I’m late with publishing this video from 2011, but luckily it is still relevant :-)
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Awesome April Fools story starring Anthony Ervin that we missed
Have to start following Blogstroke, I guess :-)
If you’ve been waiting to see one of your favorite U.S. Men’s Olympic Swim Team members as a leading man on the big screen, here’s your chance.
Olympic gold medalist Anthony Ervin has the leading role in Swim for Love. Based on “actual events†a swimmer must chose between swimming at the Olympics for his country, or swim across the Atlantic Ocean to be reunited with his true love.
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Finnish media interviewing new national head coach Bo Jacobsen
An interview in English here off uimaliitto.fi (The Finnish Swimming Association website), you can also see a segment from 2:00 to 3:54 here on Yle Areena. Details off Uimaliitto are for instance that he is appointed at least until the Berlin Europeans in 2014, with the option to then continue until Rio 2016. Read more on uimaliitto.fi (in Finnish).
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Heidi Klum saves her son from drowning
Update: There were pictures (!)
The supermodel jumps into action saving her 7-year-old kid and two nannies. Find out what happened.
http://youtu.be/BYPbZ9MFyjQ
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Ryan Lochte Gets His Game On
No sport is safe with the Olympic swimmer around! See his many talents in “What Would Ryan Lochte Do?” premiering Sunday, April 21 at 10|9c.
http://youtu.be/eKZaOejspHs
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CC photo #458: Vladimir Morozov at Istanbul 2012
Russia’s Vladimir Morozov gold winner in the men’s 50 freestyle at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. See the result list here.
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Finland appoints Bo Jacobsen as new national head coach
The Finnish Swimming Association has appointed Danish coach Bo Jacobsen as new national head coach, starting May 1st, 2013. Bo Jacobsen is renowned in Danish swimming as head coach these past 18½ years of one of the most successful swim clubs in Denmark, WestSwim later merged into Esbjerg Svømmeklub. Read the press release here on Esbjerg Svømmeklub and see also SwimNews.dk(Photo: Bo Jacobsen at the Rijeka 2008 European SC)
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Is this some kind of Michael Phelps effect on golf?
See Mashable
Danish pro Andreas Harto takes things to a new level in this video, removing his pants (along with shoes and socks) to chip his way out from the edge of a water hazard at a tournament in Morocco on Sunday
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Ronan the Sea Lion first non-human mammal to “keep the beat”
Read Mashable
Scientists trained a musically inclined sea lion named Ronan to “bob her head in time with rhythmic sounds,” according to a UCSC press release. Ronan later showed that she could transfer this skill to music and tempos she hadn’t yet heard.