Author: rokur
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Hilary Phelps talks swimming, half-marathon
Hilary Phelps, the oldest sister of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, talks with Gerry Sandusky about her family’s swimming heritage, their competitiveness and how she feels before running the half marathon.
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Behold Formula Three Freediving – One Breath Underwater Motor Racing
Or as described on performancefreediving.com, “Formula 3 Freediving (F3F), the underwater racing concept where Top Gun, meets Formula One, meets Freediving.” F3F PROMO from Performance Freediving on Vimeo.
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Former swim coach Todd Sousa gets another 16-month sentence for sex crimes
Read SanJuanCapistranoPatch A Laguna Hills swimming coach who has already served time behind bars for having sex with one of his 15-year-old students was sentenced today to another 16 months in prison for molesting another teenage girl. Todd Robert Sousa, 39, who co-owned Swim Venture Inc. of Laguna Hills with his wife, pleaded guilty in June to six counts of lewd acts on…
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Swimmer killed by shark off Jeffreys Bay in South Africa
See for instance JBAYNEWS, IOL and the National Sea Rescue Institute JBAYNEWS 74 year old JBay local Burgert van der Westhuizen was an experienced open water swimmer, who regularly swam along the coastline of Jeffreys Bay. He was often seen training in the canals of Marina Martinique, mainly in the summer months. Burgert had the respect…
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Russia 1:41.70 and a new world record in the mixed 4×50 medley
At the World Cup meet in Moscow today, Russia’s team of Sergey Makov (23.98), Andrey Grechin (26.90), Daria Tcvetkova (25.97) and Ekaterina Borovikova (24.85) managed to crush the mixed 4×50 medley world record, with a time of 1:41.70 beating Indiana University’s world record of 1:49.87 from September. This is an only recently recognized FINA event, so…
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Ruta Meilutyte 1:02.36 and new World Record in the 100 meter SC breaststroke
At the World Cup leg in Moscow today, Lithuania’s Ruta Meilutyte scorched the Olympiisky pool, when winning the women’s 100 short course meter breaststroke final in a new world record time of 1:02.36. Old record was Rebecca Soni’s 1:02.70 from the Europe vs USA Duel in the Pool event in Manchester back in the supersuited…
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THE SWIMMER / PLAUKIKÄ– – Official Trailer
Official trailer of the award winning short film “The Swimmer / PlaukikÄ—” directed by GabrielÄ— UrbonaitÄ—. See IMDB and Facebook Awards: Silver Crane 2013 – Best Short Film (Lithuania) Best Lithuanian Film (Audience Award) – Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris 2013 (Lithuania)
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Ryan Lochte embraces Charlotte, new training routine
“Even with a cap and goggles, it’s hard not to notice Ryan Lochte. Take him out of the pool, and apparently, it’s even harder to miss him…”