Gary Sredzienski, a local musician and swimmer known as “Creekman,” will swim five miles in frigid waters on December 7, 2013, to raise awareness and funds for the restoration of Whaleback Lighthouse in Kittery, Maine.
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Swimming Canada Swimmers of the Year 2013: Ryan Cochrane and Hilary Caldwell
“Ryan Cochrane’s outstanding performance at FINA World Championships received more recognition Wednesday as he was named OMEGA Male Swimmer of the Year.” (link)
“Caldwell was one of the fastest rising stars in Canadian swimming in 2013. Every time she got in the pool in Barcelona, she set a new Canadian record, capping her week with a bronze medal in the 200-metre backstroke.” (link)
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Bahamas authorities say freediver Nicholas Mevoli showed signs of drowning
See StarTribune
An autopsy has found that the death of a 32-year-old New York City man during a freediving competition in the Bahamas was consistent with a drowning, authorities said Friday.
Nicholas Mevoli died Nov. 17 after he surfaced from a 72-meter (236- foot) dive with breathing problems and lost consciousness.
Police Superintendent Stephen Dean declined to provide details and said officials would not release the autopsy report.
Officials with the Switzerland-based Association Internationale pour le Developpement de l’Apnee, or AIDA, have said they believe Mevoli suffered a depth-related injury to his lungs. The AIDA is the worldwide federation for breath-holding diving.
Mevoli had been trying to break a record at Dean’s Blue Hole, which is considered the world’s deepest underwater ocean sinkhole at 663 feet (202 meters). It is located off the coast of Long Island, about 164 miles (265 kilometers) southeast of the capital of Nassau.
http://youtu.be/XXlnvZnCIZo
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(Polar) Bears can do backstroke too
‘Bears Acting Like Humans Compilation’.
Amazed that they can even imitate ‘coach in a lawn chair’ :-P
http://youtu.be/n_syweDS2AA
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I’m A Celebrity 2013: Rebecca Adlington in first Bushtucker Trial Drown Under
See RadioTimes
Swimming champ Rebecca Adlington is taking on her first Bushtucker Trial tonight for I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of here! 2013.
The trial sees Rebecca encased in a tank that is slowly filling up with water as she is joined by a bunch of jungle critters – including yabbies and crocodiles.
Should be the perfect task, right? She’s totally used to water and she no doubt trained in pools with crocodiles all of the time. No? No.
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CC photo #694: Sun Yang greeting the photographers at BCN2013
China’s Sun Yang pointing a finger to the sky after winning the men’s 400 meter freestyle at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Beside him, Japan’s Kosuke Hagino and USA’s Connor Jaeger. See the result list here.
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Rescued Sea Otter Munches His Clams
“This is Walter, a sea otter with a hearty appetite. He was rescued in Tofino, British Columbia in October 2013 after being shot. Walter currently resides at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre where he is undergoing rehabilitation.
Here, he’s getting fed clams and shrimp. They also eat mussels, chitons, snails, prawns, crabs, abalone, sea urchins, squid, sea star arms and sometimes fishes.”
Mmmmhhh!
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2013 Bush Schools Swimming and Lifestyle Clinic – Alice Springs
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Mireia Belmonte blasts 1500 meter Short Course World Record, now 15:26.95
See SwimmingWorld and rfen.es
According to the Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN), Mireia Belmonte Garcia has smashed the short course world record in the women’s 1500-meter freestyle.
Belmote Garcia raced to a 15:26.95 to demolish Lotte Friis’ world record of 15:28.65. That gives Belmonte Garcia a sweep of the 400-800-1500 freestyle world records currently.
Post by Swimming World.