My setup for a Skype interview, talking with SwimmingWorld’s Jeff Commings on the Morning Swim Show about the Faroe Isles and Pál and Danes and stuff. Yes, the stacked books between the table and the box was just to add a bit more excitement :-P
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Should Ice Swimming Be In The Olympics?
A good question here on Open Water Swimming
One of the most fascinating topics at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California was the discussion on how to get ice swimming into the Winter Olympics.
Those discussions will undoubtedly continue at the 2013 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Cork, Ireland. In addition to the Summer Olympics goal of athletes to go higher, faster, stronger, many events of the Winter Olympics have a high element of daredevil feats and inherent risk.
Image courtesy of Patrick Breen, CC BY 2.0
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Learn to be a mermaid thanks to new school in the Philippines
“The Philippine Mermaid Swimming Academy is a dream come true for girls who want to become mermaids. The new school was started this year in Manilla.”
http://youtu.be/Wsw7oL6reXA
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How to empty a portable swimming pool in 1 sec
That can’t be safe
http://youtu.be/wzfS3r_c-Bg
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Fijian Douglas Miller – Passion for the Pool – Insight from 2013 World Swimming Championships
“This film was produced by Alice McAlpine and crew of The Reporters’ Academy UK, a media production company run by young people, tasked with the mission of telling the stories of Oceania’s swimmers at the World Championships in Barcelona. The Reporters’ Academy is integrated into the world of media, education and employment, based in the great sporting city of Manchester.”
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Speedo Advisors | How to tone your entire body using swim fitness by Karen Pickering
“How to tone your entire body using swim fitness by Karen Pickering”
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Catherine Vogt on Training Haley Anderson and Ous Mellouli
“Catherine Vogt, the head open water coach for the United States at the 2013 world championships, talks about training world champions Haley Anderson and Ous Mellouli.”
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David Walliams dives in to SwimBritain at Blenheim Palace
“David Walliams waded in for his latest swim challenge joining hundreds of eager swimmers from around the country to take on British Gas SwimBritain at Blenheim Palace’s Great Lake. The comic actor joined forces with a host of Olympic and Paralympic swim stars including Keri-anne Payne, Duncan Goodhew, Cassie Patten and Graham Edmunds to encourage the nation to get back in the water this summer.”
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12-year-old Hong Kong swim champ regains consciousness after near drowning
A young swimming champion has regained consciousness after nearly drowning at an annual North District swimming competition on Sunday where he had just set a new record.
But he is still partly paralysed, school authorities say. […]
After setting a new record in the competition’s 200-metre breaststroke, winning the 4×50-metre relay and reaching the final of the 50-metre butterfly, Yau leapt into a training pool to warm up for the 100-metre breaststroke and lost consciousness in the water.
He was listed as still being in a critical condition in the intensive care unit last night.