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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake wakes up competitors for day 2 of Tokyo World Cup meet

Nov 10, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Wow

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Swimmers in attendance at the Tokyo stop of the FINA World Cup just had the experience of a lifetime as a 5.5 earthquake hit the city just a bit ago.

Woah! That was a scary earth quake! I looked my window to see if the city was still there only to see a bunch of people doing the same

â€” George Bovell (@GeorgeBovell) November 9, 2013

Just experienced an earthquake here in Tokyo. Thought the hotel was gonna collapse… Think I’m awake for the heats of day 2! #adrenaline

â€” Inge Dekker (@dekker_inge) November 9, 2013

Just woke up to a 5.5 earthquake here in Tokyo. Definitely not pushing snooze on that alarm

â€” Roland Schoeman (@Rolandschoeman) November 9, 2013

That was scaaary!!! #earthquake #tokyo

— Sarah SjÃ¶strÃ¶m (@sarahsjo) November 9, 2013

i thought someone was shaking my bed, in fact it was an Earthquake 5.5 #fullywokenup

— Chad Le Clos (@chadleclos) November 9, 2013

Just got woken up by a cheeky little earthquake in Tokyo.. Seems like extreme measures are being taken to scramble our eggs for breakfast..ðŸ˜³

— Elizabeth Simmonds (@QueenMond) November 9, 2013

Wow first earthquake experience here in Tokyo!

— Bobby Hurley (@bobby_hurley) November 9, 2013
Swim with great white sharks in South Africa

Nov 9, 2013

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rokur

in Nature

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Even an iron cage doesn’t make swimming with great white sharks off South Africa a relaxing experience.

Toasters kill 400 people each year. Sharks kill between five and 10.

Why then does a shark cage resemble the internal mechanics of a toaster? Is it a cruel joke to make me even more nervous than I already am?

It’s a cool late September morning in Kleinbaai, South Africa, a small coastal village about a two-hour drive from Cape Town.
Swim the Suck 2013

Nov 9, 2013

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rokur

in Open Water

Swimmers compete in a 10-mile swim down the Tennessee River Gorge.

Swim the Suck 2013 from Chad Wilson on Vimeo.
Naulu – A new vision for your training

Nov 9, 2013

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rokur

in Technique, Technology

Monitoring System for Swimming Technique Features, see naulu.net
Libby Trickett reveals she dealt with bouts of depression this year

Nov 9, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Health

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Champion swimmer Libby Trickett dealt with bouts of depression early this year before becoming a success on this year’s Dancing With The Stars.

The Olympic champion, who has now retired for a second time after requiring a wrist reconstruction, said she was more prepared to deal with depression this time around.

“I think I was much more prepared, and more aware of the triggers and things I had to be mindful of,” she said.

Image courtesy of Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0
Australia’s mixed 4×50 medley relay 1:37.84 and a new World Record

Nov 9, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, World Record

At the FINA World Cup leg in Tokyo today, Australia’s mixed 4×50 meter medley relay broke their own world record yet again, clocking 1:37.84 where their record from Singapore was 1:38.02. Split times were Robert Hurley 23.46, Christian Sprenger Christian Sprenger (25.91), Alicia Coutts (25.19) and Cate Campbell (23.28). See the result list here.
CC photo #678: FS stevna 2013

Nov 9, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Faroe Islands, Swimming Pools

Swim meet in Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands, 9 November 2013, for our youngest age groups. We time but don’t really record. Seoul 1988 silver medalist Benny Nielsen once swam a demo swim here, back when the starting blocks were in the shallow end. Must have been a cramped experience, swimming in that narrow middle lane.
South Carolina Swimming & Diving Intro Video – 2013-14

Nov 9, 2013

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rokur

in Organization, Wow

Intro video for 2013-14 South Carolina Gamecocks Swimming & Diving. Wow !

South Carolina Swimming & Diving Intro Video – 2013-14
I’m a Celebrity 2013: Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington ‘heading into the jungle’

Nov 8, 2013

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rokur

in Gossip

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Rebecca Adlington has signed up for I’m a Celebrity 2013, according to a newspaper report.

Double Olympic gold winner Rebecca is rumoured to have signed a deal for £80,000 to head down under for the ITV reality show hit, The Sun claims.

The retired freestyle swimmer, 24, is tipped to join the likes of Westlife singer Kian Egan, Big Mo EastEnders actress Laila Morse and TV presenter Matthew Wright in Australia in the jungle for the show, which is due to begin a week on Sunday.

Rebecca, who revealed in August that she was considered for a spot on Strictly Come Dancing, had previously dismissed her chances of appearing on the series fronted by Ant and Dec.

She said last year: “I’m absolutely awful with creepy-crawlies and I couldn’t eat that stuff they do in the jungle.”

Image courtesy of Michiel Jelijs, CC BY 2.0

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Rókur í Jákupsstovu // Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT guy, spare-time aquatics aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 grandson & a wife. Bureau Member of European Aquatics, liaison to Water Safety, Media & Data Management. Likes to run :-)