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  • 11th FINA World Swimming Championships Opening Ceremony Film, İstanbul

    Dec 20, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Competition, Wow

    11th FINA World Swimming Championships Opening Ceremony Film (İstanbul, Dec 12-16 2012)

  • CC photo #355: Bodyblade in use at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs

    Dec 20, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Equipment, Technique, Training

    Someone using a Bodyblade vibration and inertia training tool during swim training at the FINA 2012 World Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. Never seen that thing in use before, very interesting.

    Bodyblade in use at the Istanbul 2012 World Champs

    I filmed it also, to show how it works … and then there is a short glimpse of the big screen being booted in recovery mode :-)

  • Swimming: Missy Franklin 1-on-1

    Dec 19, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Competition, Gossip

    Missy Franklin talks about her medal haul at the Olympics and getting tweets from Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, back in August 2012.

    http://youtu.be/hi8XSs1jTVk

  • London 2012 Swimming – Coach Likes To Bang Those Guys Hard!

    Dec 19, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Competition, WTF

    Summer Olympics London 2012 – Swimming – TV commentator says the coach likes to “Bang those guys hard!”

  • London 2012 Swimming – Coach Likes To Bang Those Guys Hard!

    Dec 19, 2012

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    by

    rokur

    Summer Olympics London 2012 – Swimming – TV commentator says the coach likes to “Bang those guys hard!”

  • KZN Open Water Champs 5 KM Swim

    Dec 19, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Open Water

    Highlights of the KZN Open Water Swimming Champs 5 KM Race.

  • Behold the Russian Winter Swimming Championships Ice Breaking Ceremony

    Dec 19, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Open Water, Wow

    On December 15th, the Ice Swimming community gathered in Tyumen, Siberia for the Russian Championships. Nothing says “Jump in, the water is nice” as well as the revving of a chainsaw.

  • Crocodile jumps into swimmers face

    Dec 19, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Nature, Wow, WTF

    The reptile was sunning itself on a rock before it appeared to jump at a Swedish tourist swimming in an Australian river. Read Sky News HD

    http://youtu.be/jwBaPKNRrts

  • A Swimmer for Others: Missy Franklin

    Dec 19, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Competition

    Missy Franklin, 2012 four-time Olympic gold medal winner and senior at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora, Colorado, was the humble star of the school’s Fall Sports Pep Rally on Monday the 27th.

    http://youtu.be/MLv1MKYDKiI

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