Q&A session with Keri-anne Payne
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Swimming in the Snow
“This is a short video of me swimming in the snow from today”
– No, not me. Heck no!
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Missy Franklin Bottle Practice: Olympic Swimmer Preps For High School Meet
The folks at Huffington Post are really impressed :-)
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African swimmer, 18, claims asylum after fleeing London 2012 Olympic village to escape arranged marriage with a 60-year-old man
Read MailOnline
Swimmer Ayouba-Ali Sihame, 18, represented the tiny African island nation of Comoros during the London Games.
But she ended up in a prison cell after fleeing the athlete’s village in a desperate bid to avoid being wed to a twice-married 60-year-old man.
Her mother told her she was being sold and must give up her sporting career just days before she flew to London.
She said the sportswoman’s ‘celebrity’ status had pushed up her value in the poverty-stricken strict Islamic community.
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Behind The Shot: Shooting a Time Magazine Cover of Michael Phelps
Leading up to the 2004 Olympics, photographer Greg Heisler had the opportunity to shoot Michael Phelps for the cover of Time magazine. He initially planned to photograph Phelps at the Stanford pool where he was training, only to find out that it was too close to the Olympics and that wasn’t an option. Still, Heisler refused to let go of his vision of capturing Phelps in that blue “pool glow.†Enter some serious ingenuity. Read PetaPixel and Strobist
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Wow, Gyurta spoke Norwegian when he honored Dale Oen with a special gold medal
My utmost respect, Dániel Gyurta’s pronounciation was really good, when he presented this gold medal to Alexander Dale Oen’s family. Read more on for instance Speed Endurance, Swim News and SwimmingWorld Magazine
As I promised at the London Olympics, I will present a medal to the family of my friend Alex.
I am convinced that Alex would have won gold at the Olympics, so this medal is representative of what he could not achieve because of the tragic event. With Alex’ death, Norway didn’t only lose a great swimmer and athlete, but a fantastic human being. -
CC photo #380: ‘Guess who’ at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs
A well-known swimmer on top of the medal podium at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. Most awesome shoes ever!
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British Swimming to stream 2013 British Champs
Following the successful trial of live streaming at last year’s British Gas Diving Championships, British Swimming will stream live coverage from the 2013 Champs, February 8th – 10th, with commentary for each of the finals sessions as well as the prelim sessions on Saturday and Sunday, as well as live text updates from every session in Plymouth and extensive coverage on Twitter and Facebook. See swimming.org
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Tiger shark close to swimmers
A massive Tiger Shark, measuring almost five metres has been caught off the Sunshine Coast, dangerously close to swimmers.
http://youtu.be/PkxIMmT_fCI