In my experience, the main rules of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy are eerily relevant to commenting swimming live on TV: Don’t panic, and carry a towel ;-)
(Yes, I ended up in the pool. There is footage somewhere)
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CC photo #497: Swim Pool in Tórshavn ready for FM/JM 2013
Just a shot from outside of here on the 3rd and final night of the 2013 Faroese (Short Course) Swimming Championships. Flags are the most frustrating thing to shoot.
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Spanish doping doctor Fuentes’ secrets for sale
Read The Guardian
The convicted sports-doping doctor Eufemiano Fuentes is threatening to reveal the dirty secrets of the world’s major sporting events as he offers to sell his story to newspapers after being convicted on public health charges in Spain for his role in helping top cyclists to cheat.
Fuentes, considered one of international sport’s leading dope doctors, has sent out a list of subjects that – for a price – he is now prepared to talk publicly about. It includes Spanish Champions League football teams, London marathon winners, Olympic medallists and a long list of cyclists he was involved with.
http://youtu.be/Ym_0Otve8dg
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Freediver Kimi Werner swims with Great White Shark
“Patagonia ambassador Kimi Werner strives to find her place in the ecosystem. She treads the line between predator and prey – eventually discovering balance in an unlikely place.”
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Federica Pellegrini flirting with Matteo Giunta?
While the Italian gossip magazines speculate a time of crisis between Filippo Magnini and Federica Pellegrini, the rumour is spreading that she has had an affair with Matteo Giunta.
http://youtu.be/hfVVaPwMhnk
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Australia axe coach of troubled relay team
Read Bangkok Post
Australia have axed the coach of their scandal-hit 4x100m freestyle relay team for the world championships as part of a wide-ranging shake-up after last year’s Olympics flop, officials said Friday.
John Fowlie, who oversaw a medal-less showing by the world champions in London, moves aside for Brant Best, coach of relay anchor man James Magnussen, Swimming Australia said.
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CC photo #496: Pál’s 100th Faroese Championships medal
Pál Joensen celebrates his 100th Faroese Championships medal, whereof 82 were gold. He managed another one after this 100 IM medal, when setting a new Faroese record in the 100 meter (short course) breaststroke, clocking 1:03.00 ahead of junior record setting Markus Joensen in 1:04.77. So 101 medals in total now with one day to go at the 2013 Faroese Championships, aiming for his 100th gold medals next year. See the result list here.
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CC photo #495: Pál and Jón back on deck in Tórshavn
Pál Joensen and SuSvim coach Jón Bjarnason discussing whatever during warmup the first morning at the 2013 Faroese Championships. The old team rides again.
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Building the Faroe Champs platform
Just a quick test with GoPro Hero 2 and the time lapse tool in Picasa.