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  • In the Game: Diana Nyad

    Oct 3, 2013

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    Legendary endurance swimmer, Diana Nyad reveals who motivates her and more during her sit-down with Robin Roberts in Season 2 of “In The Game.”

    http://youtu.be/V7r9LXA17fgq

  • Family sues Hilton after man dies from electrocution in hotel swimming pool

    Oct 3, 2013

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    rokur
    in Safety, WTF

    Read KHOU

    In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, a Missouri City family alleges โ€œgross negligence of epic proportionsโ€ for the swimming pool electrocution death of a young man at a Hilton Hotel swimming pool.

    Raul Hernandez Martinez, 27, and his family spent the Labor Day weekend at the Hilton Houston Westchase hotel at 9999 Westheimer in West Houston.

    They were at the swimming pool at dusk when the lights came on automatically. Eyewitness accounts, and now a civil lawsuit, detail how an electrical current immediately surged through the water.

  • CC photo #640: I guess some synchro stuff left at BCN2013

    Oct 2, 2013

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    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Fun, WTF

    A cup with some kind of sticky goo and a comb left in the pre-call room at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain.

    I guess some synchro stuff left at BCN2013

  • Are we there yet ?

    Oct 2, 2013

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    rokur
    in Fun, Nature

  • Berkeley High School shut down swimming pool after swimmers start losing body hair

    Oct 2, 2013

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    rokur
    in Safety, Swimming Pools

    Read for instance Fox Newsย and Huffington Post

    A California high school pool wasย closed by the cityย after students reported symptoms including burning eyes, bleached hair and a loss of body hair.

    Berkeleyside reportedย that parents of the Berkeley High School water polo team sent a letter to the principal expressing concern over their childrenโ€™s alleged symptoms.

    One parent told Berkeleyside that her son had lost all of the hair on his arms and legs and that the his eyes were continuously watering and stinging due to irritation from the pool.

    During a voluntary water test, the City of Berkeley reportedly found the levels of chlorine and chloramine were ten times the recommended level, and the pH reading was above the accepted level.

    Swimming Pool (1) - Essaouira, Morocco

    (Image courtesy ofย AG Gilmore, CC BY-ND 2.0)

  • Ian Thorpe lists Hollywood bungalow where John Lennon once lived

    Oct 2, 2013

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    rokur
    in Gossip

    Read realtor.com

    Ian Thorpe and John Lennon may not appear to have a lot in common, but the Australian athlete and late music icon certainly seem to agree when it comes to real estate.

    The Olympic gold medalist is looking to part ways with a bohemian bungalow inย Hollywood Hillsย that is said to have been inhabited by the late Beatles legend. Records show that Thorpe purchased the timber treehouse-like property in 2006 for $879,000.ย He currently asks $999,000ย for the quaint, 960-square-foot home.

    thorpe-hollywood-bungalow

  • NBA Star Brandon Bass Learning to Swim at Age 28

    Oct 2, 2013

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    rokur
    in Safety

    At 28 years old, Boston Celtics forward Brandon Bass still can’t swim, but he’s getting ready to change that.

    http://youtu.be/jcXJQ1vLZsM

  • Michael Phelps on NewsChannel 15

    Oct 2, 2013

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    rokur
    in Gossip, Organization

    Looking very Mark Spitz

    Michael Phelps 6 pm

     

  • Is Anthony Ervin Smarter Than Nathan Adrian?

    Oct 2, 2013

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    rokur
    in Fun

    “Anthony Ervin answers the same 20 questions Nathan Adrian was submitted to two years ago. How did he do?”

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