Author: rokur

Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT consultant, spare-time swimming aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters and a wife. President of the Faroe Islands Aquatics Federation. Likes to run :-)

Glamour and glitter dominating the international World Sports Awards gala in London, early 2001. Featuring Inge de Bruijn, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Michael Klim, Lenny Krayzelburg, Ian Thorpe, 007 actor Roger Moore and Mark Spitz cracking jokes. Swimmers dominating the World Water Sports Awards 2000, even with rower Steven Redgrave on home turf. Courtesy of jostalgie.nl. World Sports Awards 2000 from Jos van Kuijeren on Vimeo.

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Olympic legend Michael Phelps has according to the New York Post split with his longtime girlfriend Nicole Johnsen, a former Miss California. She travelled with him to Shanghai 2011, but sources say now that the couple broke up a few weeks ago, and that Phelps is telling friends he’s single. Bleacher Report speculates if this is a bad omen of things to come for Phelps, that he’ll loose focus with London 2012 only half a year away. Aussie bookies are betting on him getting back together with old flame Stephanie Rice. Image courtesy of Charis Tsevis, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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The Italian Swimming Federation (FIN) announced yesterday evening following a meeting between Federica Pellegrini and national swimming team coaches that her new coach will be the same as Magnini’s, and that her preparation for the London 2012 Olympics starts with a 20 day long altitude camp in Flagstaff, Arizona on January 8. After the training camp she’ll be based in Rome, and also spend time training along with the rest of the Italy swimming team at the national training centres in Ostia and Verona. FIN president Paolo Barelli said at the end of the meeting, that “the agreed training schedule…

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Procter & Gamble has announced that Olympic open-water swimmer Keri-Anne Payne has been selected as the latest ambassador for its Oral-B dental brand, as official face of the Oral-B Triumph 5000 with Smart Guide power brush and Pro-Expert toothpaste. Procter & Gamble has as we know also selected Payne to represent its Max Factor brand award-winning False Lash Effect Gold, as part of the company’s efforts to bolster its presence at the London 2012 Games. Via zenopa.com

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Video here paralleling the day in the life of a journeyman and Olympian Brent Hayden, emphasizing on how Learn to Learn and Essential Skills are integral on any journey to success. A Dave Hamilton Production for UA Piping Industry College of British Columbia. A day the life of…….. from dave hamilton photography on Vimeo.

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Toughest guy in the universe teaches us how to do CPR, without the kissing because “you only kiss your missus on the lips”. Courtesy of British Heart Foundation, see bhf.org.uk/handsonlyCPR, where they’re preparing a free smartphone app and everything. Thanks Vinnie!

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Dominique and Pauline Pratt presenting what seems to be a potential great documentary about open water swimming, I guess about the two teams preparing to cross the English Channel, one as the fastest team ever and the other as the oldest. Comments from team members also. It’s only a working title, and a rough cut without audio mix, but still looks very promising! The Big Swim Pilot from BRENDAN bubba HUTCHENS on Vimeo.

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