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  • Swimming the Rottnest Channel Swim

    Feb 6, 2018

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    rokur
    in Equipment, Open Water

    Stephanie Rainey from The Aqua Life Swim Academy talks about her plans to swim the Rottnest Channel.

  • This vibrating massager could be the answer to your muscle aches

    Feb 5, 2018

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    rokur
    in Technology

    The G2PRO by TheraGun could be the answer to your muscle aches. This vibrating massager claims to soothe your pains through its powerful vibration. Don’t be intimidated by its aggressive appearance.

    See Mashable

    https://youtu.be/M5VuZSHp3QU

  • The Diamond drill in OPEN WATER – learn to swim faster as a team

    Feb 5, 2018

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    Learn to draft in open water
    Learn to swim faster as a team
    Learn to slide and change your swimming pace in open water
    Learn to protect your lower back in open water
    http://www.swim-west.com/diamond-dril…

  • The most decorated artistic swimmer: Ona Carbonell – Best of FINA 2017

    Feb 5, 2018

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    rokur
    in Artistic Swimming

    Ona Carbonell os the most decorated artistic swimmer in activity. At the FINA World Championships in Budapest, she took her 20th medal. Find out more about this incredible swimmer who wil also compete at the upcoming World Series of Artistic Swimming.

  • Florence Chadwick Documentary

    Feb 5, 2018

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    A documentary created for Guilford College’s SPST 220 Spring 2016 HP course.

    The purpose of this video is educational, no copyright infringement intended.

  • Bach criticises CAS and calls for urgent reforms after decision to clear Russian athletes

    Feb 5, 2018

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    rokur
    in Doping

    International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach claimed here today that there is an “urgent need” to reform the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) following its “disappointing and surprising” decision last week to overturn its sanctions against 28 Russian athletes.

    All but 11 of those sanctioned by the IOC for involvement in a “systemic manipulation” of the doping system at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi four years ago but had their appeals upheld by CAS last week.

    Striking a tone which bore similarities with his criticisms of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in 2016, Bach claimed that the IOC Executive Board is “not satisfied at all” with either the CAS decision or the way it has been announced.

    He also revealed that they are still considering an appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal.

    “The decision is disappointing and surprising and we would never have expected this,” Bach said here following the end of a two-day IOC Executive Board meeting.

    “Unfortunately, we only know reasons from a very few sentences in press release.

    “We are eagerly waiting for this and have asked CAS to speed-up this procedure.

    “We have been told that it will be completed by the end of February, which is an extremely unsatisfactory situation.

    “In this respect, the IOC Executive Board is not satisfied at all with the approach by CAS.”

    Read Inside the Games

    https://youtu.be/eat1W0MTc2s

  • Cows blamed for closure of popular Patea swimming holes

    Feb 5, 2018

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    rokur
    in Environment, Nature

    Dairy cows have been blamed for the high E. coli levels which have forced the closure of popular Patea River swimming holes in Stratford for more than a month.

  • Michigan couple wants to make their Goldfish Swim School the nation’s biggest

    Feb 5, 2018

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    rokur
    in Organization, Safety

    Goldfish Swim School, a Michigan-based company founded by Chris and Jenny McCuiston in 2006 in Birmingham, is a fast-growing enterprise that aims to become one of the largest swim-school franchisers in America.

    It’s also part of a growing national trend: private, year-round swim schools for young children.

    See Detroit Free Press

  • Researchers Discover Orcas Can Imitate Human Speech

    Feb 5, 2018

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    rokur
    in Nature

    In a paper published Wednesday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, scientists report that a 16-year-old orca named Wikie was able to copy a variety of new sounds on command. The study joins a growing body of research illustrating the deep importance of social learning for killer whales.

    “We wanted to study vocal imitation because it’s a hallmark of human spoken language, which is in turn important for human cultural evolution,” said José Zamorano-Abramson, who led the study as a postdoctoral researcher at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. “We are interested in the possibility that other species also have cultural processes.”

    Read The New York Times via Neatorama

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