The team of Bærumsvømmerne (NOR) conducts a short Haka at the beginning of the competition at the International Swim Meeting 2013 in Berlin. Via Georgian Swimmers Club
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Fink: The stink of Australian swimming
Brace yourself …
What I see with my own eyes – and I’ve been to a few pools in my time to meet or interview Australian swimmers – is a sport largely made up of narcissistic, entitled young men and women mollycoddled from real life by their coaches, their business managers, their sponsors, a fawning media and a gormless public who swallow the fiction that they’re perpetually switched-on, cereal-masticating, alcohol-abstaining, hard-training heroes that go to bed early and will sacrifice everything to win gold and be the very best they can be.
In reality many of them are anything but. At 3am in the morning in a dark Kings Cross nightclub the last thing you expect to see is an open-shirted Olympic medallist trying to pull some easy skirt, but it’s not an unknown occurrence. -
CC photo #426: Daiya Seto (JPN) on the Istanbul 2012 medal podium
Japan’s Daiya Seto world champion in the men’s 400 individual medley, at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. Also in the picture silver winner Laszlo Cseh (HUN) and bronze winner David Verraszto (HUN). See the result list here
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James Pantera speaks out after past convicton exposed in complaint
“For the first time, a local swim coach is opening up after a former USA swimming official went public with claims that the coach holds multiple identities and a felony conviction.”
See YouTube
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Young seal tries to make friends with labrador
Dog acting silly though, filmed at the River Thames near Morden Wharf, Greenwich. Via Arbroath
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Freediving with humpback whale
“Freediving with humpback whale at Roca Partida island.” Wow!
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Leadership through a crisis
“Leadership training. The way you manage your message during a time of crisis will help people believe you and your message. This video examines how Swimming Australia President Barclay Nettleford and swimmer Eamon Sullivan handled the press conference after admitting to taking stilnox.”
Leadership through a crisis from Presentation Skills on Vimeo.
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Interview with Danish Swimming Federation: Bas Jan Stam
Danish Swimming Federation had a training camp at BISP during 12-26 Feb. 2013 Camps – British International School, Phuket is managed by Business Development & Service Department.
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CC photo #425: Traffic jam in Istanbul
The bus driver was clever and found us an alternative route to the FINA 2012 arena. Only, the road was narrow and then there was a car breaking down or something. Taksi, anyone?
