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Speedo launches star-studded Airswim campaign

Jun 9, 2016

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rokur

in Equipment, Fun

Can’t stop swimming even when you’re not in the pool? Upload your Airswim for a chance to feature in our final edit of the best swims on dry land! How to enter: Upload your Airswim to Instagram or Twitter, @speedo and use the hashtag #NeverStopSwimming

Featuring Mack Horton (AUS), Ryan Lochte (USA), Ye Shiwen (CHN), Conor Dwyer (USA), James Guy (GBR), Lauren Boyle (NZL), Elizabeth Beisel (USA), Nathan Adrian (USA), Ryan Cochrane (CAN), Thiago Pereira (BRA), Tyler Clary (USA), Sun Yang (CHN), Olesya Vladykina (RUS), Femke Heemskerk (NED), Sophie Pascoe (NZL), Missy Franklin (USA), Jessica Hardy (USA).
Light sentence for Stanford rapist sparks national outrage

Jun 9, 2016

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rokur

in WTF

Last week, 20-year-old Stanford swimmer Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. Turner was facing up to 20 years, and the lenient sentence has drawn criticism from observers — including the victim, who had pushed in court for a harsh punishment. Judy Woodruff talks to Michelle Anderson of City University of New York for more on the case.
Jim Oster – Swimmer and ICD Patient

Jun 8, 2016

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rokur

in Health

https://youtu.be/-t3Y5TGjQ6s
Valletta 18 official swim in untested sea-water â€˜sends wrong messageâ€™

Jun 8, 2016

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rokur

in Open Water

The swim across Grand Harbour held by Valletta 18 on Tuesday as part of celebrations for Vallettaâ€™s 450th anniversary has sent the wrong message to bathers as the activity was held in an industrial port where sea-water is not tested by health authorities, sources told The Malta Independent.

Read The Malta Independent

Photo by el_jambere
After Months of Requests, Mugshots of Stanford Rapist Brock Turner Finally Emerge

Jun 8, 2016

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rokur

in Crime

It was the epitome of white privilege, the narrative went â€” a student and star swimmer at prestigious Stanford University is arrested on rape-related charges, and after more than 16 months, he’s sentenced to only six months.

And the authorities refuse to let the public see his arrest photo.

Until Monday, when Stanford and Santa Clara County authorities finally released not one, but two mugshots of Brock Turner, 20, who was convicted in March of assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated woman, sexually penetrating an intoxicated person with a foreign object and sexually penetrating an unconscious person with a foreign object.

See NBC News

https://youtu.be/EtTPH_RvcT0
TomTom’s action camera now automatically color-corrects your underwater footage

Jun 8, 2016

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rokur

in Technology

Thanks to a software update being issued today, TomTom’s action camera â€”Â the Bandit â€”Â is going to start correcting for this automatically, removing the need for extra equipment. That’s great, especially because we really like the Bandit here at The Verge. It doesn’t shoot the same great footage you’d get from a GoPro, and Sony’s Action Cams have been doing this for a while, but this is the latest example of TomTom trying to use software in order to make the Bandit stand out from the crowd.

See The Verge

https://youtu.be/bYppZmr6yjE
Pool Fire vs Liquid Nitrogen

Jun 8, 2016

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rokur

in Fun, Science

I pour Liquid Nitrogen, Diethyl Ether, and Dry Ice into my pool! Can liquid nitrogen put out a fire? what about dry ice?

Diethyl ether is one of the most flammable solvents around!

Via Hyper
Whale shark inspects Rio’s Olympic marathon swimming course

Jun 8, 2016

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rokur

in Nature, Open Water

A whale shark was spotted close to the shore of Copacabana early Tuesday (June 7) morning, where the Olympic marathon swimming event will take place when the Games kick off in just two months time.

https://youtu.be/y8k4eVQ0pf0

Photo of another whale shark by Christian Steen
American Academy of Pediatrics Pool and Swimming Safety Tips

Jun 8, 2016

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rokur

in Safety

Dr. Sarah Denny, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) spokesperson and an emergency room pediatrician, offers parents tips on how to keep children safe in and around pools. For more information, please visit AAP’s parenting website HealthyChildren.org: http://ow.ly/llDf300Ct9i.