Author: rokur
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Fjord and Cove Swimming in Montenegro
Strel Swimming Adventures has opened a new swimming holiday destination for the coming year. Montenegro offers some of the most spectacular scenery in the Mediterranean, along the Adriatic coast between Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Kosovo. In the 1990s it was caught in the brutal wars in the Balkan which horrified the world…
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British Swimming is in a mess, says Adlington
Uh oh, Rebecca Adlington has criticised British Swimming for the delay in naming a new head coach, calling the situation an “absolute mess”. “Why is it taking so long? We’ve been dying for them to appoint a head coach for months,” Adlington told BBC Sport. Read and watch BBC here and here
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CC photo #338: Japanese swim cap at Debrecen 2012
Just a photo from the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. Those retro caps are awesome ! :-)
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8-year-old girl hand-feeds dolphin at SeaWorld, dolphin takes it
A family trip to Orlando Seaworld ends poorly for one little girl. Via SCAQ Blog
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Icelandic model/designer/Olympian Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir interviewed by Agenda Magazine
Awesome, Kaylene Peoples from Agenda Magazine interviews Ragnheiður “Ragga” Ragnarsdóttir , an Icelandic model and Olympic champion swimmer, and co-designer for Icelandic brand M-Design. Via the17thman
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Fitter & Faster Swim Clinic
The Fitter & Faster Swim Tour presented by SwimOutlet.com Fitter & Faster Swim Clinic from Fitter & Faster Swim Tour on Vimeo.
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The Famous Broad Ripple Pool of Indianapolis, Indiana
The Broad Ripple swimming pool in Indianapolis, Indiana was, in its day, the world’s largest concrete pool, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the mid-west and host to many of the nation’s top swimming meets. In this pilot for Swimming World Television, ISHOF’s CEO Bruce Wigo sets out to find this historic swimming…
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Historic Irish swimming and nudist club votes to continue ban against women
The Irish Times reports that the exclusively male Sandycove Bathers’ Association will continue to ban women from its ranks, after having voted 24 to 17 not to allow women to join at a specially convened meeting. The Forty Foot in Sandycove has been available to men and women for the last 25 years, but a secluded section to…