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When diving with tiger sharks, don’t let go of your camera
Via PetaPixel
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18 police officers successfully save drowning sex doll
Epic, epic headline off Geekologie. “18 police officers in China were recently called into action when locals spotted a drowning woman some 150-feet off-shore in a local river. Except it wasn’t a real woman, it was just a sex doll. ”
The crew worked frantically for nearly an hour to rescue the woman, according to Digital Journal, and in the process, attracted a crowd of about 1,000 curious, excited and anxious spectators to the scene.
It took more than 40 minutes before the officers were able to recover the pleasure toy.
Video NSFW, especially if you are a Chinese police man today …
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North Korea protest at London 2012 flag mix-up
Ouch, an Olympic women’s football match today was delayed after a protest by North Korea when the South Korean flag was accidentally displayed.
Source: One News Page
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Phelps’ training regimen: Snoop, Bunk, ‘The Wire’
Michael Phelps’ is a couple of pool lengths from Olympic history. If the lanky natator takes three medals of any ore in London, he will be the most decorated Olympian in any sport. So how is he preparing for his swim with destiny? As he explained to Ryan Seacrest in an interview on Today, mostly by watching TV shows. “I started The Wire and I’m touching up on Breaking Bad.†Read philly.com
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Speedo’s new 2012 collection
A behind the scenes look at Speedo’s photo shoot for the new season’s 2012 collection. See the new range at www.speedo.co.uk
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GB swimmers to miss the Olympic opening ceremony
Great Britain’s swimmers have decided to skip the Olympic opening ceremony, to no surprise really given that the competition in the pool starts the next day. The swimming team made the decision themselves. “One of the things about this team is the swimmers get a lot of input into our preparation,” medley swimmer James Goddard said. “As a group of swimmers we sat down with Michael Scott [the performance director] and a couple of other members of staff and we decided as a team not to go to the opening ceremony. As a team we decided that was best for our performances.” Read The Guardian
Aand they will certainly not be the only swimmers doing this: “Between them, Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin have appeared in seven Olympics and not a single opening ceremony. Blame the schedule; the first swimming events take place the morning after the long night’s march.” Read The New York Times
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Irish ex-Olympic coach jailed for child abuse
Former Olympic swim coach Ger Doyle has been handed a six-and-a-half year jail term for 34 counts of indecent assault and one count of sexual assault against 5 children during the years from 1981 to 1993. Doyle showed no remorse and pleaded his innocence throughout accusing the victims of telling “a pack of lies.” Read Independent.ie
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CC photo #207: A focused Sara Nordenstam at Debrecen 2012
Norway’s Sara Nordenstam before the women’s 200 breaststroke semifinal at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. She went on to win the event in 2:26.91.
