Swim for Relief – AmeriCares & Diana Nyad from Alexandra Ostasiewicz on Vimeo.
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The well-heeled find a watery escape in landlocked Afghanistan
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A new fad is sweeping the capital of landlocked and war-weary Afghanistan: swimming pools.
The city has at least eight massive new pool clubs. Extras usually include saunas, Jacuzzis, massages, smoothies and sandwiches.
“Sure, we don’t have beaches like Brazil, or clubs like Dubai. But we have created our own beaches and clubs here with these pools,†said 25-year-old college student Mirwaiz Taraki between back-flips at the Nazari Sauna and Pool in Kabul’s posh New City neighborhood.
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Interview: Woman Living as Real Life Mermaid Swimming in Most Beautiful Aquarium In The World
The Journey of Mermaid Melissa Official Video:Â http://youtu.be/MZAtvLDNEh0
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Edita Brychta – Golden Gate Swim 2013
“Edita Brychta wins 1st place in women’s at the annual Golden Gate Bridge swim with a time of 29:05.”
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Aalborg 4:00.21 and a new Danish record in the 4×100 medley
Tonight at the West-Danish Regional Short Course Championships in Aarhus, Aalborg’s elite team led by Mie Østergaard Nielsen demolished the Danish (club) record in the women’s 4×100 medley, with a time of 4:00.21 replacing Swim Team Odense’s Danish record of 4:03.06 from the Danish Short Course Championships in 2009, then featuring Rikke Møller Pedersen in the breaststroke. The Danish national team record is 3:49.87, from when they won gold at the Istanbul 2012 World Short Course Championships.
Aalborg’s split times now were Mie Ø. Nielsen 57.35 – Louise B. Dalgaard 1:08.6* – Mathilde Pugholm Hvid 59.7* and Julie Levisen 54.38 (*the breaststroke and butterfly splits apparently a bit messed up of technical reasons, see the result list)
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CC photo #665: The Debrecen 2012 Warm-Up Pool
Just a photo from the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. This the 25m warm-up / swim-off pool used during the championships, the 50m competition pool behind that glass wall.
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Mie Ø. Nielsen 1:55.04 and new Danish record in the 200 freestyle
At the West-Danish Short Course Championships tonight, Aalborg prodigy Mie Østergaard Nielsen clocked 1:55.04 and a new Danish record in the women’s 200 meter freestyle, demolishing Lotte Friis’ record of 1:55.64 from the Danish Team Championships back in the supersuited days of 2009. Her third Danish record in a few weeks, see the result list here. The West- and East Danish Short Course Championships is a pair of regional championships that the Danes arrange a few weeks before the ‘real’ Danish Short Course Championships, to be arranged in Gladsaxe 14-17 November 2013.
(Mie and her coach Leifi at the Stockholm 2010 World Cup meet)
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CC photo #664: Filming the men’s 400 free at Debrecen 2012
Just a photo from the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. In the pool the men’s 400 meter freestyle preliminary heat 4 of 5 with Kis Gergo (HUN) leading and Sebastien Rouault (FRA) in second. Kis Gergo ended up winning silver in the final, behind Germany’s Paul Biedermann.
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Diana Nyad on Dangers at Sea – Cuba to Florida Swim
“Diana Nyad talks about the members of her team that helped her navigate the dangerous waters during the 53-hour Cuba to Florida Swim.”