Author: rokur
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8-year-old amputee fulfills dream to swim with similarly disabled dolphin
See Today and wtsp.com Cieran Kelso was just a baby when he lost both his legs, which happened to be the same year his favorite dolphin Winter lost her tail. Both live outfitted with prosthetics, and Kelso fulfilled a dream when he flew from England to join Winter in the pool in Clearwater, Florida. Visit…
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George Bovell. Paria. The right man, in the right place, at the right time
“On location for Lonsdale Saatchi & Saatchi / NP. When your day starts rough…”
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The Other Shore | Diana Nyad | (2013) Official Trailer
“The Other Shore follows world record holder and legendary swimmer Diana Nyad as she comes out of a thirty-year retirement to re-attempt an elusive dream: swimming 103 miles non-stop from Cuba to Florida without the use of a shark cage. Her past and present collide in her obsession with a feat that nobody has ever…
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Video: Diana begins her final Cuba Swim
“With a shout-out of “Courage!” (pronounced in French), Diana Nyad jumped into the water from the shore a short way off Marina Hemingway in Cuba for the start of her epic swim to Florida at 8:59:02 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013.”
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Lotte Friis moving to Baltimore to train with Bob Bowman
Simma.nu/dk has the story, Lotte Friis disclosed at the 2013 Round Christiansborg open water event today that she will be moving to Baltimore in the United States, to train under Bob Bowman. SwimmingWorld Magazine describes here how the strength of the North Baltimore Aquatic Club is deepening, with international swimmers like Yannick Agnel and Lotte…
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Lotte Friis & Anton Ipsen win a very wet 2013 Round Christiansborg
The Danish Swimming Federation describes in a press release tonight how a record-number of about 2000 swimmers participated in the 2013 Round Christiansborg open water event in Copenhagen today, that first was delayed 2 hours because of worries about the water quality after a sewage overflow caused by a downpour the night before, and then…
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CC photo #608: Just go straight in, September is free
An interesting experiment in our local community pool here at Toftir, Faroe Islands, this September, where all public swimming will be free of charge. It is only a 16 meter pool, and we are only about 1000 people in the village plus a few thousand in surrounding area, so it would be difficult to make…
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Diana Nyad ready to start her 5th attempt to swim from Cuba to USA
See for instance CNNÂ and diananyad.com If Diana Nyad never realizes her dream of swimming the Florida straits, it won’t be for lack of trying. The 64-year-old says she will begin her fifth and last bid to swim from Cuba to the United States early Saturday. Previous attempts were thwarted by dehydration, ocean currents and excruciating…