Listen and watch as Olympic Champions, Ruta Meilutyte and Daniel Gyurta give us their first impressions on the new Carbon Flex.
http://youtu.be/ykcm34f4vDY
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LEN awards 2015 Short Course European Championships to Netanya, Israel
The LEN Bureau chose Netanya (ISR) to host the European Short Course Swimming Championships to be held on 15-18 January 2015. Israel will stage such a large-scale swimming event for the very first time.
Representatives of the Israeli Swimming Federation and the city of Netanya presented a rather impressive bid to the LEN Bureau in Herning (during the short course Europeans in December 2013) and the members – through mail votes – made an unanimous decision to award Netanya the right to host the next European Short Course Swimming Championships in January 2015.
The venue of the event is going to be the brand new swimming complex of the Wingate Institute. The latter serves as Israel’s National Institute for Sport & Physical Education and it covers a 120-acre area on the Mediterranean beach, 20km north of Tel-Aviv, just a short drive from Netanya’s city centre.
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Date a Swimmer – Every Other Athlete is a Player
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Stephanie Rice says she’s had two nose jobs for cosmetic and health reasons
Read The Telegraph
Stephanie Rice has gone under the knife to improve her self-esteem and combat medical issues.
The 25-year-old has admitted to two nose-jobs for cosmetic and health reasons.
“My family and friends would say it was fine, but random people would comment,†Rice said.
“Seeing the better version of my nose made me realise how much it had been affecting me.
Image courtesy of Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Parents Love The Houston Swim Programs At Texas Swim Academy
Texas Swim Academy mom Ufuoma enrolled her son in the infant aquatics program and was immediately impressed with the one-on-one attention he received and the incredible progress he showed. At only two years old, Ufuoma’s son not only has the ability to float and move around in the water confidently, but he also has the survival skills necessary to save his own life.
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Cube Champ Kevin Hays Solves Three Increasingly Larger Rubik’s Cubes Underwater In 75 Seconds
Actually 67 seconds (5s + 11s + 51s), as he had to take time out to search for the last one (while still underwater)
Via Laughing Squid, Kevin Hays, a Rubik’s Cube record holder, solved a 2×2, a 3×3, and a 4×4 Rubik’s Cube underwater in one minute and seven seconds total.
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Great Danes to attend the Mon Meet in Marseilles this weekend
Read svoem.dk (intro is in Danish, but the interview with national coach Juba is in English)A quick Google translation of the Danish intro (and outro)
Friday 7th till Sunday 9th March 2014, the Great Danes will attend the Mon Meet in Marseilles, France, which according to national coach Nick Juba is characterized by a high level and intense competition. Juba emphasizes that France, along with Russia, is one of the strongest swimming nations in Europe at the moment. It will therefore be a challenge for the Danish participants be able to compete. It is important that all the men in the squad prove that they learned something in Antwerp a few weeks ago, which for Nick Juba was a disappointing meet. This time they will have to be brave and give everything they have, whether it is in preliminary heats or finals. The national coach hopes that the men show good form and a focused approach to both race preparation and the actual race performance. And he feels that the Mon Meet is a good place to begin this approach.
See the start lists, live timing etc here on liveffn.com
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15 Swimmers to Attempt Extreme Charity Swim Around Cape Point tomorrow
Swim For Hope – Press Release
Fifteen swimmers from all walks of life will attempt one of the most extreme open water swimming challenges in South African waters tomorrow, 6 March 2014, in support of the Little Fighters Cancer Trust, a local charity that offers support to children with cancer and their families. The group, headed up by South African musician Carina Bruwer (from Sterling EQ), will attempt the 8km rounding of Cape Point, stretching from Diaz Beach on the western side of Cape Point with its notoriously turbulent waters, to Buffels Bay on the Eastern side, taking swimmers through the point where the two oceans (Atlantic and Indian) meet.
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2014 Aussie Trials SwimFan Tip for Tuesday – Sydney
Featuring Jess Ashwood, Te Haumi Maxwell, Marieke D’Cruz, Andrew Abood, James Magnussen, Jayden Hadler, Daniel Tranter and Matt Abood.
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