Ryan Lochte knows exactly what he wants. He wants to be Kim Kardashian — and isn’t ashamed to admit it.
“Kim started from pretty much nothing, and now everyone everywhere knows who she is,” he says. “That’s what I want to do.”
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‘Swim-In’ At Newcastle City Pool In Fight Against Closures
Read Sky | Tyne and Wear
Swimmers gathered together at Newcastle City Pool for an aqua-zumba session with a serious message.
Around 150 people took part in a part in the ‘swim in’ protest against Newcastle City Council’s plans to close the pool as part of major budget cuts.
There was also an, ehm, Last Naked Swim. With (thankfully blurred) video
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Behind the scenes of Anderson Cooper’s croc swim
For their “60 Minutes” report on the world’s deadliest crocodiles, Anderson Cooper and his producers told “60 Minutes Overtime” they weren’t even sure they’d find any. See CBS
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Swim Cup 2013 Eindhoven LIVE on YouTube
The 9th annual Swim Cup Eindhoven is being organised by the PSV Swimming and the KNZB, Royal Dutch Swimming Federation and its Foundation for International Swimming Events “SIZEâ€, at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swim Stadium in Eindhoven, Netherlands, 4-7 April 2013. You can follow it LIVE on YouTube (!) See swimcup.nl, the startlist is here (in PDF) and the results here. Taped videos can be found here.
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Camera found after 5,000-mile underwater journey
Erin Burnett interviews the owner of an underwater camera lost during a 2007 Hawaiian vacation and found in Taiwan.
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Marine Scientists use Google Street View to share images
Philippe Cousteau joins scientists using Google Street View to share their incredible underwater images online. See also Catlin Seaview Survey.
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Scottish Gas National Age Groups Swimming Championships 2013 Preview
The Scottish Gas National Age Groups Swimming Championships are held from 10 – 14 April in the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh. You can follow the event with daily reports on YouTube and also live at www.scottishswimming.com/live
See also their promo video
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“Attention, a life in Extremes”
The movie “Attention, a life in Extremes” will be a new look at extreme sports through the life and challenges of three athletes looking at the psychology and philosophy behind ‘super-human behaviour’. The athletes being freediving world champion Guillaume Néry, Gerhard Gulewicz, who is participating in the toughest bicycle race in the world, the Race Across America – for the 8th time this year, and wingsuit flyer Halvor Angvik.
They are very close to completing the production, but need a bit of support from us to get some exceptional shots of Angvik in super-slow motion and Néry at 100 metres. You can help on Kickstarter
Halvor Angvik and his wings. In High Speed, 1000 frames per second! Another goal we want to reach, something which has never been filmed: What happens with a freediver in 100m depth? What does it look like? We know what happens with the lungs of a freediver (think about the pressure!) and their body in general. But do you know, how it really looks like?
ATTENTION, a life in Extremes TRAILER | 2013 from Adrialpe-Media on Vimeo.
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Lance Armstrong to race again, now as masters swimmer
Read the Austin American-Statesman
Armstrong, who was stripped of his biggest cycling achievements last year because of doping charges, will compete at the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships this weekend. The meet is hosted by Longhorn Aquatics at the Jamail Texas Swim Center.
U.S. Masters Swimming isn’t under the drug testing umbrella of the U.S. Anti Doping Agency, which gave Armstrong a lifetime ban from competition.
Rob Butcher, the executive director of masters swimming, told the American-Statesman that no one has filed a grievance objecting to Armstrong competing.
“The purpose of our organization is to encourage adults to swim,†Butcher said.
Here is him swimming last year