‘The world’s first underwater sword swallow’ was performed on May 9, 2006 at Manly Ocean World Aquarium -Sydney Australia, by The Space Cowboy in a tank full of sharks. Awesome!
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Ian Thorpe discusses his life and loves
Thorpe’s book helped his parents catch up. mid all the big issues discussed in This Is Me lies the tale of Ian Thorpe’s life away from home since he was 14, and his parents are frantically filling in the gaps.
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The Jaws Experience
On the 26th & 27th of October, Orillo brought to York two events: a screening of Jaws in Yearsley Swimming Pool and a pop-up bar at The De Grey Rooms. Here’s the video of how both events went!
The Jaws Experience from Orillo Productions on Vimeo.
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Bakersfield Swim Academy
Featuring Athens 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Gabe Woodward
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CC photo #311: Bovell after winning the Berlin 2012 men’s 100 IM
Trinidad and Tobago’s George Bovell after winning the men’s 100 individual medley at the 2012 FINA / Arena Swimming World Cup in Berlin, Germany. See result list here.
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NZ legends of the pool return for world record swim
Some of New Zealand’s greatest swimmers are celebrating a new world record – not just breaking the old mark, but annihilating it. Double Olympic champion Danyon Loader came out of retirement for the occasion, while Commonwealth Games medalist John Steel entertained as much of the Millenium Institute pool as in it. Former Commonwealth Games champion Moss Burmester was first out of the blocks for the North Shore club team as they embarked on the 100x25m journey, his 11.5s well inside the pace needed to break the record of just over 30 minutes, set in Sweden 30 years ago. Read more and watch video here on tvnz.co.nz
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CC photo #310: The Europa Sports Park Berlin Wall of Fame
The complete list over world records set in Berliner Bäder-Betriebe: Europa-Sportpark (SSE), since it was opened in 1999, as seen in the entrance hall. 2002 seems to have been a really good year, plus of course the super-suited years of 2008 and 2009.
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The Freediver
A female freediver is ascending from dark deep waters back to sunny warm surface. Wow
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The spa at Jigokudani Monkey Park is something else