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  • Michael Phelps on Olympic Swimming Career | Rio Olympics 2016

    Aug 17, 2016

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    rokur
    in Competition

    The American swimmer Michael Phelps, who has become the most decorated Olympian of all time, said Monday that he is happy and pleased after Rio, as he heads into retirement.

  • Is Swimming With These Endangered Whale Sharks Helping or Hurting Them?

    Aug 17, 2016

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    rokur
    in Nature

    Whale shark swimming tours are a popular tourist draw in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. These tours are promoted as a way to boost the local economy and the conservation of this endangered species, but sometimes the tour operators and tourists don’t follow the rules further risking the well-being of the sharks.

  • Martin Strel, Marathon Swimmer | HUMAN Limits

    Aug 17, 2016

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    Meet the man who swims the world’s longest rivers with crocodiles and piranhas.

  • Rio 2016: Police arrest EOC president Patrick Hickey

    Aug 17, 2016

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    rokur
    in WTF

    Irish IOC official Patrick Hickey was reportedly rushed to a hospital after Brazilian police arrested him in connection with illegal sales of Olympic tickets. Diane Hodges reports.

    https://youtu.be/4ZqVqu-LuEE

  • Valeu, Phelps! (Tks, Phelps!) – Rio 2016

    Aug 17, 2016

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    rokur
    in Competition

  • Australian swimming medallists react to rollercoaster week

    Aug 17, 2016

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    rokur
    in Competition

    All the individual medallists of the Australian swim team spoke to the media about how they were able to handle the pressure of an olympic games. Kyle Chalmers, Emma McKeon, Mack Horton, Maddie Groves, Mitch Larkin and coach Jacco Verhaeren.

  • Dødsing, the Sport of Death Diving

    Aug 17, 2016

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    rokur
    in WTF

    It’s not a bellyflop competition, it’s called dødsing which kinda translates do “deathing”. The idea is that you spread out as you would for a bellyflop, but tuck into a sort of folded-in-half-dive right before hitting the water. The contestants are scored based on style and how long they wait before tucking in. I’m pretty sure a full-blown bellyflop from that height (10m) is potentially very harmfull. As the name implies it’s about narrowly avoiding death.

    See Reddit via Neatorama

    https://youtu.be/0T0OLR4MzrM

  • What will Cam McEvoy’s coach say to him before the 100m freestyle final?

    Aug 10, 2016

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    rokur
    in Competition

  • The World’s Most Difficult Dives in La Rochelle | Cliff Diving World Series 2016

    Aug 10, 2016

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    rokur
    in High Diving

    La Rochelle, France, the fourth stop of the 2016 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, saw a huge crowd of 70,000 fans gather at the harbour as the world’s elite male divers battled it out from 27 metres in the Bay of Biscay. Watch the clip and relive the top dives from Jonathan Paredes, Kris Kolanus and the world’s most difficult dive from Gary Hunt: a front 3 somersaults with 4 ½ twists free.

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