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  • The Swedish Olympic Scandal

    Nov 12, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition, Gossip, Organization

    Heads up, simma.nu/dk will break this story tomorrow, in English:

    “Tomorrow (Monday) we will post an interview with the Swedish medley-ace Simon Sjödin who was not selected for the Olympics despite having performed at a superb level the whole season leading up to the Olympics.”

    Read more on simma.nu/dk

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  • A League Of Their Own: Jack Whitehall’s and James Corden’s Synchronised Swims

    Nov 11, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, WTF

    Goodies for our WTF-category, some kind of crazy male synchronized swimming dance of, courtesy of Sky1

    Jack Whitehall’s Trunks of Funk

    James Corden’s Synchronised Swimmer

  • Combat Veterans Relax at Dolphin Swim

    Nov 11, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Health

    For some veterans, seeing a trash bag in the street can trigger post traumatic stress disorder, but a swim with dolphins on Friday reminded 10 of them that “they can still laugh”. See ABC News and ABC7

  • Night Swim With Jarvis Cocker

    Nov 11, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Wow

    A synchronized underwater ballet unfolds in this Jarvis Cocker-helmed video for harpist and singer Serafina Steer’s ethereal new single, “Night Before Mutiny”. Featuring Asha Randall and Olivia Federici, both members of the UK’s Olympic team and known as Aquabatix, see Nowness.

    Night Swim With Jarvis Cocker on Nowness.com.

  • CC photo #316: Me, Mogens and the President at FOMM 2012

    Nov 11, 2012

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    by

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

    The men’s 50 meter butterfly podium at the Faroese Open Masters Championships in Klaksvík, yesterday Saturday 10 November 2012. From left to right Jon Hestoy, president of the Faroese Swimming Association, me (Rókur í Jákupsstovu) and Mogens F. Petersen from the local club Ægir. All gold medal winners, since, well, that is the beauty of having a championship with official masters age-grouping in a tiny place like the Faroe Islands :-)

    Me, Mogens and the President at FOMM 2012

  • CC photo #315: Japan filming at Shanghai 2011

    Nov 10, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

    Just a photo from the video analysis section at the FINA 2011 World Swimming Championships in Shanghai 2011. They always get the best view :-)

    Japan filming at Shanghai 2011

  • CC photo #314: Scene after the Rijeka 2008 men’s 100 back

    Nov 9, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

    Lots of stuff happening, world record breaker Stanislav Donets (RUS) and a couple of others really happy while runner-up Aschwin Wildeboer (ESP) looks a bit speculative. See result list here.

    Scene after the Rijeka 2008 men's 100 back

  • The brief on Aussie men’s underwear habits

    Nov 9, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Gossip

    Australian swimmer and Jac5 ambassador, James Magnussen joins the desk to chat about the somewhat surprising statistics of the average Australian man’s underwear habits.

  • FinSwimming champion does a dolphin jump

    Nov 9, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Technique, Wow

    Wow, via SCAQ Blog

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