Follow Sean as he swims along the Welsh coast
Sean Conway – Wales update!
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Rebecca Adlington burgled but relieved after Olympic medals are found safe
Read for instance BBC and MirrorOlympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington has said thieves broke into her home and stole her medals.
The gold medallist from the 2008 games in Beijing said on her Twitter page she was in “absolute pieces”.
In absolute pieces. Some bastards have broken into my house and stolen my Olympic medals!!! Something I will never be able to replace!
— Rebecca Adlington (@BeckAdlington) August 19, 2013
Within hours of the theft the medals were discovered, but a car belonging to her partner is still missing.
Medals have been found. I’m so relieved. They’ve been in house and stolen Harry’s car and got keys. I’m just glad no one has got hurt.
— Rebecca Adlington (@BeckAdlington) August 20, 2013
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
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Mad Froggies – The Catapult
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Rick Moore swam through blood to rescue Maui shark-attack victim
Read The Seattle TimesA woman who lost her arm in a Maui shark attack kept repeating that she was going to die, the California high schoolteacher who jumped into the water to save her said.
“As soon as we stand on the beach, we heard this bloodcurdling scream,” said Rick Moore, 57, of Laguna Niguel, Calif. “We look out and there was blood everywhere in the white water around her.”
He put on flippers and swam to her, said Moore, who teaches physical education and health at Creekside High School in Irvine, Calif. “About 10 feet from her, I saw her floating on her back, with no arm,” he said. “It was completely severed from her body.”
The 20-year-old German visitor was snorkeling in 15- to 20-foot-deep water off Palauea Beach in Makena when the shark bit off her arm Wednesday afternoon.
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New Zealand DJ accidentally sexts photo of genitals to paralympic swimmer Sophie Pascoe
Read UPINew Zealand radio DJ Dom Harvey apologized for sending a Snapchat image of his genitals to paralympian swimmer Sophie Pascoe.
The Edge morning radio host sent the image through the Snapchat social media took, which allows a user to send a photo for a set length of time before it disappears, The New Zealand Herald on Sunday reported.
Harvey said he meant to send the image to radio producer Sophie Hallwright and immediately apologized to Pascoe after he realized his mistake.
“So sorry about that Snapchat. I know you like beef and lamb … but nobody deserves a surprise pork sausage,” he said.
@IzzyZahir I've always wanted to go viral…..but not for anything like this!
— Dominic Harvey (@DomHarvey) August 19, 2013
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Oleg Lisogor allegedly detained in Liberia this weekend over kidnapping charges
Read for instance forUm and AllAfricaThe Foreign Ministry of Ukraine verifies information on detention of swimming world champion Oleg Lisogor and his business partner Mykola Chernyshev by the Liberian police on charges of kidnapping and long-term detention of a person. […]
According to the newspaper [Liberian Heritage], the defendants kidnapped Slipchenko and kept him in one of the apartments locked up for 9 days after they learned that he had been associated in Ukraine with criminal circles, and intended to deport him to his homeland.
Out of the Heritage story
The charge sheet further disclosed that victim injured himself and used his blood and printed it on the glass door, “’PLEASE CALL TO POLICE…HELP ME” and had same placed on one of the glass windows. When the attendants saw the information, they informed the Land Lord of the Nokia Building in person of one Mr. Samer Halabi.
According to for instance Ukrainian National News, Lisogor and business partner Chernyshev have been released again. They own several casinos in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia.
The story on Ukranian TV
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CC photo #596: Jákup on camera duty
Youngest member of our open water camera crew, 9-year-old Jákup with the waterproof Sanyo CA100, ready for action at the 2013 Seaman’s Day Swim across the firth of Klaksvík, Faroe Islands.
His footage turned out the best on the day, actually, as I immediately got water on the lense of the Sony, and the GoPro was too far away from the swimmers. Still learning! :-)
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Visa – Swimming
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Marathon Swimmer Owen O’ Keefe gets a hero’s welcome
Long distance swimmer Owen O’Keefe arrives to a hero’s welcome in Youghal, Co Cork after successful completing his non-stop solo swim from Fermoy to Youghal in a time of 12 hours 8 minutes. See also his personal swimming blogMarathon Swimmer Owen O' Keefe gets a hero's welcome in Youghal
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