Category: Wow
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Hamish & Andy jumping off the Mostar bridge
Australian radio/tv duo Hamish & Andy peer pressuring each other into jumping off the Stari Most bridge in Mostar, Herzegovina, into the Neretva river 24 meters below. A tradition in the city, first dive way back in 1664, Watch this video on YouTube Here is an awesome photo of a dive off the bridge, courtesy…
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Open Water Maccabiah 2013
Swim competition 5k and 1.k at the Kinneret lake Watch this video on YouTube
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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. Watch this video on YouTube
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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…