The Olympiapark Berlin main entrance seen from within, aka the ‘Marathon Gate‘, containing the names of the 1936 Olympic champions.
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Memphis Zoo’s sea lion pup takes swimming lessons
Zoo President Chuck Brady said the handlers have to teach Teva how to swim because pups do not instinctively know how. Well, she looks like a natural to me ! :-)
Read 48 News
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Brits warned to not swim naked with crayfish
The Red Swamp Crayfish, which are native to America, have rocketed in numbers in the past few months at two ponds in Hampstead Heath, north London (UK), now estimated to be more than 5,000 ‘very defensive’ of their territory, with powerful claws. Now the regular nude dippers are being warned to beware of the crayfish, because, you know, claws and nudity don’t mix that well. Read The Telegraph.
(Image courtesy of Clinton & Charles Robertson, CC BY 2.0)
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CC photo #265: The Berlin 1936 Olympic Swim Stadium (2)
The old Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin, apparently still in use.
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Ask Duncan – Episode 1
In the inaugural episode of Ask Duncan, British Gas Swimming’s Facebook community put their questions to Olympic gold medalist and all-round swimming legend, Duncan Goodhew.
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Bite of the Great White! (Shark Week remix)
Auto-tuned like crazy, but still a catchy tune, eh ?
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Heroic piglet rescues baby goat trapped in water
Incredible footage has emerged of a heroic pig rescuing a distressed goat trapped in a pond at a US petting zoo. See Herald Sun
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Rick Curl banned for life, also CUBU coach Noah Rucker indicted
It is all over the news, USA Swimming has banned Hall of Fame coach Rick Curl for life for an improper relationship with a teenage swimmer in the 1980s, who ran one of USA’s largest swim clubs Curl-Burke near Washington, D.C., and coached 1996 and 2000 Olympic gold medalist Tom Dolan, the club most notable swimmer today the 15-year-old Katie Ledecky, who won gold in the 800 at the London 2012 Olympics. Read for instance ABC News, ESPN, Washington Post, USA Today.
Well, now Noah Rucker, a former coach at Madison High School in Vienna, was indicted by a grand jury on Monday, charged in June with three felony accounts of “indecent liberties with a child while in a custodial or supervisory relationship”, for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old girl on the varsity swim team at Madison on at least five occasions in 2001. Most recently, Rucker coached for the Curl-Burke Swim Club (CUBU), but was removed prior to being arrested in June. Read Reach For The Wall
The Curl-Burke Swim Club is now changing its name to the Nation’s Capitol Swim Club (NCAP), go figure.
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A hero’s welcome for Paralympic gold medalist Josef Craig
It was back to school for Paralympic gold medal winner and world record holder Josef Craig Monday– but the cheers are not subsiding. The swimmer’s return to St Joseph’s RC Comprehensive School in Hebburn was marked by a hero’s welcome for the 15-year-old – complete with a red carpet and arriving in the Mayor’s official car. Read The Shields Gazette