4 crossings under the Golden Gate Bridge, fly-back-breast-crawl, for the Wounded Warrior Project. Impressive.
Golden Gate Swim from Oct28 Productions on Vimeo.
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Ian Thorpe’s hidden pain
Ian Thorpe has revealed he spent much of his life battling a crippling depression, and Olympian Geoff Huegill and mental health advocate Patrick McGorry explain the effects. Via the17thman
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Bouncing a Drop of Water on Water
“Typically, when a droplet of water plunges into a pool of water, it will bounce slightly and then coalesce with the rest of the water. But there’s a way to keep the bounce going indefinitely.
If you put the pool of water on top of a loud speaker, you can vibrate the surface. This vibration can cause water droplets to continuously bounce and levitate atop the liquid surface.”
Read Physics Buzz Blog via Neatorama
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CC photo #299: Tom Shields after winning the Berlin 2012 World Cup 100 fly
USA’s Tom Shields won a tight tussle with Russia’s Evgeny Korotyshkin, 50.03 to 50.14, at the FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup 2012 leg in Berlin, Germany. See result list here
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Behold a beluga whale mimicking human speech
A Beluga whale living in a conservation centre in San Diego learned to mimic the human voice to the extent that it fooled an underwater diver, according to researchers. Actually, I think I know that guy it is mimicking ! :-) See for instance ITV
It seems likely that NOC’s close association with humans played a role in how often he employed his human voice, as well as in its quality.
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Winning The Water: The Swimmer As Hero
Performance on October 16, 2010, in which the artist entered the water at Alcatraz (9 AM) and swam to Aquatic Park while accompanied by the band Coconut. The public was invited to gather at Aquatic Park. A selected group watched the act from a nearby boat.
Winning The Water: The Swimmer As Hero from Pawel Kruk on Vimeo.
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CC photo #298: Muffat after winning the Berlin 2012 World Cup 400 free
France’s Camille Muffat after almost breaking the world record in the women’s 400 meter freestyle (short course), at the FINA / Arena 2012 World Cup meet in Berlin, Germany. Her time was 3:54.93, the world record 3:54.92, and the champonships record was 3:56.24. See result list here.
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The sea water drinkers
A Philip Bloom mini-documentary going straight into my WTF-category.
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Drowning is Preventable – Bucket PSA
Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional death for children under age 14 in the United States. Please remember to always watch your children in or around the water. Via The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson on Facebook.