Germany’s Paul Biedermann stepping onto the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships podium in Debrecen, Hungary, after having won the men’s 200 freestyle in 1:46.27. See result list here.
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In case sea serpents aren’t scary enough, here’s a robotic version
Behold the HiBot ACM-R5 robotic snake
Via Gizmodo
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This Is Why Olympic Athletes Don’t Wear Microphones – CONAN on TBS
The breaststroke part is true, yes
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CC photo #331: Bousquet looking mighty happy at Debrecen 2012
French swimmer Frédérick Bousquet on the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships podium in Debrecen, Hungary, after having won the men’s 50 freestyle in 21.80.
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BBC HARDtalk – Ian Thorpe
“Once in a while an athlete comes along whose feats capture the attention of the whole world. HARDtalk speaks to one of them – the extraordinary Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe. At the height of his powers in 2006, Thorpe called time on his swimming career. Sports fans were mystified. Australia was mortified. Now Thorpe has revealed that through the years of his Olympic triumphs and world records he was crippled by depression. He has lifted the lid on the mental torment that can coexist with sporting triumph.”
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Team GB dance to “Do Your Thing” – Children in Need 2012
Featuring Tom Daley and Rebecca Adlington
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The Jamie Kennedy Experiment: Lifeguard
Sad but true, yes, the life of a lifeguard :-D
Via the One Man’s Blog with the most awesome tagline: Specialization is for Insects
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CC photo #330: Hannah Miley at the Szczecin 2011 European Championships
Great Britain’s Hannah Miley in the Szczecin 2011 European Short Course Championships pool, I guess after the women’s 200 individual medley prelims. She ended up winning bronze in the event, plus a silver in the women’s 400 IM. Today she set a new European record in the 400 IM :-)
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France tops the Chartres 2012 medal table
After the fourth and final day of the LEN 2012 European Short Course Championships in Chartres, France, the host country leapt even further ahead in the medal standings, to ‘win’ the event with 12 gold medals, 6 silver and 11 bronze, Denmark and Hungary second with 6 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze. Yannick Agnel and Camille Muffat both secured their almost certain gold medals in the 200 freestyle, albeit not breaking the expected world records, while Hannah Miley (GBR) and Rikke Møller Pedersen (DEN) broke the European records in the 400 IM and 100 breaststroke respectively, and Daryna Zevina of Ukraine the Championships record in the women’s 200 backstroke. See full race report on SwimNews and all results here on OmegaTiming
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