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You Can Play – Libby Trickett And Others Promote Anti-Homophobia Campaign

Apr 10, 2014

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rokur

in Organization

See youcanplay.com.au

You Can Play is a national Anti-Homophobia in Sport Initiative bought to you by Play by the Rules. Play by the Rules is a national program that promotes safe fair and inclusive sport. It is supported by multiple government and non-government partners including the Australian Sports Commission, the Australian Human Rights Commission, all state and territory departments of sport and recreation and equal opportunity commissions, the Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association and the Office of Childrens Guardian (NSW).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX57IUyL43s
Go Time For Swim Cup Eindhoven 2014

Apr 9, 2014

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rokur

in Competition

The 10th Swim Cup Eindhoven is about to start, 10th to 13th April 2014, with a spectacular field of participants including local swimmers vying to qualify for the Berlin 2014 European Championships, and swimmers from Sweden, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Greece, Hungary, Brazil, Russia, Denmark, Faroe Islands, …

Event Landing Page â€¢ Start list â€¢ Live Timing â€¢ Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOf9me4CGcE&feature=share
Stephanie Rice announces retirement with YouTube video

Apr 9, 2014

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rokur

in Competition, History

Read Swimming World

Demonstrating the class with which she’s typically carried herself within the sport of swimming, three-time Olympic gold medalist Stephanie Rice waited for the completion of the Australian National Championships before making her retirement public with an emotional YouTube video.

Post by Australian Swim Team.
Colombian Olympian Omar PinzÃ³n exonerated by CAS in cocaine case

Apr 9, 2014

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rokur

in Doping

Read Howard Jacobs Athletes Lawyer Blog

Omar Pinzonâ€™s long fight to clear his name is finally over, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (â€œCASâ€) issuing its final decision exonerating him earlier this week.

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8-year-old boy survives hours at sea thinking of mum and dad and â€œswim, swim, swim and donâ€™t stopâ€

Apr 8, 2014

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rokur

in Safety, Wow

Read news.com.au

Isiah Andrew, was holidaying in the Solomon Islandsâ€™ capital Honiara, when flash flooding associated with Cyclone Ita tore through hundreds of homes killing 17 people, with 30 still missing and thousands homeless.

â€œI was shocked to see how fast the river rose. I could not run anywhere because the house was surrounded with water and there were pieces of metal and scraps all over the place crushing against each other,â€ the child told a development officer of the United Nations Childrenâ€™s Fund.

â€œI was trying my best to hold on to the coconut tree trunk but the current was so strong, pieces of metal, grass, mud, and plastics were all over me. I could also see our house collapsing. It was then that I decided to let go because the house might collapse on me.â€ […]

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Thorpeâ€™s agent Erskine says Ian is â€œquite sickâ€, but no risk of losing use of arm

Apr 8, 2014

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rokur

in Health

Read for instance ABC

Erskine rubbished reports that Thorpe could lose the use of his arm because of the infections, but said Thorpe would never swim again competitively.

“From a competitive point of view – he will not be swimming competitively again I don’t think,” Erskine said.

“The shoulder operation was a major operation. He’s got as many plates as Barry Sheene,” he added, referring to the now deceased world champion motorcycle rider.

It is understood the infection contracted by Thorpe is similar in nature to the potentially deadly Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) superbug that has swept some hospitals in Europe.

http://youtu.be/w21sxXzmMy8

Photo by Doha Stadium Plus
Whoops, Dutch reporter falls overboard during interview

Apr 8, 2014

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rokur

in Fun, Safety

An interview with Kampen mayor Bort Koelewijn literally goes overboard, when the reporter misjudges the support of the rigging. But the mayor is quick on his feet, and offers the lovely lady first his mayoral chain, and then a maybe more appropriate life buoy. Sound guy is nice too :-)

See for instance nieuws.nl
Human remains found in search for woman ‘taken’ by large shark in Australia

Apr 8, 2014

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rokur

in Nature, Open Water, Safety

See CNN

A cap and goggles belonging to a 63-year-old woman presumed to have been “taken” by a large shark while swimming off the coast of Australia have been found, along with human remains, police said Friday.

The search for Christine Armstrong was ongoing Friday morning, New South Wales Police said in a statement.

Armstrong was swimming Thursday with a group of friends off a beach in Tathra in New South Wales when she complained and headed back to shore, Police Inspector Jason Edmunds said.

The rest of the group, including her husband, later saw a shark, estimated to be about 11 feet long, swimming near them, causing them to bunch together for safety.

They swam back to the beach club, but found no trace that Armstrong made it back.
New Philly pools rules require kids to swim a length before going in the deep end

Apr 8, 2014

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rokur

in Organization, Safety

See nbc10.com

A tragic child drowning at a Philadelphia Parks and Recreation pool last year will mean stricter rules for young swimmers who visit city pools this summer.

The biggest change:Â all camp swimmers will have to swim from one end of the pool to the other before they’ll be allowed in the deep end.

On July 18, 2013,Â Ja’briel O’Connor was visiting the Cobbs Creek Recreation Center poolÂ with his summer camp when he ventured into the deeper end of the pool. O’Connor, who was 7 and 4-foot-4-inches tall, panicked in the water, which was 5-feet deep.

He did not know how to swim.

According to the Philadelphia Medical Examiner, O’Connor suffered cardiac arrest and sank to the bottom of the pool, unnoticed.