Category: Swimming Pools
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Fun Visit Estonia ad featuring the Kalev Spa in Tallinn
Targeted for Russian tourists. I remember that swimming pool well, from back in 2009 when we visited kinesiology professor Rein Haljand in Tallinn for a swim analysis of Pál Joensen. Coach hit that black water slide so hard, that water sprayed over the side and landed right next to a woman swimming breaststroke below :-P
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Phoenix Swim Club pool to be officially demolished
Read SwimmingWorld and see ABC Supporters of a popular Phoenix swimming pool lost a last chance effort Tuesday to save their home. Hundreds of supporters were at Phoenix City Hall Tuesday to appeal to city commissioners during the city council meeting. The council was considering a re-zoning request that would demolish the pool at the…
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CC photo #678: FS stevna 2013
Swim meet in Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands, 9 November 2013, for our youngest age groups. We time but don’t really record. Seoul 1988 silver medalist Benny Nielsen once swam a demo swim here, back when the starting blocks were in the shallow end. Must have been a cramped experience, swimming in that narrow middle lane.
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CC photo #668: Warm-up pool at the Rijeka 2008 Europeans
Just a photo from the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia. We the Faroese were very impressed, as it was as big as one of our only three 25-meter pools in the country back home. Still is.
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The well-heeled find a watery escape in landlocked Afghanistan
See NBCNEWS A new fad is sweeping the capital of landlocked and war-weary Afghanistan: swimming pools. The city has at least eight massive new pool clubs. Extras usually include saunas, Jacuzzis, massages, smoothies and sandwiches. “Sure, we don’t have beaches like Brazil, or clubs like Dubai. But we have created our own beaches and clubs…
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CC photo #665: The Debrecen 2012 Warm-Up Pool
Just a photo from the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. This the 25m warm-up / swim-off pool used during the championships, the 50m competition pool behind that glass wall.
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Behold the Starkenberger Brewery Castle Beer Bath
Described on starkenberger.at as the first beer swimming pool in the word, the Starkenberger BierBad in Imst just outside of Munich is our chance to finally swim in warm (weak) beer, in 7 pools filled with 12,000 liters of water and 300 liters of Biergeläger. It is supposed to be good for you, just don’t drink…
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Berkeley High School shut down swimming pool after swimmers start losing body hair
Read for instance Fox News and Huffington Post A California high school pool was closed by the city after students reported symptoms including burning eyes, bleached hair and a loss of body hair. Berkeleyside reported that parents of the Berkeley High School water polo team sent a letter to the principal expressing concern over their children’s alleged symptoms. One…