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  • 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, that’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 Pál 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 :-)

    Biedermann crammed in between the Faroese

  • 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 Men’s 4×100 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. See result list here

    Happy Italians after the Debrecen 2012 Men's 4x100 Medley

  • Sigur Rós – Rembihnútur

    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 Rós – Rembihnútur by Gabriele Surdo from YOWAU on Vimeo.

  • Falls of a Roaring River

    Sep 2, 2012

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    rokur
    in Nature, Open Water, Wow

    “The Homies and I headed out to Roaring River Falls and Muir Rock for some jumping and swimming in some ice bath water.”

    Falls of a Roaring River from Brendon Anthony on Vimeo.

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