A video from the biggest open water swimming event in the world in Midmar, near Durban South Africa. The clip show the leading men in the elite race being lead by 6 time champion (and reigning 5k world champion), Chad Ho. It shows the elegance of world class swimmers, making amazing speed look so easy.
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Open Water Sighting with Chloe Sutton
Open Water Olympian, Chloe Sutton, demonstrates the 3 sighting techniques for open water swimming
https://vimeo.com/145151372
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BTS Swimmer photoshoot
Behind the scenes of our Swimmer photoshoot
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The 5-hour rule: how long it takes to become marginally competent at a basic skill
Mike Boyd is familiar with Gladwell’s 10,000, that being the approximate number of hours of practice supposedly required to master something. He wondered how long it would take him to learn to kickflip on a skateboard. It took him about 5 hours and 47 minutes, but some of that was him just fooling around, seething in pain, etc.
See BoingBoing
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Michael Phelps says he didn’t want ‘to be alive anymore’ after DUI arrest, preps for Rio
In a revealing new interview with Sports Illustrated, Olympic hero Michael Phelps spoke about his time in a rehabilitation facility, his regained appreciation for swimming … and the dark moments of his life following a 2014 arrest for driving under the influence.
In the interview, Phelps recalls hiding out at home following his arrest, when a police officer pulled him over in Maryland going 84 mph in a 45-mph zone. Phelps failed two field sobriety tests and was given a breathalyzer. He blew .14, which is over the .08 legal limit, and was arrested.
Days later, hiding out in his home, Phelps had his lowest moments.
From Sports Illustrated:
News organizations were camped nearby, looking for a glimpse of Phelps, who did not leave the town house for four days. “I was in a really dark place,†Phelps says. “Not wanting to be alive anymore.â€Read USA Today and see Sports Illustrated
https://youtu.be/E8zpwE0NdW4
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Team Speedo video ǀ Interview with swimmer Nathan Adrian
Find out what makes US swimmer and Olympic gold medallist, Nathan Adrian, tick as we give him the Team Speedo interview treatment, and chat cartoons and non-pool based sports.
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Seal Rides a Whale
Watch the moment when a seal jumps on to a whale and goes for a ride! Captured off the Baja Peninsula of Mexico while on a whale watching tour.
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Shen swimmer has her eyes on the prize
Clifton Park, NY – Shenendehowa’s Julia Samson has six Section II individual titles and eight Plainsmen records to her name. But even that wasn’t enough for Shen to prevail in a Tuesday afternoon swim meet.
Maggie Wyngkowski and Elaine Lipkin helped lead Niskayuna to a 97-89 win over its rival.
Samson remains one of the most sought after recruits in New York State, with Ivy League colleges atop her list of finalists. -
Divers get a close view of an attacking Great White
Lucky shark cage divers got a close view of a Great White in Gansbaai, South Africa