Epic, via boingboing
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CC photo #209: Hoisting the flags outside the Tórshavn swim pool
Back from the 2009 Faroese (Short Course) Championships, head referee in white, member of the federation swim committee in blue and I think Pál’s father in black. Go Pál.
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Ah, Weber-Gale is at it again, now eating bugs in London
Garrett Weber-Gale has found his old pals at Noma while in London, the three years in a row World’s No 1 restaurant having set up a “Taste of Noma” at the Claridge’s luxury hotel on Brook Street, Mayfair. And they are back to eating bugs again, no reason to change a winning recipe. Btw, don’t bother ordering, they are totally sold out.
Live ants I ate this morning for Taste of Noma. Taste like lemongrass. instagr.am/p/NloswEJ1Q7/
— Garrett Weber-Gale (@GWeberGale) July 27, 2012
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Kellogg’s “Swimmer” London 2012 Olympic Games Film
Wow, this is totally my kind of ad: “As the world gathers to honor the glory of the finish, lets take a moment and celebrate the promise of the start”
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Michael Phelps snipes back at teammate Tyler Clary
Read USA Today
“Some people like to express their feelings in words,” Phelps said. “Some like to express them in action. I’ve always done that by swimming, and that’s how I’ll continue to do it.
“People can say and do whatever they want. That’s fine. I’ve gotten to where I am today by working hard, and I know that and Bob knows that. And nobody else thinks that, so it doesn’t matter. I’m very happy with my career and what I’ve done throughout it.”
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Uh oh, excessive heat inside Olympic Aquatics Centre raises concern
Organizers are attempting to address complaints from swim coaches over excessive heat inside the Olympic Aquatics Centre. The unexpected heat wave affecting London this week has created a greenhouse effect that sent temperatures around the pool deck and in the stands soaring to more than 30 degrees Celsius (85 Fahrenheit). Organizers play it cool. Read Yahoo! Sports
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Phelps unfazed by Australia’s “weapons of mass destruction”
Phelps wouldn’t take the bait when asked to respond to the menacing moniker applied to Australia’s heavily favored 4x100m freestyle relay team featuring James Magnussen, James Roberts, Eamon Sullivan and Matt Targett. Via news.com.au
“We take care of our own business,†an icy Phelps said. “If you get caught up in other people’s talking, and this and that, it just takes away from what we’re here to do. We’re here to swim and that’s it. We’re not gonna run our mouths. We never have. Our country has never done that.â€
… and then he remembered Gary Hall Jr :-)
(Video autoplays, pushed below the break then)
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Sunrise : Eamon Sullivan interview
Swim star Eamon Sullivan sits down with Mark Beretta to talk about his preparations ahead of the London Olympics.
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Call Me Maybe – 2012 USA Olympic Swimming Team
Can we stand another lip dub of this song ? Yes we can ! :-)