“Release your inner Finn !” or, Swimming in the ice in Finland.
– laidback French guy FTW
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CC photo #432: KawÄ™cki after winning the Istanbul 2012 men’s 200 back
It was awesome, the way Poland’s RadosÅ‚aw KawÄ™cki moved past Ryan Lochte underwater after the final turn, to win the men’s 200 meter backstroke at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. See the result list here
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Extremely Painful High Dive Disaster
“Film producer Chris Chapman trains to take on the ten metre diving board – only for things to go horribly wrong! ”
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Touch The Wall
“Here’s a promo for the upcoming feature film “Touch the Wall” featuring Kara Lynn Joyce and Missy Franklin. Along with their Coach Todd Schmitz and families, this film has been a few years in the making, and needs your support to make it to the big screen.
Support the making of this film on Kickstarter.
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Bærumsvømmerne – This Is Us :-)
In Norwegian, but you’ll survive
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Missy’s First Medal
“An excerpt from our film Touch The Wall, shot just after Missy returned home from the London Olympics. Unedited.” See Touch The Wall on Facebook
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Swimming scandal fallout scares Aussie Olympic chief
Read Reuters
Australia’s Olympic chief John Coates is fearful the scandal surrounding the misbehavior of the swimming team at last year’s London Games could lead to parents being reluctant to let their children take part in sport.
“The last thing we want is for the mums and dads not to think of our Olympians as role models. We are trying to create greater participation in sport through our team.
“‘Is that what happens when I send my little girl to the team or my little Johnny to the team?’ That’s what scares me.”
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Female Australian team members “seething” after statements made by the male relay
A bit late, but read Fox Sports
Many female swimmers are dissatisfied with the statements made by the men’s relay team, the public information released about the London Olympic campaign and the fact they weren’t interviewed during the Bluestone review into Australian swimming’s culture.
Jade Neilsen’s roommate in Manchester is opting not to publicly comment about the incidents but has promised swimming officials she will give her full co-operation to any formal investigations.
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Star swimmer Sun Yang reconciles with coach
“Sports fans will be delighted to hear that it seems Olympic gold medalist Sun Yang and his long-term mentor have put aside their differences. The duo, who made headlines recently over what was called a ‘make-or-break’ dispute, returned to training on Monday.”