Author: rokur
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Antwerp 2012 day 3: Mie scorches the 50 back with a new Nordic record
After three days of racing at the Antwerp 2012 European Swimming Championships, Russia is still clearly in the lead with 8 gold medals, 3 silver and 1 bronze, ahead of Italy’s 4 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze, and Germany’s 3 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze. Most winning swimmer(s) is now Russias relay teams…
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CC photo #188: Valentina Artemyeva at Rijeka 2008
Russia’s Valentina Artemyeva at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Championships. She won gold in the 50 and 100 meter breaststroke there, see omegatiming.com.
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CC photo #187: Mireia Belmonte GarcÃa at Debrecen 2012
Just yet another photo of the ‘Phelpsian’ Mireia Belmonte GarcÃa.
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Wir für London – DSGV video featuring Daniela Schreiber
A video featuring Daniela Schreiber and her unorthodox (or maybe really orthodox?) start position. 54.41 and bronze at the Debrecen 2012 Europeans, not so shabby. Wir für London from robert staffl on Vimeo.
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5-year-old swimming with sharks sparks YouTube outrage
A Connecticut couple David and Elana Barnes have been widely criticized after they posted online a video of their 5-year-old daughter, Anaia, swimming with sharks in the Bahamas. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Read more here on Digital Journal
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Electrocution kills 3 children swimming in 2 separate incidents
On the Fourth of July, Alexandra Anderson, 13, and brother Brayden, 8, were killed while swimming near a private dock in the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri around noon Wednesday. Two hours later, at Cherokee Lake outside Knoxville, Tenn., a 10-year-old was killed and another boy was seriously injured in an eerily similar incident.…
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Florida lifeguard fired for saving out-of-bounds swimmer
Thomas Lopez, a lifeguard at Florida’s Hallandale Beach, was fired Monday for leaving his official work zone in order save the life of a drowning swimmer. Apparently two other lifeguards have been fired for backing him, and four others have quit. “I ran out to do the job I was trained to do,†Lopez, 21,…
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USADA allegedly allows confessed dopers to ride in return for testimony
Confession, I used to be a cycling afficionado following the classics and the tours religiously up until the mess with first Festina and then Bjarne Riis obviously doped before confessing, me turning to Marco Pantani because he looked too tiny to be doped, just to have my newfound hero first caught doping and then dying…
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Antwerp 2012 day 2: Carli takes down Heidi Grein’s (GDR) record from 1986
After two days of racing at the Antwerp 2012 European Junior Championships, Russia’s youngsters are dominating the event with 7 gold medals and 1 silver (out of 14 gold possible till now), ahead of Italy’s 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze, and Germany’s 1 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze. Most winning swimmers are…