Category: WTF
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Greek swimmer wins €277,000 compensation for Olympic ban
The Greek Swimming Federation have been ordered to pay 277,000 euros to 100m freestyle swimmer Tonia Machaira for wrongfully excluding her from the Athens 2004 Olympics on the grounds she had failed a drugs test. WADA confirmed that she had not failed the anti-doping test, as suspected by the Greek federation, she filed a suit…
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CPR Makes You Undead
A WTF PSA proudly presented by the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation, see #theundeading via Mashable
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NIKE “Swim”
Hmmm, I’m putting this in the Safety category (for lack of same) NIKE “Swim” from William Kehoe Sound Design on Vimeo.
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Swim coach jailed for sexting ALL his contacts, blames his fat finger
Doub, 24-year-old swimming coach Craig Evans had typed an intimate invitation to his girlfriend asking her if she would like to engage in sex with him ‘skin on skin’, when a slip of the fingers on his BlackBerry smartphone resulted in it going out to ALL the numbers on his phone. As well as having…
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Kiwi hospital removes eel from man’s bum
A man sought emergency treatment at hospital in Auckland last week with an eel stuck up his bottom. It is believed the patient was sent for X-rays and a scan, which showed there was an eel lodged inside him. “The eel was about the size of a decent sprig of asparagus and the incident is…
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Swimming with Anacondas
“As I held my breath underwater, the 200-pound anaconda slid leisurely beneath me — inches from my face. The endless, scaled form with a head the size of an anvil is a creature from nightmares (including my own) and native myths.” Read and watch ABC News Explore Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.
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Psy backs 14 El Monte lifeguards fired for making a “Gangnam Style” spoof
The 13 lifeguards and one pool manager fired over making a “Gangnam Style” spoof at El Monte city Aquatic Center in August are pleading to get their job back. The YouTube video with nearly 1.5 million views was made on their free time, but The Weekly has learned that the lifeguards were already in hot…
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Sea in Montenegro struck by lightning
Warning, don’t turn up the volume Between this and the Australian fire tornados …
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Behold the BlackMilk Muscle Swimsuit
Creepy, even though that obviously professional model somehow manages to pull it off. Only $90.00 AUD here on BlackMilk, via Incredible Things