“Biba Turnbull grew up on Bondi Beach in Sydney and started surfing when she was five years old, representing NSW at the State Surfing Titles. She took to snowboarding at age 10 and has also represented NSW in soccer in 2007 and 2008.” – see sochi2014.olympics.com.au
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Coach David Marsh Backstroke Turning Tip
“Here’s a great way to work on staying connected into your backstroke turn.”
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Dark and Lonely Water
1973 UK Public Information Film aimed at scaring children away from water. Creepy.
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Ryan Lochte to introduce new yogurt flavors to support charities
Former Gator, Olympic swimmer and reality TV star Ryan Lochte will be at Yogurtology in Butler Plaza Saturday to launch new flavors to benefit charities of his choice.
Sales of Lochte’s Lemon Drop through Oct. 5 and Champion Chocolate Fudge Brownie for six months will benefit Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy and the Mac Crutchfield Foundation for Special and Paralympic kids.
http://youtu.be/3BXXQqZWiyw
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CC photo #635: Brazil at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs
Just a photo from the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul Turkey.
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Britta Steffen retires
Read Deutsche Welle (in English)Germany’s Olympic double gold swimmer Britta Steffen has decided to end her competitive career. Her retirement follows disappointments for Germany at the London Olympics and the world championships in Barcelona.
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and adifansnet
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FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 – Doha (QAT) trailer
“Since 1979, the FINA Swimming World Cup gathers the best swimmers in a series of meets organised between August and November each year. Normally across seven/eight locations, the circuit is structured in clusters (Middle East, Europe and Asia) and distributes a total of prize money reaching US$ 2 million.”
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Swim legend Laurie Lawrence warns two-thirds of pool owners don’t know CPR
Read CourierMail and see Kids Alive
Former Australian swimming coach Laurie Lawrence is stepping up his campaign to prevent drownings, with research showing two-thirds of pool owners don’t know CPR.
KIDS ALIVE – DO THE FIVE!
- Fence the pool
- Shut the gate
- Teach your kids to swim – it’s great
- Supervise – watch your mate and
- Learn how to resuscitate
http://youtu.be/vqpnLecKjpA
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CC photo #634: Sindri Thor Jakobsson at Debrecen 2012
Icelandic born Norwegian swimmer Sindri Þór Jakobsson at the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. He was then struggling with the traumatic experience when Alexander Dale Oen died, and quit swimming for a year. Hopefully back on track now.
