The Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Championships women’s 50 breaststroke medal winners. From left to right Moniek Nijhuis, NED (bronze in 30.45), Valentina Artemyeva, RUS (gold in 29.96) and Janne Schaefer, GER (silver in 30.37). See result list here.
A video introducing Dana Mermaid… swimming in the beautiful warm waters of Kona, Hawaii.
Dana Mermaid swims in Kona from Susan Knight on Vimeo.
This September 5th, 2012, a 2.2 mile swim from the Statue of Liberty to the future Freedom Tower in downtown Manhattan, featuring “Big River Man” Martin Strel, see UrbanSwim
Liberty to Freedom Swim V1 – 5000 bitrate = 1920×1080 from Lom Defer on Vimeo.
Seeing signs in coins and stuff … I love it ! :-)
A man who landed his semi-truck in the bottom of a canal in an accident Thursday morning is alive after being recued by two brave fire fighters. Getting the driver out wasn’t easy, thankfully Beasley and the rest of the dive team had their new underwater communication system which helped them maneuver and communicate in the dark and murky waters. Read more here on ABC7
Read AGI.it, after their disappointing results at the Olympic Games, Federica Pellegrini and Filippo Magnini agreed to part ways with their coach Claudio Rossetto, in the light of the swimmers’ disappointing results at the London Olympics, and Pellegrini’s decision to take one year off.
During the London 2012 Paralympic Games http://www.Paralympic.org will stream 780 hours of sport live. In the US and Canada catch the Paralympics live on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/paralympicsporttv.
Via Mashable
August 2012, Queensland, Australia, charity swimming raising funds for the Nambour & Currimundi special schools. Open water, from Mudjimba Island to Mooloolaba beach, 11 Km+ off on the wrong side of the sharks nets.
Mudjimba Island Charity Swimming 2012 from Pablo Ballester on Vimeo.
Behold underwater wildlife cameraman Ben Burville‘s close encounter with a grey seal, ‘the front flippers of the seal can grasp much like a human hand.’
Via CBS News
