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Shallow water blackout can kill experienced swimmers

Aug 22, 2013

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rokur

in Organization, Safety

See wbaltv.com

It may at first make little sense, how an expert swimmer physically fit and water savvy can drown.

It nearly claimed the life of competitive swimmer 15-year-old Chris Pilotte, during practice with a Baltimore County swim team last year.

“They realized that I was under water and they pulled me out and did CPR,” Pilotte said.

After swimming for 45 minutes, the team began vigorously practicing underwater breath control. It was on the second lap of a set that Pilotte went to the bottom of the pool for about 45 seconds.

Shallow water blackout can kill experienced swimmers
Facebook Embedded Posts Now Available to Everyone

Aug 21, 2013

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rokur

in Technology

See The Facebook Developer Blog. Pretty awesome!

We introduced Embedded Posts in July to make it easy for publishers to add any public post from Facebook to their blog or web site. Today, we’re excited to make Embedded Posts available to everyone. We’ve also added several enhancements based on feedback from our launch partners.

An example …

Post by Swimming World.
Ryan Lochte plays ‘Did I tweet that’ on ‘The Crossover’

Aug 21, 2013

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rokur

in Fun, Gossip

See NBC Sports

Michelle Beadle tested the 11-time Olympic medalist on “The Crossover” on Tuesday. Beadle read one tweet at a time, asking Lochte if it was him, Michael Phelps or Jose Canseco who had tweeted each out.

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Lochte also says why he swam in the Hudson River and plays an “Impossibly Random Questions” segment (below).

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CC photo #598: Reviewing video from a safe distance

Aug 21, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Faroe Islands, Open Water

The boys ran out on a fish farm ring to run through the video that Jákup had just captured of the 2013 Seaman’s Day Swim in Klaksvík, Faroe Islands. We’re probably a bit too nonchalant around water, but there you go.
FINA reveals figures of success at BCN2013

Aug 21, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization
In a press release today, FINA reports that no anti-doping rule violation was registered at the 15th FINA World Championships, held from July 19 to August 4, 2013 in Barcelona (ESP), after a total of 820 tests.

The numbers of the Anti-Doping programme for this competition included:

IN COMPETITION
- 378 urine tests (including 69 EPO screenings)
- 84 blood tests
PRE COMPETITION
- 358 blood tests (in the frame of the Athlete Biological Passport)
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Kitajima confident in Tokyo Olympics bid, says it’d be ‘dream come true’

Aug 20, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Organization

Read Japan Daily Press

Multi-awarded swimmer Kosuke Kitajima shared his thoughts on Tokyo’s bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. The 30-year old athlete claims that it’d be a “dream come true” if Tokyo hosts the prestigious sports event following its loss to Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 hosting. Born in Tokyo, Kitajima believes that the public’s support this time will be favourable for the capital’s bid. “Of course I remember what happened last time, but I don’t think that the public had as much interest in the Olympics coming to Tokyo then as they do now,” he said.

Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
CC photo #597: Crocs on the quay

Aug 20, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Faroe Islands, Open Water

Just a scene from the 2013 Seaman’s Day Swim in Klaksvík, Faroe Islands. The owners have gone swimming.
Blake Worsley Street Magic: Sleight of hand

Aug 20, 2013

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rokur

in Dryland, Fun

“Beautiful Blake, the successor of David Blaine, takes to the streets of Barcelona catching bystanders by surprise!”

Does swimmer Blake Worsley have a future in street magic? Est-ce que @BlakeWorsley a un avenir comme magicien de rue? http://t.co/yMsby1irVA

— Swimming Canada (@SwimmingCanada) August 20, 2013
Race Mark Foster in a 1.25km Open Water Swim!

Aug 20, 2013

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rokur

in Competition, Equipment, Fun, Guest Post

Guest post by Natalia Wawrowska / Sports Direct

Is Mark Foster one of your idols? On the 24th of August in Eton, West London you could race Mark Foster in a 1.25km open water swim. The aim of the race is to raise money for Level Water, a charity which provides free one to one swimming lessons for disabled children, until they can join mainstream classes.

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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 :-)