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  • Meet Beckett Richard! Michael Phelps and Wife Nicole Welcome Second Son

    Feb 14, 2018

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    rokur
    in Gossip

    Michael Phelps and wife Nicole announced the birth of their second child, son Beckett Richard, on Instagram Tuesday. The couple’s baby boy was born on Monday, Feb. 12.

    The new addition joins 21-month-old big brother Boomer Robert.

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    Magical moments yesterday… Nicole and I would like to introduce Beckett Richard Phelps to the world! We had a healthy baby boy and a healthy mama. I truly do feel like the happiest man in the world. Being able to build our family to now 4 (6 with doggies) is so incredible! #familyof4now

    A post shared by Michael Phelps (@m_phelps00) on Feb 13, 2018 at 3:55pm PST

    https://youtu.be/O1l5aRLqL0g

  • Water’s Not Wet

    Feb 13, 2018

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Science

  • Brent Szurdoki to represent SA at Commonwealth Games

    Feb 13, 2018

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    by

    rokur
    in Competition

    Twenty-one-year-old South African swimmer, Brent Szurdoki, is set to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Australia’s Gold Coast in April. Despite suffering torn ligaments in his ankle while wakeboarding just three months ahead of his trials, Szurdoki says he wants to beat the odds.

  • Iron Aquatics – Swim Clinic

    Feb 13, 2018

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    rokur
    in Organization, Training

    ’If there is one tiny piece that they can take home with them, we have done what we wanted’ said Shane Tusup head coach after the special swim clinic of Iron Aquatics held on Sunday. If they feel good, improve and make more friends, it is even better, added the participant children.

  • Olympic swimmer Ariana Kukors Smith talks sexual abuse

    Feb 13, 2018

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    rokur
    in Crime

    One of the recurring lines that Ariana Kukors Smith says she heard from her swim coach Sean Hutchison was that she was “the most impressive person” he had ever met.

  • Which countries REALLY win the Olympics?

    Feb 13, 2018

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Olympic medal counts don’t really show you which nation was the most successful, because larger countries have a huge advantage. There’s a better way to measure a nation’s Olympic success.

  • The loser will freeze: Red Bull Crashed Ice Quiz

    Feb 13, 2018

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    rokur
    in Fun, Winter Swimming

    Watch an ice cold trivia battle between Shane Benaud vs. Daniel Bergeson hosted by finnish native Mirko Lahti. What is a “Teräsuoja”? How long is the Red Bull Crashed Ice track in Jyväskylä? Do you know? Find out the answers and watch the loser freeze…Suomi Style.

  • We’ve got a lot to learn | Strongman Swimming E2

    Feb 13, 2018

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    Strongman Swimming documents Ross Edgley’s incredible attempt to swim 40km with a 100lb tree tied to him between the Caribbean islands of St Lucia and Martinique.

    This episode explores the nutrition required to take on this epic challenge. Ross shares his typical daily 15,000 calorie diet and heads up to Keswick, North England, for further training with Keri-Anne Payne.

  • Finland Ice Swimmers Gather for Championship

    Feb 12, 2018

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    rokur
    in Winter Swimming

    Ahtari, a Finnish city with only around 6,000 residents, became lively as thousands of ice swimming enthusiasts gathered for the annual national championship recently.

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