie Ø. Nielsen and in the bottom right corner bronze winner Simona Baumrtova from the Czech Republic. Also, hyperflexible elbow. See the result list here.
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Herning 2013 en route to a new record of participation for European SC with 42 nations
Read Politiken (in Danish) After a late registration from Azerbaijan, the number of registered participating countries for the LEN 2013 European Short Course Championships is now 42, which if all show up will mean that Herning 2013 will break the record of 41, held by the Istanbul 2009 Europeans. Albania, Andorra, Armenia, FYR Macedonia, Gibraltar,…
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Ziphius the app-controlled aquatic drone now available to pre-order
Ziphiusâ„¢, the first app-controlled aquatic drone, which won both the judges’ and readers’ choice 1st place awards at this year’s Engadget Insert Coin Award competition and successfully reached its Kickstarter funding goal in July 2013, is now available for limited pre-order sales via its website: http://myziphius.com. Azorean, the company behind Ziphius, will officially be launching its…
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“From Battles to Bubbles”: SCUBA Therapy Program boosts mind and body of injured veterans
See for instance wistv.com and vaanswers.org An IED explosion left a soldier with PTSD along with brain and back injuries. It also cost him his career in the military. Today, he is getting a second chance. Through the Veterans Benefits Foundation, medically retired Staff Sergeant Cliff Goble is the first disabled veteran to take part…
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Behold pro surfer Mark Healey stiff-arming a tiger shark
Read Pete Thomas Outdoors Mark Healey, a big-wave surfer and passionate freediver, is seen stiff-arming a tiger shark in the accompanying photo and video (video posted below). What’s not shown is Healey riding the same tiger shark 30 minutes before he issued the football move to the advancing predator. A handful of freedivers have recently taken…
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Man jumps ship after huge sword fish lands on deck
“A man on a fishing boat has been filmed jumping into the water as a marlin propels itself onto the deck, threatening to impale the fishermen with its long pointy snout.” http://youtu.be/jZLQkunQACg