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Woohoo, a mention in the New Yorker (!)

Mar 17, 2013

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rokur

in Fun, Swimmer’s Daily, Wow

Awesome find by Bartal, from August 2012 …

Until he set that record, Sun had flown under the radar. He shouldn’t have—his time from the meet in Australia was a sign he’d dominate in London. But swimming news is hard to come by. I read about Sun’s feat on Swimmer’s Daily, a blog run by two brothers on the Faroe Islands. Only in Olympic years do most Americans find out what’s happening in the pool, and even then the news is broad and reductive.

Read more here on The New Yorker

(How we feel tonight, picture from back in the days when life itself was Instagram filtered)
CC photo #441: The Istanbul 2012 women’s 400 free medal podium

Mar 16, 2013

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

Medal winners in the women’s 400 meter freestyle at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right Chloe Sutton (USA, silver), Melanie Costa Schmid (ESP, gold) and Lauren Boyle (NZL, bronze). See the result list here.
Inside look at the Harlem Shake done by the UGA Men’s Swim and Dive Team

Mar 16, 2013

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rokur

in Fun, Organization

http://youtu.be/Sb_T4u6W1Kg
Michael Phelps on retiring before 30

Mar 16, 2013

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rokur

in Gossip, History

Michael Phelps, the Olympic-medal winning swimmer, is trying out a different kind of stroke in the Golf Channel’s “The Haney Project” starting Monday night. But as he explains to WSJ’s Matt Futterman, golf is only one of his post-retirement hobbies.

Michael Phelps on Retiring Before 30
Gautier and Néry’s film “NARCOSE” completed and available soon

Mar 16, 2013

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rokur

in Freediving

Via Dive Professionals

Julie Gautier and Guillaume Néry short film “NARCOSE”, the follow up to the smash hit “Free Fall”, has been completed and will be available to the public before the summer 2013.

NARCOSE project
Sir David Attenborough talks about the plastic pollution

Mar 16, 2013

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rokur

in Nature

Via MerNetwork

Sir David Attenborough talks about plastic pollution in our oceans
Robotic swim buddy Swimoid snaps your stroke from below

Mar 16, 2013

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rokur

in Equipment, Technology

Read NewScientist

NOT feeling your front crawl? Breaststroke a little off-kilter? Not to worry, a robotic swimming buddy can help you out.

Swimoid is a robot that glides along the pool floor underneath you as you swim, monitoring your form and providing real-time feedback on a 50-centimetre LCD screen.

Two cameras, one built into the front and one at the back of the robot, capture images of your stroke from below. A poolside coach can view these images on the screen and draw instructional diagrams over them for the swimmer to see as they swim – much like a football pundit does on television.
Swim team honoring boy killed by father

Mar 16, 2013

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rokur

in Organization, Safety, Wow

Read and watch WSVN-TV

An 11-year-old boy who was the victim of a senseless tragedy, will be honored by his swim team this weekend.

His swim team with take part in a 12-hour swimming marathon to honor the little boy’s life that was taken too soon. Eleven-year-old Stefan Zuniga was shot and killed by his father Carlos Zuniga last month in their Miami home. Carlos also shot his wife and sister, but they survived. Carlos then took his own life.

WSVN-TV –

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Victoria’s Secret Swim 2013: Rays, Red-Hot Suits & Rihanna

Mar 16, 2013

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rokur

in Equipment, Wow

“The fourth and final installment in the Angels & Artists swim video series sizzles with Erin Heatherton, Behati Prinsloo, and a sultry soundtrack from Rihanna. Featuring ‘Stay’ feat. Mikky Ekko, and the newest arrivals from Victoria’s Secret’s Swim 2013 collection.”

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Rókur í Jákupsstovu // Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT guy, spare-time aquatics aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 grandson & a wife. Bureau Member of European Aquatics, liaison to Water Safety, Media & Data Management. Likes to run :-)