Wow, Lochte on the grills controversy at London 2012: “I put them in right before I was walking out, and they said ‘we’ll strip you from your gold medal if you go up there’”. The grills might be cheesy, but oh my IOC / FINA, that is *really* classy of you. Wow.
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A tradition at “Sjómannadagurin” (Seamen’s Day) in KlaksvÃk, Faroe Islands, equipping kids with ordinary water guns to challenge big boys with fire hoses. The water is cold, the warning always, “Don’t expect to stay dry!” :-)
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“This summer British Gas, in partnership with British Swimming, has given families up and down the country a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet our British Swimming Team Heroes.” Featuring Rebecca Adlington, Keri-anne Payne, Michael Jamieson, Hannah Miley and others.
A woman kayaking in the middle of a California bay has captured the moment a massive whale unexpectedly breached just meters away from her daughter. 9News via Arbroath
A few days later, a 69-year-old retired high school biology teacher spent an hour taking amazing pictures of a humpback whale rising from the water also off California, as spectators looked on just a few feet way. See The Huffington Post and his photostream on Flickr
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The amoeba that affected this girl is actually pretty rare, but has fast-acting and severe consequences. However, there is also a more common bacteria called “Psuedomonas bacteria†that also lives in water and can destroy your sight in 24-36 hours. Thinking “it’s so rare, it’s likely never going to happen to me†could very well land you in hospital and possibly leave you blind!
French swimmer Philippe Croizon, who lost his limbs in an electrical accident aged 26, has successfully swum the freezing waters separating Alaska and Russia with the aid of paddle-like prosthetics. Saying this was the hardest swim he has ever done. Read for instance Rant Sports
I guess if they heard him mention them as a ‘banana hammock’, they would keel over. See chron
Nice video from when Alexey Molchanov set a new World Record in freediving 125 meters ‘constant weight’, back in June, 2012.
