Author: rokur
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Swim coach found dead hours after child porn arrest
Read Today’s TMJ4 and Leader-Telegram A man who drowned in Lake Wissota was the same man who was arrested just hours earlier for child porn, 32-year-old Daniel Weggel who was a high school swimming coach in the Eau Claire school district. Police says evidence seized shows Weggel hid cameras in his home, in the homes of…
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18-year-old Dineka Maguire sets new bog snorkelling world record
See Nothing To Do With Arbroath Dozens of swimmers braved murky waters on Sunday as an 18-year-old woman smashed the world record time for bog snorkelling. The 28th World Bog Snorkelling Championships saw 130 competitors from around the world, some in fancy dress, descend on Waen Rhydd Bog on the outskirts of Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys,…
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Curglaff, the shock felt when plunging into cold water
An obsolete word they say. An awesome word I say! :-) See Jamieson’s Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Online (1841), volume III, page 299
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YMCA – Detroit Swims
See ydetroitswims.org, “In the city of Detroit, 7 out of 10 children cannot swim, putting our children at an unacceptable risk of drowning. No child should fear the water. To teach a child to swim, we need to raise $100 per child. In addition, many children do not have suitable swimwear, so we also need…
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Toronto Swim Club: Why Swim?
Courtesy of Toronto Swim Club Toronto Swim Club: Why Swim? from Melissa Dozois on Vimeo.
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Swimming lessons saved baby born with half a heart
Read The Telegraph Charlie Cobb, had to undergo open heart surgery just hours after being born and surgeons warned he might not pull through. Even after the op he suffered a huge heart attack – underwent two more operations – and was hospitalised countless times to fight off infections. But ever since mothrer Louise Bushby,…
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Swimming: A study of biomechanics using underwater motion capture
“A demonstration of how a combined underwater and land-based motion capture system can be used to analyse movements of swimmers. In this video, we’re analysing swimmers in Sweden’s national swim team, studying the start, dive and the first 15 meters underwater. Shot in BorÃ¥s Swimming Arena, Sweden.”
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Paul Yetter – Best Meets He Has Attended
“Florida Swim Network interviews World Jr Men’s Head Coach Paul Yetter.”