Category: Wow
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Crazy gymnasts turned cliff divers, we’ve got that too
Frankly, I don’t approve, as they seem to ignore safety precautions when jumping 7, 15, 16 and even 25 meters into the cold and untamed Atlantic. We’re talking about remote places in the Faroe Islands, which it would take the ambulance a good while to get to. But the videos are nice.
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Griffith University study: Swimming a smart move for kids
Children who swim are demonstrating more advanced cognitive and physical abilities than other children, according to world-leading research led by Griffith University. The findings of a four-year study by the Griffith Institute for Educational Research, Laurie Lawrence’s Kids Alive Swim Program and Swim Australia have surpassed expectations and indicate that swimming children have an advantage…
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Swim and Shine (Not Giving In)
Inspirational video for swimmers and triathletes, featuring Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Rebekka Soni, Cesar Cielo, Sun Yang, Jason Lezak, Chad Le Clos and others.
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7-year-old Sophia Martinez loves swimming with the whale sharks
See CBSLocal.com Seven-year-old Sophia Martinez from Alamo, TX went diving with her dad at Isla Mujeres off the coast of Mexico. It wasn’t your average dip in the ocean. Sophia went swimming with sharks. Big sharks. 20-ton whale sharks to be specific. And manta rays.
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Katinka Hosszú 57.45 and new 100 IM SC World Record at Berlin 2013 World Cup
At around 09:59 local time in Germany this morning, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszú set yet another world record, clocking 57.45 at the FINA 2013 World Cup leg in Berlin, where her world record from Eindhoven Thursday was 57.50. This is her fifth world record this week, and she has finals again this evening. See the result…
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Behold this epic 1500-people strong slow-motion water balloon fight
Courtesy of Freddy Wong and The Slow Mo Guys
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Katinka Hosszú 57.50 and new 100 IM SC World Record at the Eindhoven 2013 World Cup
Four world records in two events in two days. That. Is. Impressive. Tonight at the FINA 2013 World Cup meet in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Hungary’s Katinka Hosszú set a yet another 100 individual medley short course world record, clocking 57.50 where her world record from this morning was 57.73. She also clocked 4:22.18 and new 400…
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Friendly dolphin catches 10 lb cod, gives it to 14-year-old girl
Read swns.com via Arbroath 14-year-old Lucy Watkins and her grandparents were canoeing off the Devon coast in England, when a dolphin came by and started swimming around their canoes. To their astonishment, the animal dove down and dropped a massive cod next to Lucy, and started nudging it towards the teenager. Unsure still whether the…