Freedivers Tim Money and Daan Verhoeven at the NDAC in Chepstow, diving the plane wreck. Tim discovers that his monofin is wider than the door to the cockpit, and momentarily gets stuck.
Courtesy of Daan Verhoeven on YouTube
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LEN moves its HQ to Geneva
The LEN Congress held at Lake Garda (ITA) approved the LEN Bureau’s proposal to move the organisation’s headquarters from Luxembourg (LUX) to Geneva (SUI). LEN President Paolo Barelli presented his vision on LEN stepping into an extensive development period from the summer of 2015.
At the annual Congress held at Lake Garda (ITA) delegates of the LEN member federations approved the LEN Bureau’s proposal to move the organisation’s headquarters from Luxembourg (LUX) to Geneva (SUI). As LEN President Paolo Barelli and Executive Director Paulo Frischknecht underlined this step would put the organisation to an even better environment.
“Several major sport federations – including FINA – set up their respective HQs in Switzerland just as some of LEN’s main partners. For instance Eurovision is also settled in Geneva, which is a more accessible location for most of the federations and officials and some financial aspects also pushed us to take this wise step†LEN President Paolo Barelli said.
Read LEN’s press release on Facebook
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Mermaid Ilaria Molinari trying out the Y-40 Deep Joy deepest pool in the world
Via SwimmingWorld
A week ago, we reported on the pool being completed along with some amazing video footage from the facility.
Today, we’re back with another beautiful image from this artistic location as Ilaria Molinari took to the pool in a mermaid outfit.
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G-Shock Gravitymaster ad filmed here on the Faroe Islands
Awesome G-Shock Gravitymaster ad featuring Atlantic Airway’s rescue team here on the Faroe Islands. These helicopter guys are the real deal, not actors. And that accent ! :-)
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Australian teen becomes youngest swimmer to cross Ka’iwi Channel
A new record has been set for the youngest swimmer to swim the Ka’iwi Channel.
15-year-old Cameron Keith from Cairns, Australia completed the 26 mile swim from Molokai in 13 hours, 55 minutes.
He made it through the shore break at Sandy Beach Park and walked up onto the sand at around 4 p.m. On Tuesday afternoon.
Keith was born blind in his left eye, but he says he’s learned to overcome it, so much that he practically shrugs it off. He’s been a competitive swimmer for eight years, but left the pool behind for open water competition to feed his love for adventure.
The young Australian says he didn’t see any sharks, but he did get stung by lots of jellyfish.
See Hawaii News Now
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Standout Niles North Swimmer Shot, Killed
Family and friends are mourning the loss of a Niles North High School student who was fatally shot Sunday night.
Max Gadau, 17, and another person were either standing next to or inside a Honda Civic in the 9200 block of Kedvale Avenue when they were both shot. Gadau died in the attack and the other person was listed in critical condition at Evanston Hospital.
The victim’s mother, Patricia Gadau, said her son was asked by a classmate, who’s allegedly involved in drugs, to accompany her for “protection.”
“Max went to front of the house, to the car, where they were approached by two men on foot and they shot him,” Gadau said. “She wanted him to protect her and he did, and he lost his life for it.”
Students gathered at the scene of the shooting Monday night to pay their respects. Max was a standout swimmer who instructed others at a local gym.
“To shoot somebody through a window over marijuana is just petty,” the victim’s longtime friend, Sunair Ibrahim, said.
See NBC Chicago
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Japanese swim team threatens SA – Ryk Neethling
We caught up with Olympic gold medalist, Ryk Neethling, he tells us why he thinks the Japanese swimming team should be on every professional swimmer’s radar.
Neethling tells us that at the moment Chad le Clos is among the top two swimmers in the world, but he has to be careful of the Japanese swimmers because of their outstanding technique.
Neethling says he thinks the Japanese will be a big force at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, but will be a ‘world power in the pool,’ by the 2020 Olympics to be hosted by Tokyo. Watch.
See News 24
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Cats have filthy swimming pool altercation
Cat fight / instant karma, via Nothing To Do With Arbroath
http://youtu.be/syPxKwxaNLc
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I Went Swimming in the Arctic and Survived
I grew up swimming in the warm waters of the Pacific. I hate the cold. Yet when it came time to do a polar dive, I surprised myself by leaping feet-first off a platform into the most freezing water on Earth. I didn’t even blink at the opportunity, but when my body hit the water, I screamed. I drifted for a bit before realizing how cold the water really was, and then I scrambled back to the boat.
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