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Monster Week continues on Animal Planet with Steve Backshall “Swimming With Monsters.” The wildlife expert and his crew traveled to southern Africa to get Steve the chance to swim with hippos.
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The SEAL: Wearable Swim Monitoring and Drowning Detection System
See and support this project on indiegogo, currently at about $14,500 raised of $85,000 goal.The SEAL wearable swim monitor and drowning detection system offers an extra layer of protection by creating a virtual safety network between swimmers, guards, and parents by wirelessly connecting wearable swimmer and guard/parent bands through a compact, portable monitoring hub. Each swimmer band continually reports the swimmer’s status to both the central hub and to the guard/parent band, and each band contains a unique electronic signature so many swimmers can be simultaneously monitored.
Via Gizmag
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Stat̻ra Client Testimonial РMike Unger, USA Swimming
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Swim coach Rick Curl sentenced to seven years
Swim coach Rick Curl says to his victim: “Every day of my life has been spent thinking and feeling awful about my behavior.” See ABC7 -
Open Water Swim – Flowers Sea Swim
Cool video courtesy of The Race Club
The Flowers Sea Swim is the most fun Open Water Swim event we have ever been a part of. Gary Hall Sr caught up with the family behind the event, Frank and daughter Dara Flowers.
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Interested in visiting the World Swimming Championships of 2013 in Barcelona?
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You have the opportunity to get to all the famous sites of Barcelona, such as Passeig de Gracia, the great shopping street with all the famous shops and Gaudi’s houses, Casa Batllo and Casa Mila (La Pedrera). Or go to the Montjuic Mountain, where you will find sites such as the Olympic stadium and surrounding Olympic city, Miro Museum and much more.
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CC photo #510: Merkið at Roma09
Our national flag “Merkið” (the Mark) looking good among blue friends at the FINA 2009 World Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy.
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Pascal’s 1 Day in Paradise
Justin tells the story of Pascal, a boy who absolutely loves the water and grew up on a boat in Tropical North Queensland, as he revisits the Great Barrier Reef.
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Pellegrini confirms romance over with Magnini
Read Gazzetta del Sud (in English)Olympic medalist Federica Pellegrini says her romance with fellow swimming sensation Filippo Magnini is over. “We are very disappointed to announce that our love affair is over,” Pellegrini, who won Olympic gold in Beijing in 2008, said in an interview Thursday with ANSA.
Reports of trouble between the pair had been circulating for years. Speaking from France, where both are training for the world championships in Barcelona in August, Pellegrini said that she and Magnini will continue to train together.
“Sometimes it’s just that the feeling fades,” she said. “We will continue our journey in professional sports, focusing only on that”.