Sedbergh School Swimming from Joe Unsworth on Vimeo.
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CC photo #623: I think we won
Just a photo from our night off after the finals Friday night August 2 during the FINA 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. The Joan Gamper Trophy friendly between home team Barcelona and Brazilian club Santos. Not much of a soccer spectator myself … but when you are leading 8-0 with 7 minutes to go, I guess you are safe :-P
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Shirin Gerami first female triathlete to compete for Iran
See The Guardian
A 24-year-old woman from Iran will this weekend make history in London by becoming the first female triathlete to take part in a world championship under the green, white and red tricolour of the Islamic republic’s flag.
Shirin Gerami will join 8,500 athletes from 83 countries taking part in the PruHealth world triathlon grand final in Hyde Park, competing in full Islamic dress through a 1,500 metre swim, a 40km bike race and 10km run. […]
Officials at Iran’s national triathlon federation told Gerami this week that she can participate in the London event. She will be competing in a full hijab that will cover her body from head to toe, a dress she has worked on to make sure it meets Iran’s requirements. Organisers of the London grand final have also agreed to provide a tent for her to be able to change clothes as soon as she gets out of the water.
Shirin Gerami abt to become 1st female #Iranian triathlete to officially participate in world championship. #pride pic.twitter.com/vz96qhrZYC
— Hassan Rouhani (@HassanRouhani) September 13, 2013
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Hannah Miley awarded Nancy Riach Memorial Medal, launches fleet of ‘Hannah’ vans
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The 24-year-old received the Nancy Riach Memorial Medal in recognition of her three medals at the European Short Course Championships and her first 400 IM World Short Course Championships gold in Istanbul last December, where she improved on her European record.
Ahead of the awards, Miley launched the new ‘Hannah Fleet’ of Scottish Gas vans featuring the image of the world and European champion to highlight her role as ambassador, as well as Scottish Gas’s continuing support of Scottish Swimming at all levels.
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CC photo #622: First meet of the season 2013-2014
The very first heat in the very first meet, three young girls readying themselves for the launch of the 2013-2014 swim season here in the Faroe Islands.
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Man dies after rescuing child from hotel swimming pool
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Investigators found that Hernandez, 27, died after receiving an apparent electric shock in the hotel pool. Witnesses tell investigators he saved his 10-year-old brother and his mother, after they and other guests felt what they believed to be a series of shocks and could not swim. Police say Hernandez went into cardiac arrest and later died.
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Driver trapped under water survives in air bubble
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Early Thursday morning, Roy Ortiz was driving to work when the world literally crumbled underneath his car.
He went nose first into the rising flood waters and was trapped fearing the worst.
“I’m completely stuck right there. So, I have to wait,” Ortiz said.
He could not get out of the car, but he did manage to find his way to the back seat where he found a small pocket for him to breathe.
“Only my head can fit right there in that space,” Ortiz said.
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The Devil’s Pool
Via Laughing Squid
In the short film “The Devil’s Pool,†filmmaker Casey Neistat recounts his single-minded mission to swim in Devil’s Pool, a notoriously dangerous natural pool at the edge of Victoria Falls in Southern Africa.
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Inventions Made Better: The Super Shower Slide
“Cleanliness is next to geniusness”
http://youtu.be/0dkZ6WRP9uc