Serbia’s Milorad ÄŒavić being congratulated after winning gold in the men’s 100 meter butterfly at the LEN 2012 European Swimming Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, see result list here. Officially retired today.
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The FitWet Jet Bike combines a stationary bike and a hot tub
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Liquipel-coated iPhone 5 gets soaked filming FlyBoard ad, and survives
According to Sparkhouse, their new ad for the FlyBoard from Fly Jet Sports was filmed entirely using an iPhone 5 coated in a water-resistant coating made by Liquipel.
Here’s the finished ad
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Lucas is ‘the biggest mouth in French swimming’, says Donze
Controversial coach Philippe Lucas will return to the France coaching setup for the duration of the European short-course swimming championships in Chartres next month after a five-year absence from the national fold. Read Business Recorder
National technical director Christian Donze
“He’s (Lucas) the biggest mouth in French swimming but above all a coach with experience and competence at the very highest level.”
Awesome, I wish I understood more French ! :-)
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Longest wave Surfed By a Dog
The longest wave surfed by a dog (open water) is 107.2 meters (351.7 ft), and was achieved by Abbie Girl (USA) at Ocean Beach Dog Beach, in San Diego, California, USA, on 18 October 2011.
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Felix Baumgartner to jump from space today
No I know, hopefully not swimming relevant, but I’m watching this crazy Swiss guy jumping from the stratosphere today, to freefall at the speed of sound after only 30 seconds. Live on YouTube, he is entering the capsule at this moment, jumping in about 2 hours.
UPDATE: The launch has been aborted for today, due to gusty winds.
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CC photo #284: The big boys sprint at Istanbul 2009
OK, not totally sure here, but I think the guy with the ‘meat hook’ stroke on lane 4 from us is Frédérick Bousquet, here winning the men’s 50 freestyle prelims at the LEN 2009 European Short Course Championships in Istanbul, Turkey in 21.18, on his way to winning the event in 20.53 that same evening.
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CC photo #283: Faroese swimmers checking out a gift box at DÃ…M 2008
Don’t really remember what is was, and why they got it, but for some reason our young Faroese swimmers got a gift box at the Danish Youth Championships 2008. The interest was immense :-)
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Swimming at Black Rock
“This video starts with me picking the GoPro up off the ocean floor. I’d lost it about 10 minutes earlier. It fell out of my pocket while swimming to check out some gentle splashing in the water (I thought was a turtle). Luckily the camera is silver so I was able to spot it half-buried in the sand. Anyhow, turns out, the splashing wasn’t a turtle at all.”
Swimming at Black Rock from Matt Terski on Vimeo.