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  • Katinka Hosszu (The Iron Lady) – Arena Swim Chat

    Dec 19, 2013

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    rokur
    in Competition

    (Streamed live on Dec 13, 2013)
    “Katinka Hosszu (World 200m & 400m Individual Medley Champion) recently joined us for a Live Video Chat. Watch the Hungarian Champion as she answers the many questions that were put to her!”

    Image courtesy of Doha Stadium Plus Qatar, CC BY 2.0

  • Aspects of Being a World Class Swimmer

    Dec 19, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Competition

    “Claire Donahue, World Championships Gold Medalist and Tyler McGill, Two-time NCAA Champion, provide you with insight on how height is not a determining factor of being a world class swimmer. Hard work and dedication are what matters whether you are 5’10” or 6’10”!”

  • Swim Ireland Swim for a Mile Promo

    Dec 18, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Health, Organization

    See www.swimforamile.com

  • Michael Jamieson looks forward to the 2013 Duel In The Pool

    Dec 18, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Competition

    Olympic silver medallist Michael Jamieson talks about competing at the 2013 Duel In The Pool in his home town of Glasgow.

  • Michael Phelps Swims 10k Fitness Challenge

    Dec 18, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Competition, Training

    Michael Phelps once said 10,000 meters was the distance that challenged him most in training and now any swimmer can join the Olympic champion and swim the virtual 10,000m around the bay in Phelps’ home town of Baltimore, taking in the Inner Harbour, the Patapsco River, and, the historic Fort McHenry.

    http://youtu.be/wUOZTNR0mDI

  • Ryan Lochte returns to water after freak injury

    Dec 18, 2013

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    rokur
    in Competition, Training

    A bit outdated, but still …

    ” Five-time Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Lochte is back in the water following a freak injury.

    Lochte was training with SwimMAC’s Team Elite at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center Wednesday.”

  • Google Glass Deployed During Warms Ups at Day 2 – 2013 Speedo Junior Nationals

    Dec 18, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Competition, Technology

    “Thanks to Kelly McCommons @kellyjamestv”

  • The Longest Swim – Ben Lecomte Conquering the Pacific

    Dec 18, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Open Water, Wow

    “Ben Lecomte will conquer the Pacific Ocean, swimming from Tokyo, Japan to San Francisco, U.S.A., in the summer of 2014. Ben set the record for the first man to swim the Atlantic in 1998.”

    http://youtu.be/afdMbxgX9q4

  • NARCOSE – Official trailer

    Dec 18, 2013

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    by

    rokur
    in Freediving, Wow

    ‘The narcosis is the set of phenomena that affect the nervous system of the plunger, entailing disorders of perception.’

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