According to Danish media Sporten.dk, Lotte Friis has made an arrangement with the Danish Swimming Federation to leave Denmark and the National Training Center in Copenhagen, to train with Camille Muffat and others in Nice, France. She has not decided whether she’ll train for Rio 2016 or not, in other news she’s expressed excitement for having the 2013 Short Course Europeans on home turf, this switch now seems to be to try something new.
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CC photo #281: Borysik after winning the Rijeka 2008 men’s 100 breast
Ukraine’s Igor Borysik reacts to winning the men’s 100 breaststroke at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Rijeka, Croatia, in a then new European record of 57.33. See result list here
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Michael Phelps nails amazing, possibly record-breaking 159-foot putt
Michael Phelps who’s going to be on the “Haney Project” in 2013, is already making strides on golf’s biggest stage, after he holed a 159-foot putt at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Though obviously paling in comparison to the 18 Olympic gold medals and countless records he set in the pool, he may have set a record for the longest televised putt in golf history. Wow. See for instance Yahoo! Sports, Sports Grid and Deadspin
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Rough Water Freediving for Abalone
Really nice first-person view … these new action-cams FTW
Rough water abalone diving in Brookings, Oregon for some nice fat abs while on vacation last week. Got my limit of 1 per day over 3 days with all of them being over 9.5 inches and the heaviest weighing in at 7 pounds. 2 slots on my card left, so I’ll be back…
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Olympic Swimmer Natalie Coughlin on DWTS HD
Olympic swimmer and multiple gold medal winner Natalie Coughlin’s debut dance on DWTS season 9.
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CC photo #280: Warmup during Dubai 2010
A scene from the Dubai 2010 World Short Course Swimming Championships.
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Tonbridge Boars Channel Swim 2012
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Behold a water balloon ‘party’ in super slo-mo
Brad Kremer used §300,000 worth of Phantom Flex high-speed camera gear to create this epic slow-motion footage of the neighborhood children’s water balloon party. Because that is what you do, if you have that kind of gear lying around. Via PetaPixel
As summer comes to an end and Autumn begins, kids go back to school and dream of warm days filled with laughter and joy. This short film is a reflection of that dream. Shot with a Phantom Flex it captures the magic of the moment. With frame rates of up to 2564 fps at 1080p we see every detail, every smile and every sparkle in the kids eyes. And that is where the magic lies. Within the hopes and dreams of our children.
A Phantom Flex Summer Story from Brad Kremer on Vimeo.
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El Monte mayor wants to rehire ‘Gangnam Style’ lifeguards
El Monte Mayor Andre Quintero says he supports rehiring the “Gangnam Style” lifeguards fired for making a video spoofing the Korean pop song and plans to urge his colleagues to do the same. Read LA Times
“This is more than just about a video,” he said, noting the need for a “deeper look at the management” of El Monte’s aquatics center.
The mayor said he wondered “how can 14 people put together a video and no one from management knew what was going on?”