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Photographer Jonathan Alpeyrie, who was recently held captive in Syria for 81 days, recounts the surreal story of being forced to teach a Hawaiian swimsuit-clad local militia leader how to swim. ‘I was holding him like a baby for an hour,’ says Alpeyrie, ‘but by the end he could swim.’
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She may be an Olympic swimming champion, but it was sink or swim for Rebecca Adlington when she took part in her first ever Bushtucker Trial for I’m A Celebrity on Friday.
The blonde athlete, 24, was forced to undertake the Drown Under challenge, which saw her submerged in a tank filled with baby crocodiles and massive spiders.
But she emerged triumphant securing the full ten stars for camp. She said: ‘I’m absolutely buzzing. My first trial, ten stars, I couldn’t be more happy.’
A beautiful 50-acre estate in the heart of the Berkshires has one unique feature: a luxurious, heated, self-cleaning pool that was converted from an old limestone rock quarry.
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China’s Olympic champion Sun Yang, who has been suspended indefinitely following a recent detention for driving without a licence, could return to national team training “soon”, said a top swimming official.
“We need to watch Sun Yang for a period of time. If he behaves well, it may not take a long time to allow him back to training at the national team,” Shang Xiutang, deputy head of the Chinese Swimming Administrative Center (CSAC), told reporters here on Friday.
But Shang refused to give a timetable on Sun’s return.
“If the suspension period is too short, he won’t draw lessons from it; but if it takes too long, it won’t be good for his sporting career,” he said.
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Olympic silver medalist Michael Jamieson took to Twitter today to explain how he had to go into the hospital and have his heart restarted after an irregular heartbeat. […]
Jamieson is due to compete for the European All-Stars as part of the Duel in the Pool next month.
Long week! My heart was restarted on Wednesday AM, pushing bit too hard at training on Tuesday haha. Docs & nursing staff at RUH/EIS…
— Michael Jamieson (@mj88live) November 30, 2013
…have been amazing. I’m back home & cleared to train! Specialist said he’s only seen this 3 times, all Olympic medallists – pretty cool! 😊
— Michael Jamieson (@mj88live) November 30, 2013
…not really sure the reasons behind it happening but I went into an irregular beat after reaching 203 heart rate in a session (max is 193)
— Michael Jamieson (@mj88live) November 30, 2013
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There it is again, the Kalev Spa in Tallinn, Estonia, here during the 2013 Kalev Open.
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EUSwim.org‘s Julia Galan speaks with Toni Meijel, Head Coach at Keila Swim Club and coach at Kalevi Ujumiskool
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