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Katie Ledecky Exclusive – A Hero Returns with Improbable Gold

Aug 21, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, History

Via Swimming World on Facebook

At the age of 14, swimmer Katie Ledecky sat down with her coach and set a goal: to get to the 2012 London Olympics. After months of training, waking up at 3:45 a.m. for practice and balancing a full course load at a brand new school, Katie blazed through the Olympic Trials and earned a spot on the USA Women’s Swim Team. On August 3rd, Katie continued to exceed expectations and shock fans everywhere when she took home gold in the 800-meter freestyle. She set an American women’s record for the event and is the second-youngest American woman to win an individual gold medal.
Teen swimmer completes historic Lake Ontario crossing

Aug 21, 2012

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rokur

in Open Water, Wow

14-year-old Annaleise Carr has arrived at Torontoâ€™s Marilyn Bell Park, making history by becoming the youngest swimmer to cross Lake Ontario. That’s 52 km in about 27 hours, for charity. Read for instance The Globe and Mail and see CTV News.
Ryan Lochte interviewed in Vegas

Aug 21, 2012

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rokur

in Fun, Gossip

Barechested alongside girls in bikinis, thank god he’s not a congressman ! :-)

Via the17thman
Congressman Yoder apologizes for skinny dip in the Sea of Galilee

Aug 21, 2012

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rokur

in Fun, Open Water, WTF

Oh the humanity, U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder of Kansas apologized to his constituents Sunday night after a published report revealed the freshman lawmaker swam nude in the Sea of Galilee during a private fact-finding trip to the Mideast last August. Giggle, read more here on The Kansas City Star and see for instance ABC News and wgrz.com

Here’s Letterman’s angle on the incident

And here is a song, thank you YouTube
CC photo #235: Extreme rower Livar Nysted giving free rides to kids on a tiny viking ship

Aug 21, 2012

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Faroe Islands, Fun, Open Water

Funny and most adorable sight in KlaksvÃk, last Saturday, Faroese rowing legend Livar Nysted giving free rides to kids on a small Faroese rowing boat that he refitted to resemble a viking ship. Silly hat and all, still this guy was part of the 4-man-crew that in 2010 set the still standing transatlantic rowing world record, rowing from New York to the Isles of Scilly in 43 days, 21 hours and 26 minutes. Now he offered to row people about in the harbor of KlaksvÃk for several hours, as part of the annual SjÃ³mannadagurin (‘Seaman’s day’). Some of us wondered if he didn’t get tired, but I guess in no way in the same way as when crossing the Atlantic :-)
Swimming Review – London 2012 Olympic Games

Aug 21, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, Open Water

Swimming Review from the Aquatics Centre at the London 2012 Olympic Games., including the record breaking exploits of Michael Phelps. Must say open water gets a lot of coverage here, compared to for instance Ryan Lochte and Matt Grevers.
London 2012 Olympics: Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay Final

Aug 21, 2012

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rokur

in Competition

Full replay, courtesy of the Official IOC Olympic Channel on YouTube
Will Michael Phelps become a sports announcer ?

Aug 21, 2012

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rokur

in Gossip

SlateNewsChannel gossip
Behold the Olympico theme song

Aug 21, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, Fun

Matt Mulholland performing the most awesome theme song of Kiwi comedy show Olympico. Unfortunately their videos are regionally restricted, but if their episodes are only half as funny â€¦ :-)