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Faroe Champs 2014 Underway
The Faroese (Short Course) Championships started this morning, Live Timing here and in the evenings also finals live television on our national broadcasting network. We’ve already had one Faroese record, and that guy in the picture is closing in on his 100th national gold medal. Busy busy! :-)
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Kieren Perkins to reveal post-swimming struggles on Australian Story
Read news.com.auGold medal hero Kieren Perkins is taking the plunge into second-time marriage later this year, but first is diving into his own post-swimming struggles on Australian Story.
Perkins, 40, has been an exemplar among the few Australian swimmers in recent history to manage the difficult transition from national sporting idol to relative anonymity.
Now a banking executive at NAB, Perkins has forged a successful new career without the controversies that have dogged so many other household names.
The next two episodes of Australian Story will profile Perkins as he candidly discusses some of his own personal struggles post swimming.
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Karen Pickering talks about a majestic career and her Swim School
Former champion swimmer Karen Pickering looks back on a majestic career that saw her win 35 major championship medals before retiring in 2005.
http://youtu.be/NJYS6fw2XCM
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Arena Freestyle Breather explained by Massimiliano Rosolino
In this video, Olympic (Sydney) 200m Individual Medley Champion, Massimiliano Rosolino demonstrates and explains the many benefits of the Arena Freestyle Breather.
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Geoff Huegill and wife, Sara Hills, plead guilty to cocaine charges
See ABC, Mail Online etc
Retired Australian swimming champion Geoff Huegill and his publicist wife, Sara Hills, have pleaded guilty to cocaine charges.
The couple was caught with cocaine in a private suite at Sydney’s Randwick racecourse last month.
They appeared in Waverly local court this morning.
http://youtu.be/oNUA83WIyOU
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Man, 62, knocked off yacht, swims to shore near Bunbury, Australia
See Perth Now
Geoff Hunter, 62, had “no choice but to swim†for up to three chilling hours after an unclipped safety harness landed him in the drink.
Mr Hunter suffered hypothermia while swimming to the Bunbury Sea Rescue building after he fell into the water from his yacht on Sunday afternoon.
His daughter Jasmine says he was doing the right thing and wearing a life-jacket and is lucky he only suffered hypothermia.
She said after he fell, the boat sailed off without her father, an experienced sailor, so he had no choice but to swim to shore.
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19-year-old drowns at church outing
Read WLKY
A central Kentucky teen has drowned while attending a church outing at Green River Lake State Park.
Coroner Terry Dabney told media that 19-year-old Jose Zambrano of Lebanon was attending a baptismal and church picnic at the park on Sunday when he went into the water to try to retrieve some floatation devices for children. He was about 50 feet from the shore when he began struggling.
Dabney said the teen was an excellent swimmer and it was unclear exactly what happened.
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Swimmer attacked by squirrel at Torquay’s Riviera Centre pool
Read Western Morning News
A squirrel sparked panic today after it dashed into a busy leisure centre before leaping in the pool and biting a swimmer on the finger.
The rodent ran inside the Riviera Centre in Torquay, Devon, before heading towards the pool area.
When lifeguards tried to coax him out the creature leapt into the water and paddled around the deep end for several minutes.
A swimmer tried to fish the squirrel out of the water but was bitten on the finger before the animal scampered off through a fire exit.
Photo by Tomi Tapio
