Author: rokur
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Jamaican Free Diver Killed By Shark
Read SURF Police identified the victim as 68-year-old George Facey of the western town of Savanna-la-Mar. They said he was among a group of Jamaican fishermen who left the Old Harbour Bay Fishing Beach early in the day and encountered sharks while diving off a remote cay located some three miles off the south coast.…
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Norwegian SC Champs 2013 LIVE on Livestream
Behold, the Norwegian Short Course Championships 14 – 17 March 2013 can be followed live on Livestream as we speak, with live timing, results and stuff also on medley.no. There is an interesting “Smørdal Sport og Media” icon at the bottom of the page, could very well be that guy who writes on simma.nu/no and…
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CC photo #438: The Istanbul 2012 women’s 200 breast medal podium
Medal winners in the women’s 200 meter breaststroke at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right Laura Sogar (USA, silver), Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN, gold) and Kanako Watanabe (JPN, bronze). See the result list here.
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Olympic Hopeful Feature Stories
A bit late, but really nice 0:00-2:32-A piece of former University of Arizona swimmer Marcus Titus, who is deaf. Prior to Olympic Trials, Marcus created a movement on social media which convinced USA Swimming to allow him to be aided by hand signals. 2:33-4:47-A piece on shot putter Jill Camarena-Williams, whose husband Dustin also serves…
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Behold Helsinki’s underground Itäkeskus Swimming Hall
The hall has facilities on two floors and can hold about 1.000 visitors at a time. Quarried out of solid rock, it can be converted into an emergency shelter for 3.800 people if necessary. See hel.fi
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Ferenc Kovacshegyi (HUN) presentation on Eva Risztov (10km Open Water)
From the 1st FINA Gold Medal Swimming Coaches Clinic in Moscow, Russia, October 2012.
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Soviet killer dolphins roam the Black Sea as we speak
Read the blog of dolphin scientist guy Justin Gregg After rebooting the Soviet Union’s marine mammal programjust last year with the goal of teaching dolphins to find underwater mines and kill enemy divers, three of the Ukrainian military’s new recruits have gone AWOL. It might not be such a big deal except that these dolphins have been…
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Sea lion pup takes kayak ride
“At the end of a night dive I had quite the surprise when a very cute baby sea lion jumped on my kayak. Was the sea lion pup escaping a shark in the area? Was he cold? Or was he just playing around? In any case,it looks like I now have a new kayaking buddy.…