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  • Stephanie Rice confirms flings with Eamon Sullivan, Michael Phelps

    Mar 11, 2014

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    rokur
    in Gossip

    Listen to The Grill Team

    We were very lucky to have Aussie Olympic swimmer Stephanie Rice on the show today.

    We asked Stephanie Rice about some of the blokes she’s been linked to over the yearsโ€ฆ and all she had to do is say yes or no.

    Has she had romantic links with this men?

    Image courtesy of Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0

  • Bottlenose dolphin asks diver for help to remove a fishing hook and line

    Mar 11, 2014

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    rokur
    in Nature, Wow

    From back in 2013, via Neatorama

    Keller Laros was diving off the coast of Kona, Hawaii on January 11, 2013. A bottlenose dolphin swam up to him and hovered. Laros could spot the problem immediately: there was fishing hook and line stuck in his left side. With scissors and a pliers, he carefully untangled and removed them.

    Bottlenose Dolphin Rescue

  • Chloe McCardel to swim with Sheikh Khalid the 36K from Saudi Arabia to Bahrain

    Mar 11, 2014

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    See McCardel’s post on Facebook, “I am very honoured to be invited to support His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa in his “Swim Challenge” this Friday March 14th. His Highness will be swimming 36km from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Funds raised will be used to benefit cancer patients and their families.”

    Post by Chloe McCardel – Marathon Swimmer.
  • GoPro: Swimming With Wild Ones

    Mar 11, 2014

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    rokur
    in Fun

    Join the Wild Ones in Austin, Texas for some swimming, music, and “GoProing.”

    GoPro Music: Swimming With Wild Ones

  • USRPT – ‘The Beginning of A Swimming Revolution’

    Mar 11, 2014

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    rokur
    in Science, Training

    See usrpt.com

    USRPT – The Beginning of A Swimming Revolution

  • Ridiculous carpet sledding competition

    Mar 11, 2014

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    rokur
    in Fun, Winter Swimming

    Contestants at the 2014 Red Bull Shakh Carpet event in Azerbaijan had to slide down a mountain using traditional carpets, hit the kicker, and skillfully land into the freezing pool. Over 500 people gathered to witness the spectacular flights and hilarious wipeouts.

  • Mass. man completes 24-hour swim to raise money for YMCA

    Mar 10, 2014

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    rokur
    in Organization

    See NECN

    How did you spend the weekend? Kim Garbarino did swam lap after lap after lap to raise money for the North Shore YMCA.

    Looking to raise $10,000, the 56-year-old probation officer at Lynn District Court started his 24-hours swim at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA in Marblehead, Mass.

    He spent much of the time in the water alone, but was joined by others in pool. Among them was his wife, Amy.

    This was not Garbarino’s first big swim. In 2012, he crossed the English Channel, accomplishing something he first dreamed about as a child, swimming in YMCA pools on the North Shore.

  • Cameraman Justin Lyons reveals Steve Irwinโ€™s final words: โ€˜Iโ€™m dyingโ€™

    Mar 10, 2014

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    rokur
    in Nature, Safety

    See Herald Sun

    โ€œWe stood up and said, โ€˜One last shot. You swim up from behind the animal and Iโ€™ll try to get a shot of it swimming awayโ€™.โ€

    โ€œAll of a sudden it propped on its front and started stabbing wildly with its tail. Hundreds of strikes in a few seconds.โ€

  • Zimbabwean commandos swim Atlantic for 3 hours after training exercise goes wrong

    Mar 10, 2014

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Read New Zimbabwe, allAfrica, Nehanda Radio, News24

    Five Zimbabwean commandoes swam the shark-infested Atlantic Ocean off the Namibian coast for more than three hours to save their lives after a training exercise went horribly wrong.

    According to the latest ZNA magazine, the five soldiers were part of a SADC Special Forces training exercise in October 2013 who had to resort to their bravery and endurance to survive after their boats capsized during a sea-borne exercise.

    After the mishap, 21 members of the team had to swim for three-and-a-half hours to shore. A Malawian soldier died after being hit on the head by propellers while two South Africans were โ€œreported missing in action.

    The five Zimbabweansย  – corporals Manunure Frequency, Mapfumo Samuel and Mutemera Shadreck of 1 Commando Regiment and lance corporals Jakarasi Obey and Mukandiona Justice of Parachute Regiment – have now been promoted by a rank each.

    Army Commander, Lieutenant-General Phillip Valerio Sibanda, recommended their elevation to reward them for โ€œenduring difficult conditions in the ocean to survive disaster.โ€

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