Just a shot of the big sign saying “Rijeka 08” at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships in Rijeka, Croatia, the flags above and a few Hungarians on the bleachers.
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CC photo #456: Ying Lu on the Istanbul 2012 medal podium
China’s Ying Lu gold medal winner in the women’s 50 meter butterfly at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. See the result list here.
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SA swimmers will have to pay for their trip to Barcelona 2013
Read Sport24
South African swimmers, including Olympic gold medallist Chad le Clos, will have to pay their own way to compete in the FINA World Championships in Barcelona later this year as their cash-strapped federation cannot fund their trip.
Swimming South Africa CEO Shaun Adriaanse confirmed that the federation would be sending the swimmers to Spain but they would have to pay for their own flights and accommodation for the championship starting on July 19.
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Can you survive quicksand?
Is it possible to survive being stuck in quicksand? Jonny Phillips risks life and limb to experience firsthand what it is like to slowly sink into quicksand—just a few feet away from an incoming tide.
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Brave swimmers take plunge in Berlin’s ice cold Wannsee lake
http://youtu.be/y1L7Fvj65ZY
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Swimmers brave freezing London lake
You’ve got to love the line out of the lake *shiver*
http://youtu.be/_vECpCrn83A
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Hackett slams treatment of the Aussie relay
March 17, 2013: Grant Hackett has slammed Swimming Australia for making the men’s freestyle relay squad front a media conference over their stilnox use.
See ninemsn
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CC photo #455: Team Faroe running across a street in Hafnarfjörður, back in 2010
Very organized, eh, this sprint across a street in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, during the Small States 2010 competition. At least I (the photographer) was in safety.
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2150m ice swim in arctic Murmansk
Jeez, that is long. And cold. But at least, it is snowing.