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Hackett’s wife Candice Alley under investigation for shoplifting

Jul 15, 2012

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rokur

in Gossip

Candice Alley, the singer and estranged wife of swimming star Grant Hackett, is under police investigation for allegedly shoplifting children’s designer clothing from a posh Melbourne boutique. The claim is that she took four items from a Brighton shop on June 30 and five items from a Port Melbourne shop on July 1. Among the items, valued at $700 in total, were “tops, tights and one red dress”, the manager told Fairfax Media.

“She was blonde and dressed very well,” said the manager. “I hope they catch and expose her.”

Read The Herald Sun

This is big news in Australia, of course

Really big news
Team USA recap of the U.S. Olympic Trials

Jul 14, 2012

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rokur

in Competition

Visit teamusa.org

Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte lead the Men’s U.S. Swimming Squad to London from Jonathan Solin on Vimeo.
3 Steps of a Cliff Dive – Orlando Duque Colombia 2012

Jul 14, 2012

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rokur

in Nature, Wow

10X Cliff Diving World Champion Orlando Duque describes his passion and preparation for the sport he loves, cliff diving.
London Olympic committee says link only if you’re nice

Jul 14, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, Organization, WTF

Another LOCOG internet policing criticism this time on boingboing, pointing to this chapter in the Terms of Use for the London 2012 website:

“a. Links to the Site. You may create your own link to the Site, provided that your link is in a text-only format. You may not use any link to the Site as a method of creating an unauthorised association between an organisation, business, goods or services and London 2012, and agree that no such link shall portray us or any other official London 2012 organisations (or our or their activities, products or services) in a false, misleading, derogatory or otherwise objectionable manner.”

(Somewhat relevant story on CNN)
Ryan Lochte doing plyometric box jumps with medicine ball throw

Jul 14, 2012

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rokur

in Dryland, Training

Via the17thman
CC photo #196: Viva Mare Nostrum

Jul 14, 2012

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rokur

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

This is my youngest meeting the hot Mediterranean Ocean for the first time, back in 2010. We might go for another (cooler) dip in the North Atlantic Ocean this afternoon (or evening, doesn’t really matter when the sea is at a constant 8.0-8.5Â°C / 46.4-47.3Â°F, and sunset not until at about 22:56).
Great white shark bites surfer in half

Jul 14, 2012

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rokur

in Freediving, Nature, Open Water, Wow

A man in his early 20s was surfing with a friend early this morning off the west coast of Australia when he was mauled by a great white shark, which bit him in half. A jet-skier who witnessed the scene described how there was only â€œhalf a torsoâ€ left of the victim, and that he was himself attacked as he tried to help. Police are searching for remains, but have yet to find any. Read for instance Mirror .

In another incident the other day, two divers had a close encounter with a great white shark, up to the point where they had to prod it away with their spearguns. There have been five fatal shark incidents off Western Australia since September.
Lochte and Coughlin need your votes for Most Awesome Bodies in Sports

Jul 14, 2012

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rokur

in Fun, Gossip

See this competition on ESPN, Ryan Lochte has already beaten someone called Pauli Bissonnette and Tim Tebow and now has to beat an old soccer player called David Beckham, while Natalie Coughlin has beaten someone named Agnieszka Radwanska and Natalie Gulbis to now challenge Lolo Jones.

https://twitter.com/ryanlochte/status/223948462947958784
Late night drunken swim might bring Dane a hefty fine

Jul 14, 2012

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rokur

in Open Water, Safety, Wow

A 21-year-old Danish guy will get a fine of up to maybe DKK 70,000 (US$ 11,500) for swimming across the fjord at Aalborg, Northern Jutland, yesterday evening. A witness had alerted the police, triggering a rescue search by boat and helicopter, that resulted in the boat picking the swimmer up near the city of NÃ¸rresundby, across the fjord, the swimmer apparently perfectly okay but drunk. The story on DR Nordjylland mentions that he was in his underpants, but that is seriously a minor offense in Denmark.

(Limfjorden Aalborg – NÃ¸rresundby, photo courtesy of vrdier, CC BY-SA 2.0)