Category: Organization
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Michael Phelps Receives AAFA Humanitarian Award
The two-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps was honored at the 34th Annual AAFA American Image Awards sponsored by the American Apparel and Footwear Association on May 7 in New York City. Michael Phelps was given the humanitarian award for establishing The Michael Phelps Foundation. Read NTD
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Alexander Dale Oen Memorial Fund announced
In connection Alexander Dale Oens tragic death there has been established a Memorial Fund, originally a dream that Alex and his brother Robin had together, which is now being continued by Robin alone, but in the spirit of Alex. In the obituary in Bergens Tidende and Aftenposten today, “As welcomed as flowers, are a gift…
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CC photo #128: Pál showing kids in Sørvágur where he’s been
From an event we arranged for kids in Sørvágur, when Pál Joensen and Jón Bjarnason were enroute to the South African Championships in 2010. They unfortunately have no swim club there, yet, so we tried to inspire. That kid in the Manchester United hat points to (approximately) where they were going, and to Australia and…
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Allegheny College Swimming and Diving
These team videos just get better and better, footage from the 2011 and 2012 swimming seasons of Allegheny College, using really interesting angles.
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For lower-profile Olympians like Berens, social media is key to branding success
Interesting article here on Mashable: “Ricky Berens is a world-class athlete, but he’s no Michael Phelps. The two teamed up to help the United States win a relay swimming gold medal at the 2008 Olympics and will probably both participate in the 2012 Games. But outside the pool their lives couldn’t be more different.” ……
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British military testing their missile systems in London
A chilling site for London residents, the British military rolling out Rapier surface-to-air missile systems on a field in London. Via Geekosystem. Speaking to the Associated Press, retired Dutch Navy captain and director of the Wiser defense consulting firm Jan Wind had this to say about the Rapier system: “When you launch a Rapier missile…
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Michael Phelps Foundation IM Program 2011
Recap of the Michael Phelps Foundation IM Program Impact in 2011. For more information on the Michael Phelps Foundation visit www.facebook.com/MichaelPhelpsFoundation. Via the17thman
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A New Aquatics Facility For UCSB Athletics
Already one of the top academic institutes in the US, University of California, Santa Barbara is also aiming to raise the bar of its athletic campus, beginning with a new $9.5 million aquatics facility, “A place for champions”. Standing applause here.
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Dale Oen won’t get a statesman’s funeral, so his municipality says “we’ll pay”
There has been talk about Alexander Dale Oen getting a statesman’s funeral, as did ski jumper Birger Ruud (1911 – 1998) and marathon runner Grete Waitz (1953 – 2011). But then yesterday the Norwegian government decided not to do this, and then the municipality of Øygarden confirmed that they would like to help as a…