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Phelps signs deal with Sol, auctions off his London 2012 headphones

Sep 4, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, Equipment, Gossip, Technology

Michael Phelps landed an endorsement deal with Sol Republic today, the headphones brand he used at the London 2012 Olympics, quite visibly until someone told him to cover their logo with tape. Read ESPN

“He absolutely loves this brand,” said his agent Peter Carlisle. “I mean, he was wearing them anyway.”

As part of the deal, Sol will begin selling Phelps-inspired headphones on its eBay store on Tuesday, in addition to auctioning off 21 of the headphones Phelps wore before his Olympic races. The proceeds of the auction will go to the Michael Phelps Foundation.
Le Clos father Bert interviewed after Chad won the London 200 butterfly

Sep 4, 2012

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rokur

in Competition

Awesome ! :-)
Nedbank : Small Business Friday with Ryk Neetling

Sep 4, 2012

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rokur

in Organization, Safety

Ryk Neethling is a four-time Olympian but has now turned his skill into a business. We talk to Ryk about how and why he started Swimming Stars, a swim school as well as his management of recent Olympic gold medallists Cameron van der Burgh and Chad le Clos. We focus on a sportsman turning his skill into a business.
Van Der Burgh and Le Clos get a cow each for winning gold at London 2012

Sep 4, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, Fun

No kidding, a cow for each Olympic champion, thatâ€™s how a South African entrepreneur decided to honor six of his country’s athletes who won gold medals in the London Games. Swimmer Cameron van der Burgh chose to have his cow processed into 140kg of boerwors, a popular thick aromatic beef sausage, which he donated to a local orphanage. Chad le Clos, Olympic champion in the 200-meter butterfly swim, has not yet made his decision. Read for instance Straits Times and RT
A day in Rio De Janeiro

Sep 4, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, Wow

Only 4 years away, eh ? :-)

A day in Rio De Janeiro from Joe Simon Films on Vimeo.
CC photo #249: Biedermann crammed in between the Faroese at Istanbul 2009

Sep 4, 2012

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Faroe Islands

Germany’s Paul Biedermann seated between Mona Simonsen and PÃ¡l Joensen of the Faroe Islands, at the Istanbul 2009 European Short Course Championships. Ireland to the left of Birita and then France. Definitely of the perks of big swim meets, that the seating for teams is so cramped, that you get to rub shoulders with the big names :-)
Close call tonight

Sep 4, 2012

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rokur

in Swimmer’s Daily

I’ve been enjoying the ‘WordPress White Screen of Death‘ tonight, which could have meant that I would have to recreate the entire site, maybe even with difficulties salvaging content off the old one. But thanks to Dan & Ben at Dreamhost, it seems to work OK again. Phew … now for some backup routines!
CC photo #248: Happy Italians after the Debrecen 2012 Menâ€™s 4Ã—100 Medley

Sep 3, 2012

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

Mirco di Tora greeting Filippo Magnini in the pool after their 4×100 medley win at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. SeeÂ result list here
Sigur RÃ³s â€“ RembihnÃºtur

Sep 2, 2012

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rokur

in Fun, Open Water, Technique

Wait for it … when it gets to the swimming, you’ll see more stroke variations than you ever thought possible :-)

Sigur RÃ³s – RembihnÃºtur by Gabriele Surdo from YOWAU on Vimeo.