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Category: Gossip

  • The “Kirsty Coventry / Eliot Mujaji” tribute song by Joe Wailer

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    Cool, Zimbabwean roots reggae musician Joe Wailer has made this tribute song dedicated to swimmer Kirsty Coventry and runner Elliot Mujaji, paying homage to the two athletes for raising the Zimbabwean flag high. Read the HeraldOnline http://twitter.com/#!/KirstyCoventry/status/154900358332813313

  • Federica Pellegrini is the AIPS Europe 2011 Female Athlete of the Year

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    The International Sports Press Association AIPS announced Monday that Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic and Italy’s champion swimmer Federica Pellegrini have won the AIPS Europe 2011 Athletes of the Year Awards. Pellegrini won the women’s Evgen Bergant Trophy with a convincing 71 votes ahead of Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova (50 votes) and Norways ski…

  • Pál Joensen has his own website now

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    Danish coach René Thomsen has been busy this holiday, building a website for Faroese long-distance swimmer Pál Joensen on www.paljoensen.com, with accompanying YouTube-channel, Flickr- and Twitter-account. They promise news, photos and videos on the site, including pretty soon ‘an exclusive insight into Pál’s dryland training’. Looking forward to it! Via SwimNews.dk

  • Pentagon developing impulse gun to make swimmers puke mid-stroke

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    According to Wired, publicIntelligence.org leaked a U.S. Department of Defence “Non-Lethal Weapons Reference Book” online last week, that amongst other thinks mentions an “Impulse Swimmer Gun” that uses “pulsed sound waves” to cause “auditory impairment and/or nausea” among scuba divers engaged in “unauthorized underwater activities”. As if sharks and sea swells wasn’t enough. Read Wired.

  • UT fires longtime head swim coach for “gross misconduct”

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    University of Tennessee Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Dave Hart announced Tuesday that head men’s swimming and diving coach John Trembley has been relieved of his duties. Assistant coach Lars Jorgensen will serve as the interim head coach for the program for the remainder of the season. Read for instance vonuteertv.com and govolsxtra.com

  • Keri-Anne Payne appointed as face of Max Factor

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    British Olympian Keri-Anne Payne has been signed as the face of Max Factor’s award winning False Lash Effect Gold Mascara. I don’t blame them. See for instance the Links of London blog, Grazia Daily and Payne’s own blog

  • Dara Torres was bulimic ?

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    Not that I’m totally shocked – swimming has all kinds of problems, including that it really helps to be as light as possible. Read dagblog.com Days ago I finished Age Is Just A Number, perennial Olympic swimmer Dara Torres’ ghost written autobiography. Lithe and streamlined as juniors, women swimmers often struggle with weight as their…

  • Marieke Guehrer breaks tooth in rogue snorkel accident

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    Sigh, no fun breaking a front tooth. http://twitter.com/#!/mariekeguehrer/status/153960244521877504

  • Carry and Keri-Anne having Kopi Luwak (cat poo) coffee

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    Fun tweet from David Carry, who has been testing some Kopi Luwak coffee. We’re talking coffee made from the beans of coffee berries which have been eaten by the Asian Palm Civet (Toddy Cat), defecated, gathered, washed, sun dried, roasted and brewed. And then drunk by people as the most expensive coffee in the world…