Author: rokur
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Rick Moore swam through blood to rescue Maui shark-attack victim
Read The Seattle Times A woman who lost her arm in a Maui shark attack kept repeating that she was going to die, the California high schoolteacher who jumped into the water to save her said. “As soon as we stand on the beach, we heard this bloodcurdling scream,†said Rick Moore, 57, of Laguna…
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New Zealand DJ accidentally sexts photo of genitals to paralympic swimmer Sophie Pascoe
Read UPI New Zealand radio DJ Dom Harvey apologized for sending a Snapchat image of his genitals to paralympian swimmer Sophie Pascoe. The Edge morning radio host sent the image through the Snapchat social media took, which allows a user to send a photo for a set length of time before it disappears, The New…
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Oleg Lisogor allegedly detained in Liberia this weekend over kidnapping charges
Read for instance forUm and AllAfrica The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine verifies information on detention of swimming world champion Oleg Lisogor and his business partner Mykola Chernyshev by the Liberian police on charges of kidnapping and long-term detention of a person. […] According to the newspaper [Liberian Heritage], the defendants kidnapped Slipchenko and kept him…
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CC photo #596: Jákup on camera duty
Youngest member of our open water camera crew, 9-year-old Jákup with the waterproof Sanyo CA100, ready for action at the 2013 Seaman’s Day Swim across the firth of KlaksvÃk, Faroe Islands. His footage turned out the best on the day, actually, as I immediately got water on the lense of the Sony, and the GoPro…
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Marathon Swimmer Owen O’ Keefe gets a hero’s welcome
Long distance swimmer Owen O’Keefe arrives to a hero’s welcome in Youghal, Co Cork after successful completing his non-stop solo swim from Fermoy to Youghal in a time of 12 hours 8 minutes. See also his personal swimming blog
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12-year-old Kali Hardig third ever to survive brain-eating parasite Naegleria Fowleri
Read for instance Huffington Post and MailOnline The 12-year-old Kali Hardig of Arkansas is now the third survivor of the rare but nearly always fatal infection caused by the brain-eating parasite Naegleria fowleri. Kali was brought into the Arkansas Children’s Hospital on July 19 with a fever, not long after she went swimming at the…
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Ryan Lochte & Cullen Jones party at AZURE Palazzo in Las Vegas
“11-Time Olympic Medalist Ryan Lochte enjoyed a congratulatory and luxurious pool party at Azure Pool in The Palazzo Las Vegas, for his birthday on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. Fresh off the FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain where he won a third consecutive men’s 200m IM world gold, Lochte celebrated his victory and birthday with…