Funny or Die, hmmm, I put this in their ‘Die’ category
The Ballad of Michael Phelps – watch more funny videos
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Swimming Pool Jump
Interesting problem – how much horizontal velocity do you need in order to hit a swimming pool 15 meters out and 71 meters below? “The math actually isn’t hard once you break it all down” – but the landing might be :-P
Swimming Pool Jump from Joseph Liaw on Vimeo.
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ECOVER BLUE MILE 2012
The Ecover Blue Mile, Plymouth 8-9 September 2012, shot on FS700, EX3, EX1 & GoPro Hero II.
ECOVER BLUE MILE 2012 from George Pagliero on Vimeo.
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CC photo #270: Dani Gyurta after his Istanbul 2009 world record
He seems happy, Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta after clocking his still-standing 2:00.67 world record in the men’s 200 meter breaststroke at the Istanbul 2009 European Short Course swimming championships. See result list here.
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Denmark selects 16 for the 2012 European SC, 9 for the Worlds
The Danish Swimming Federation has selected the following swimmers for the Chartres 2012 European Short Course Championships and Istanbul 2012 World Short Course Championships, including the entire Danish Olympic squad on double-duty, except Mads Glæsner who will concentrate on Istanbul, Mathias Gydesen who has retired, and Pál Joensen who will again compete for the Faroe Islands. See svoem.org.
Chartres 2012 (November 22-25)
- Lotte Friis (1988), Sigma Swim Allerød
- Jeanette Ottesen (1987), Kvik Kastrup
- Rikke Møller Pedersen (1989), Frem Odense
- Pernille Blume (1994), Sigma Swim Birkerød
- Mie Ø. Nielsen (1996), Aalborg Svømmeklub
- Daniel Skaaning (1993), Swim Team TÃ¥strup / VAT CPH
- Anders Lie (1991), Farum Svømmeklub
- Chris Christensen (1988), Holstebro Svømmeklub
- Katrine Holm Sørensen (1992), Esbjerg Svømmeklub
- Daniel Steen Andersen (1995), Horsens
- Andreas Schiellerup (1993), Sigma Swim Birkerød
- Morten Bak Hansen (1995), JGI Svømning / A6
- Anton Ørskov Ipsen (1994), Sigma Swim Birkerød
- Christina Munkholm (1996), Køge Svømmeklub
- Julie Aglund Lauridsen (1996), Sigma Swim Allerød
- Julie Levisen (1997), SMUT Terndrup
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Swimmer Cullen Jones on Racing with Prince Harry in Vegas
Oh no, Et tu, Brute ?
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CC photo #269: A star studded Rijeka 2008 group photo
Not really sure what is happening here, maybe the LEN prize money winners plus a few others, at the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships.
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Kiwi hospital removes eel from man’s bum
A man sought emergency treatment at hospital in Auckland last week with an eel stuck up his bottom. It is believed the patient was sent for X-rays and a scan, which showed there was an eel lodged inside him.
“The eel was about the size of a decent sprig of asparagus and the incident is the talk of the place,” a hospital source said. “Doctors and nurses have come across people with strange objects that have got stuck where they shouldn’t be before, but an eel has to be a first.”
It is unclear how the eel managed to be trapped inside the man. It is believed medics successfully removed it and the man was later discharged.
(Photo courtesy of rach2k, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Notice! – This is *not* the eel in question!)
Read more here on The New Zealand Herald, via Arbroath
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Shoshoni the horse crosses the Loch Lomond every week
“We live on an island and had no means of transportation to take her to the mainland so we tried swimming – and she loved it. Despite being a horse, she took to it like a duck to water. It helps to keep her fit, and we find swimming is good for her mentally as well.†Read Arbroath
This *must* be what she is thinking, while swimming :-)