Author: rokur
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Michael Phelps joins young swimmers from favela on visit to Rio
American swimming legend Michael Phelps, the winner of 19 Olympic gold medals, joined children from the Rocinha favela in the pool in Rio de Janeiro on Monday.
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CC photo #437: Badem eyeballing me at Istanbul 2012
“Badem”, mascot of the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. They are endangered, the monk seals, only 600 or thereabout left.
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Laureus Academy honors Michael Phelps with Exceptional Achievement Award
See laureus.com Legendary swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time with a career total of 22 medals, including 18 gold medals, eight of which he won in one Olympiad in Beijing, was presented with a new Award – the Laureus Academy Exceptional Achievement Award.
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Speedo Sculpture 2013
Supersuit technology put to good use, I guess – Body shaping swimwear from Speedo Sculpture
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Herbert Nitsch’s final near-death 800ft dive record attempt featured on 60 Minutes
Re-airing throughout March, see for instance Sho Sports In his first interview since the 800-ft. dive that caused brain damage and ended his career, Free Diver Herbert Nitsch Reflects on his injuries and the dive that turned out to be his limit. Herbert Nitsch, known as “The Deepest Man on Earth†for the 32 world…
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Single Breath
“This short movie has been shot in the Maldives, North Male Atoll, during the Manta Rays Season. Since this trip freediving has became a true passion, the sensation of going down without bottle, just lungs, and going a bit deeper everyday to extend my personal frontier, it’s an amazing feeling. In this movie I was…
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Alligator Learns to Swim with a Prosthetic Tail
Read for instance Ecorazzi We’ve seen bunnies in wheelchairs, sea turtles with prosthetic limbs, but as far as the Phoenix Herpetological Society knows, this is the very first alligator learning to swim with a prosthetic tail.
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Seal Pup Slip n’ Slide (surfboard remote camera)
“Newly weaned harbor seal pups make use of my old windsurf board. I mounted a remote GoPro camera and these posers seemed to know exactly where to perform! It had rained that morning and the slip n’ slide ensued.”
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Swimming to Alcatraz in March
“Evan joins the Alcatraz Swimming Society (ASS) of the South End Rowing Club for their weekly swim. March 6, 2013. Pier 33 San Francisco to the Rock. Water temp 51F; Air temp 50F; Winds 10 knots. No wetsuits were used in the making of this film.” Swimming to Alcatraz in March from Evan Morrison on…