Our Chris DeRose heads out to the Intercontinental Chicago, to check out their pool in this week’s Did You Know.
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Victoria’s Secret Swim 2013: The Very Sexy Bandeau
“Golden girl Candice Swanepoel turns up the heat in this mesmerizing video for Victoria’s Secret’s new Very Sexy Bandeau bikini.”
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EnergyAustralia Swim Team arrives in Perth
EnergyAustralia Swim Team arrives in Perth for the BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series 2013, 18-20 January.
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CC photo #382: The Istanbul 2012 men’s 200 back medal podium
The men’s 200 meter backstroke medal podium at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey, see the result list here. From left to right Ryan Lochte (USA), Radoslaw Kawecki (POL) and Ryan Murphy (USA). Oh wait, it gives away who wore those shoes.
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Snow Swimming Competition – Finland 2013
Extra points for the tumble turns ! :-D
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Witness the World’s Largest Snowball Fight
This video shows the biggest snowball fight ever, as certified by the Guinness Book of World Records. It took 5,800 people gathered at the Seattle Center chucking icy snow bombs to break the record. Read more here on Mashable
– Hey, it is frozen water, so it is sort of swimming relevant ! :-P
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Wow, a wonderful ‘Rei e Rainha do Mar 2012’ video
Ah, the music, the sun and the Copacabana. Rio 2016 could very well be A Okay ! :-)
See King and Queen of the Sea on OpenWaterPedia, via Open Water Source
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Missy Franklin high-school rivals view her as a pain in the pool
Sheesh, read The Wall Street Journal
“The best part of staying amateur is that I am still able to do things like this,” Franklin said after winning all four races in a high-school meet last week. “I have given up so much for that.” Remaining an amateur will also let Franklin swim next year for the University of California, Berkeley.
But some high-school rivals view her as more of a pain in the pool.
“It’s really frustrating when Missy kind of shines above everything,” said Bonnie Brandon, who before graduating last spring was Colorado’s greatest-ever female high-school swimmer next to Franklin. “She’s No. 1 in the world, and No. 1 in the state, and then I’m No. 2 in the state.…It’s just hard being in close proximity,” said Brandon, now a University of Arizona swimming star.
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Natalie Coughlin says ‘Stay Focused’
Elite training tips in The New York Times via the17thman
Like many distance swimmers who spend endless hours in the pool, Natalie Coughlin, 30, used to daydream as she swam laps. She’d been a competitive swimmer for almost her entire life, and this was the way she — and many others — managed the boredom of practice.
But when she was in college, she realized that daydreaming was only a way to get in the miles; it was not allowing her to reach her potential. So she started to concentrate every moment of practice on what she was doing, staying focused and thinking about her technique.
“That’s when I really started improving,†she said. “The more I did it, the more success I had.â€