Friends and family get together for some summertime pool party fun.
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Note to Olympic Sailors: Don’t Fall in Rio’s Water
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Nico Delle Karth, an Austrian sailor preparing for the 2016 Summer Olympics, said it was the foulest place he had ever trained.
Garbage bobbed on the surface, everything from car tires to floating mattresses. The water reeked so badly of sewage that he was afraid to put his feet in it to launch his boat from shore.
“I’ve never seen anything like this before,†Mr. Delle Karth said of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, where the Olympic sailing and windsurfing events will take place.
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Paris’ legendary Piscine Molitor reopens after 25 years of abandonment
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Built almost a century ago, the art-deco Piscine Molitor in the 16th district of Paris is no ordinary swimming pool. It was here the first bikini was unveiled and the topless sunbathing revolution took off, and it is after this swimming pool that the main character in the 2001 novel Life of Pi was named.
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WADA decides to add Xenon gas to banned substances list
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Image courtesy of Pslawinski, CC BY-SA 2.0 The World Anti-Doping Agency banned the inhalation of xenon gas on Sunday night after deciding it could be used to enhance athletes’ performances illegally.
The president of Wada, Sir Craig Reedie, revealed that the untraceable substance, which studies have shown can stimulate the production of erythropoietin (EPO) and testosterone, had been added to the agency’s prohibited list with immediate effect.
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Sun needs time to be back to top, says coach Zhang
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After 200m free, Sun shouted and punched in the air, releasing his pressure from the public since the non-license driving incident.
“I’m satisfied with today’s performance. It’s an easy win,” Sun said after setting the world’s fifth best of this year in 200m free.
Sun is expected to meet with arch rival Park Tae-Hwan of South Korea in the Asian Games. Sun’s result in 200m free here was 0.01 seconds quicker than Park’s personal best of this year.
“I saw his result, which is 0.01 seconds slower than mine,” Sun said.
In his specialties 400m and 1500m, Sun enjoyed a comfortable lead, while seeing results about 5 and 30 seconds shy of those set two years ago respectively.
In Zhang’s mind, Sun has a long way to go back to the top. “He is far from his top level,” he said.
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Tourist hand-feeds crocodile
Apparently from back in 2012. Sweet
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Australian Swim Team Grand Prix #1 – Canberra
Courtesy of Swimming Australia
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Lost In Jellyfish Lake
Via PetaPixel
Originally filmed a year ago, the video has been given new life by GoPro, who decided to pick it up, do some color grading and other edits, and repost it on their own YouTube channel where it’s gotten over 150,000 views in the last 2 days.
The original footage isn’t quite so vibrant, but it’s gorgeous and peaceful nonetheless
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Kieren Perkins reveals panic attack that almost cost him Olympic swimming glory at Atlanta 1996
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