From this weekend’s swim meet at Toftir, Faroe Islands. Held in a closet, what-you-see-is-what-it-is, I (the photographer) am standing in the doorway. Please leave your notepads and tablets outside :-)
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Ice Hole Swimming
“… or how to unplug and reboot your brain”
Steve Olpin of The Talking Fly and Boston McConnaughey and Andrew Hancock of Freakin’ Rad take a quick dip in an ice hole in Deer Creek Reservoir near Midway, Utah. This is super fun and really does reboot your brain. It is good to unplug and get outdoors, Enjoy!
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Irish swim coach and suspected pedophile George Gibney flees Florida home
Read Irish Central
Alleged pedophile swimming coach George Gibney has fled his Florida home after a campaign by a local child protection agency.
Former Irish national coach Gibney fled Ireland for America in 1994 after the collapse of a court action against him over the alleged sexual abuse of minors.
The Irish Sun newspaper reports that Gibney has abandoned his US home in Orange City and gone to ground.
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Michael Phelps would like to coach a comedian
Watch out funnymen: Michael Phelps wants you in the pool. Olympian Michael Phelps dropped by TODAY on Monday and said if he could mentor anyone, it’d be a funnyman. “I like comedians a lot, so I think comedians would be fun to be able to put them in a pool,” he told TODAY.com. “To have the jokes, to keep it kind of light…That would be fun.
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Ian Thorpe used to promote ‘closet’ gay club
Read GayStarNewsA photo of Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe is being used to promote a Melbourne ‘closet’ gay dance party.
The promotional poster for the ‘Closet Party’ features a black and white image of the swimmer above a slogan saying it is ‘for homosexuals and those who love them.’
Thorpe has repeatedly denied being gay, and has previously called the rumors ‘hurtful’.
CLOSET have made the following statement to TheVine, which they will be posting on their Facebook page shortly: “CLOSET is billed as a night for homosexuals and those who love them. In other words, we create a place where people can come and enjoy themselves regardless of their sexuality – and we welcome Tom, Hugh, Oprah, Kristen, Ian, Joy FM staff and even Neil Mitchell if he feels so inclined.
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Swimming the Strait of Gibraltar
Ole Mose Nielsen crossed Saturday the 16th February 2013 the Strait of Gibraltar “as the first ever this early by swimming”.
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Virginia Women Claim Sixth Consecutive Swimming & Diving Title
“For the sixth straight year, the Virginia women are the champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Cavaliers built an early lead in the four-day meet and clinched the their 11th title in program history on Saturday night.”
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Sophie, the diver who does not lack air
Directly translated, “Sophie Jacquin, freedive champion of France takes us snorkeling. This is probably the most natural, the most authentic way to explore the ocean.”
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CC photo #422: TV crew at our local swim meet in Toftir
“FLOT-stevnan 2013” managed to attract a record number of (gasp) 155 participants, which might very well be the largest number of swimmers at a Faroese swim meet ever. Don’t laugh, 155 is about 3 ‰ of the total Faroese population. I should have moved that ladder.
