Category: Organization
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Swim and Survive with Eamon Sullivan
1 in 5 kids can’t swim the length of a pool, even if their life depended on it. Help Royal Life Saving reduce child drowning, visit swimandsurvive.com.au.
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Yippee, my first story in Bulgarian media
So yesterday I got in contact with Dr. Ivan Tsanov, Secretary General of the Association of the Bulgarian swimmers and Editor-in-Chief of the number one Bulgarian website about swimming, www.bgswim.info with about 15000 daily visits. He asked me about Faroese swimming, and has now been so kind to translate my somewhat hurried response and put…
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Swimmer dies during NZ open water race
A man in his 50s or 60s has died during the Epic swimming race on Lake Taupo in New Zealand today, that also doubled as the 2012 New Zealand Open Water Championships. A water safety team saw the swimming in difficulty during the 2.5km Epic Swim recreation race, responded immediately but was unable to resuscitate…
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Missy Franklin chooses NCAA over (a lot of) money
16-year-old Missy Franklin has said no to a lot of money these past months, according to the Wall Street Journal more than $130,000, because if she accepts them, she will be ineligible to compete at the NCAA. No to $20,000 for winning the USA Swimming’s Grand Prix series trophy last summer, $50,000 for finishing second…
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London 2012 Olympic Park fly-through
As of January 2012, with Jonathan Edwards giving us an update on the progress.
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Aquadettes
On Life, Death and Synchronized Swimming, a film by Drea Cooper & Zackary Canepari Aquadettes from California is a place. on Vimeo.
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Want your twitter handle ‘tattooed’ on a London 2012 olympian?
USA’s top-ranked middle-distance track athlete Nick Symmonds is auctioning off a temporary tattoo on his shoulder, highest bid now US $3,100 for having “Your Twitter Name on an Olympian in 2012”. Their are restrictions forcing him to cover up the tattoo with tape at all IAAF governed meetings, but he promises wear it under the…
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Former boy scouts swim instructor gets 95 years on child porn charges
A former Gerber Boy Scout Camp director was just sentenced to 95 years in federal prison for filming young boys dressing in a YMCA locker room and for owning a a massive collection of child porn. Scott Allan Herrick, 40, of Twin Lakes, Michigan, surreptitiously videotaped boys as they were dressing in the boys’ locker…
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25th Swimathon promises to be biggest swim to date
The UK’s biggest swimming charity event, Swimathon, celebrates its Silver Jubilee in Olympic year with a big splash planned for the weekend of 27th to 29th April 2012. Participants swimming for Marie Curie Cancer Care can choose from the individual 2.5Km or 5Km or Team/Corporate 5Km challenge while those opting to raise money for the…