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Stephen Milne, Competitive Swimmer and PH2O Ambassador

Feb 3, 2014

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rokur

in Competition, Swimming Pools, Training

“The importance of making a long-term, sustainable and dynamic provision for sports and leisure in Perth prompted a series of independent reviews and research into what could be effectively developed as a platform for taking us through to the middle of the 21st Century.

PH2O is our vision for delivering a sustainable hub of sports, leisure play and physical activities services that would include swim, gym, ice and other popular favourites as well as an enhanced offering in the form of outdoor climbing walls, high wire and adventure play.”

Stephen Milne, Competitive Swimmer and PH2O Ambassador from PH2O Perth on Vimeo.
Polar Plunge and Strut

Feb 3, 2014

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rokur

in Fun, Open Water

“Some brave and somewhat crazy souls took the Polar Plunge at Shawnee Mission Park to benefit Kansas Special Olympics. The swim wear was creative to say the least.”

Polar Plunge and Strut from DHTV digital on Vimeo.
Ian Thorpe admitted to rehabilitation clinic

Feb 3, 2014

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rokur

in Gossip, Health

Read The Sydney Morning Herald

Australian swimming great Ian Thorpe has been admitted to a rehabilitation clinic as he battles with depression.

His admittance into a clinic came after a disoriented Thorpe was taken to hospital by police in the early hours of Monday morning, after police were called to a south-west Sydney street by concerned residents.

Thorpeâ€™s manager, James Erskine, confirmed to Fairfax Media that Thorpe had been taken from Bankstown Hospital to a rehabilitation clinic.

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Okimoto (BRA) and Allen (GBR) win inaugural 10km race in Viedma

Feb 3, 2014

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rokur

in Open Water
Read fina.org

The opening leg of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2014 saw Brazilâ€™s Poliana Okimoto and British Thomas Allen take top honours in front of 7,000 spectators in Viedma, Argentina, on February 1. A total 59 competitors (27 women and 32 men) from 12 countries took the departure.

In the 57km Grand Prix race between Santa Fe and Coronda held on February 2, the first of the 2014 circuit, Czech Silvie Rybarova and Simone Ercoli from Italy touched first, after more than eight hours spent in the water.

FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2014 calendar:
- Race 1: February 1 in Viedma (ARG)
- NEXT RACE: April 5 in Manzanillo (MEX)
- Race 3: June 28 in Setubal (POR)
- Race 4: July 24 in Lac St. Jean (CAN)
- Race 5: July 31 in Lac Magog (CAN)
- Race 6: August 9 in Lac Megantic (CAN)
- Race 7: October 4 in Hong Kong (HKG)
One Direction – Story of my life ( Synchronized Swimming Edition )

Feb 3, 2014

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rokur

in Wow

One Direction – Story of my life ( Synchronized Swimming Edition ) from Didier Tommasi on Vimeo.
Dave Cornthwaite’s Expedition1000

Feb 3, 2014

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rokur

in Open Water, Wow

“At the age of 25 Dave Cornthwaite left his job as a graphic designer and embarked upon an adventure that would take him all over the world, in all kinds of different ways.

His Expedition1000 project is considered one of the most ambitious adventure projects of all time. Twenty-five different non-motorised journeys, each in excess of 1000 miles.

Narrated with passion, drive and humour, this is Dave’s story; so far.”

Dave Cornthwaite’s Expedition1000 from davecornthwaite on Vimeo.
Swimming with the giants

Feb 3, 2014

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rokur

in Nature, Wow

“Swimming with the whale sharks in Oslob, Cebu.”

Swimming with the giants from Jonathan Roco De Guzman on Vimeo.
2014 Eagle Island State Park Penguin Plunge

Feb 3, 2014

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rokur

in Fun, Open Water

“The 2014 Penguin Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics Idaho. This is one continuous take with a Nikon AW110 in my right hand. In previous years this was done in a portable swimming pool set up in Meridian. This year they moved it a few miles north to Eagle Island State Park, where they cut a big hole in the ice on Eagle Island Pond. The pond is not very deep. but it forms some very thick ice in winter.”

Feb 1, 2014 Penguin Plunge, at Eagle Island State Park, Idaho by Martin J. Grumet from Grumet on Vimeo.
Sunrise : Country kids have first ocean swim

Feb 3, 2014

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rokur

in Open Water

“One charity, Bush to Beach, is taking kids from the outback to the coast for a rare opportunity to swim in the ocean.”

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