Author: rokur
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Sunrise – Ian Thorpe in gay nightclub scandal
A Melbourne nightclub is in hot water after it used swim legend Ian Thorpe’s image to advertise a gay party. http://youtu.be/FhZPyIk195I
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Salnikov: Breaststroke rules to allow multiple dolphin kicks the first 15 meters
Read SwimNews FINA, in a move believed by some as a way around introducing underwater cameras in disputes and appeals, may relax the rules on breaststroke to allow multiple dolphin kicks at the start of races, according to former 1500m great Vladimir Salnikov. “The athletes will be allowed to make an unlimited number of dolphin…
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Top Romanian swimmer Mihai Ciocan collapses, dies
Read SwimmingWorld Magazine Romanian high school swimmer Mihai Octavian Ciocan, 18, died late last night after a party with his friends, according to Objectiv Vocea Brailiei. The Farul Constana Swim Club member collapsed in front of his friends, and was pronounced dead on arrival at the local hospital. Ciocan was a multiple national champion from…
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CC photo #423: Maybe the world’s most cramped technical meeting
From this weekend’s swim meet at Toftir, Faroe Islands. Held in a closet, what-you-see-is-what-it-is, I (the photographer) am standing in the doorway. Please leave your notepads and tablets outside :-)
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Ice Hole Swimming
“… or how to unplug and reboot your brain” Steve Olpin of The Talking Fly and Boston McConnaughey and Andrew Hancock of Freakin’ Rad take a quick dip in an ice hole in Deer Creek Reservoir near Midway, Utah. This is super fun and really does reboot your brain. It is good to unplug and…
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Irish swim coach and suspected pedophile George Gibney flees Florida home
Read Irish Central Alleged pedophile swimming coach George Gibney has fled his Florida home after a campaign by a local child protection agency. Former Irish national coach Gibney fled Ireland for America in 1994 after the collapse of a court action against him over the alleged sexual abuse of minors. The Irish Sun newspaper reports…
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Michael Phelps would like to coach a comedian
Watch out funnymen: Michael Phelps wants you in the pool. Olympian Michael Phelps dropped by TODAY on Monday and said if he could mentor anyone, it’d be a funnyman. “I like comedians a lot, so I think comedians would be fun to be able to put them in a pool,” he told TODAY.com. “To have…
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Ian Thorpe used to promote ‘closet’ gay club
Read GayStarNews A photo of Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe is being used to promote a Melbourne ‘closet’ gay dance party. The promotional poster for the ‘Closet Party’ features a black and white image of the swimmer above a slogan saying it is ‘for homosexuals and those who love them.’ Thorpe has repeatedly denied being gay,…
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Swimming the Strait of Gibraltar
Ole Mose Nielsen crossed Saturday the 16th February 2013 the Strait of Gibraltar “as the first ever this early by swimming”.