Great video from the Falkland Islands – “People dashing into the freezing South Atlantic in the depths of winter just to earn their Certificate of Lunacy. Brrrrrrrr!”
http://youtu.be/gukFWWdFAtY
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CC photo #522: Alshammar winner in the 100 fly at Stockholm 2010
Not my best shot, but the best one I’ve got from when Therese Alshammar won gold in the women’s 100 meter short course butterfly, at the FINA 2010 World Cup meet in Stockholm, Sweden. Also in the picture Sarah Sjöström (Sweden) on lane 5 and Jeanette Ottesen (Denmark) on lane 6. And a man with a bucket. See the result list here.
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Danish dames doing dryland and dry swimming at altitude
Three of the four current Danish 2013 Barcelona squad members having fun in the sun while on altitude camp in Sierra Nevada. World champs Jeanette Ottesen, Pernille Blume and Rikke Møller Pedersen. Most of the talk is in Danish, but you will manage anyhow.
(Warning, maybe NSFW in your corner of the world)
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15-Year-Old Revived After Being Under Water for 30 Minutes
See ABC News
An Oregon teen who did not know how to swim was listed in critical condition Tuesday after being under water for more than 30 minutes, officials said.
Cesar Campuzano, 15, was rescued by the Newberg Dive Rescue team and the sheriff’s marine patrol Monday evening, after he leaped into the river at Rogers Landing, Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Tim Svenson said.
“What happened was basically they [Campuzano and some friends] were down on the dock and they were all in the water, they knew he couldn’t swim and he said he couldn’t,†Svenson said. “They thought he was joking, and as they were getting out he jumped in.â€
Svenson said three teenage boys tried to retrieve Campuzano out of the water but he kept crawling over them, proving too heavy to be lifted out of the water.
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Swimming Australia loses top sponsor Energy Australia after spate of controversies
Read for instance Courier-Mail, ABC Grandstand Sport, The AgeSwimming Australia has plunged into an $8 million black hole after being dumped by their major sponsor in the wake of the toxic culture, Stilnox and donkey scandals to rock the sport.
The Courier-Mail can reveal that principal partner of Swimming Australia, Energy Australia, this week dumped their major sponsorship of the sport, fed up with the string of scandalous headlines.
The company had signed a five-year agreement in February 2012, a lucrative arrangement believed to increase in value every year until 2017.
Insiders suggest it was valued at $2m in 2013, which would be an enormous blow for the sport as it constituted almost half of Swimming Australia’s annual revenue for corporate sponsorship. […]
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Therese Alshammar and Johan Wallberg welcome a son
Swedish media is abuzz with the news that 35-year-old Therese Alshammer on June 1 gave birth to her first child, a son. The news broke in February that she was expecting a child with partner and coach Johan Wallberg, and they have since them moved from Switzerland to Sweden. “Everything has gone well and we are naturally delighted”, says Alshammer, she has no plans to stop competing but Barcelona 2013 is out of the question :-)See for instance Expressen, BorÃ¥s Tidning, Göteborgs-Posten, Helsingborgs Dagblad, Svenska Dagbladet
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons /Â Mikhail Makarov, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Swim Ireland announces Barcelona 2013 World Championships team
See RTE Sport, SportsNews Ireland and Swim Ireland
Swim Ireland announced yesterday that Chris Bryan, Fiona Doyle, Sycerika McMahon and Barry Murphy will all represent Ireland at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona Spain from the 20th July – 4th August 2013.
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Teens should swim near lifeguard, never overestimate swimming skills
See wptv.com
Rodelson Normil, 17, was swept away in the waves Friday afternoon, his body hasn’t been recovered. His friends found comfort in each other, but struggle with the fact he is gone. […]
Rodelson was swimming near Gulfstream Park with friends, when he got caught in a rip current. One of his friends event went in after him.
“Zac went in and tried to help him, but he panicked. He pushed him down and Zac had to get out, if not he would’ve been lost too,” said Martinez. [a friend of Rodelson]
