Author: rokur
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David Blaine at TED: How I held my breath for 17 min
Oldie but goodie – “In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes — a world record (only two minutes shorter than this entire talk!) — and what his often death-defying work means to him. Warning: do NOT try this…
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Eamon Sullivan lapping it up as restaurant owner
Read his piece on The Australian Long before my swimming career took off – in fact, ever since my home economics class at high school – I dreamt of having my own restaurant. By 2011 the time had come to turn that long-held dream into a reality. I got some investors together, we found a…
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Ruta Meilutyte clocks 1:05.20 and a new European record in the 100 breast
See SwimVortex.com Ruta Meilutyte, the Plymouth-based Lithuanian Olympic champion, cracked the European record with a storming 1:05.20 victory in the 100m breaststroke on the opening day at the Monte Carlo round of the Mare Nostrum Tour this evening. Out in 30.80, she was a touch slower than any of her three splits at the Olympic…
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Danish national team member Frans Johannesen tests positive for Terbutaline
Danish and Faroese swimming is shell-shocked today by the news that Danish national team member Frans Johannesen at the Danish Open 2013 meet in March was tested positive for Terbutaline. Frans himself thinks that the positive test is because of the asthma medication he used during the Danish Open. – “I am used to using an…
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Behold Flo, an awesome water-fueled exercise product of the 90ies
BuzzFeed calls it ‘hilarious’. I find any kind of exercise product interesting and relevant that works by adding water. And then I laugh :-)
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CC photo #525: Dominik Meichtry looking very focused at Debrecen 2012
Switzerland’s Dominik Meichtry ready for the men’s 200 meter freestyle prelims at the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. He ended up 5th in the final the day after, see the result list here.
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Ideas For Change, Sylvia Earle
An Interactive infographic designed by the Global Agenda Council on Oceans in partnership with the Ocean Health Index will be hosted on the World Economic Forum homepage . See also worldoceansday.org
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Monaco ready for the 2013 Mare Nostrum
Coordinator Roland Trabaries detailing (in French) what to expect at the 31e Meeting International de Natation de Monte Carlo in Monaco this weekend.