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  • Video from the 2012 Swim Across the Bay of Klaksvík

    Aug 23, 2012

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    rokur
    in Faroe Islands, Fun, Open Water

    Here at last, the video from the 2012 Swim Across the Bay of Klaksvík, last Saturday, my daughter filming the start with our GoPro and then me trying to get steady shots on the rocking fish farm ring that was the finishing line.

  • Diana Nyad on failed Cuba-Florida swim: ‘Maybe it can’t be done’

    Aug 22, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Open Water

    Tiny jellyfish threaten to permanently quash 63-year-old swimmer’s dream, read Today News

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  • Sunday Funday: Island Bouldering

    Aug 22, 2012

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    rokur
    in Nature, Open Water, Wow

    Wow, “Swim out to a rock island and climb around.”

    Sunday Funday: Island Bouldering from Aaron Eveland on Vimeo.

  • Sea Swimming

    Aug 22, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Open Water

    Here the Siobhan McKenna Cup in Ireland, 11 August, 2012. They sure took their sweet time to get in the water.

    Sea Swimming from Afric Creedon on Vimeo.

  • Katie Ledecky visits WTOP Studios

    Aug 22, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Bethesda native Katie Ledecky stopped by the WTOP newsroom to describe her Olympic experience.

  • CC photo #236: 2012 Swim Across the Bay of Klaksvík Participants

    Aug 22, 2012

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

    11 swimmers ready for a cold 200 meter sprint across the bay of Klaksvík, Faroe Islands, on Sjómannadagurin 2012 (the annual “Seamen’s Day”).

    2012 Swim Across the Bay of Klaksvík Participants

  • Cal Men’s Swimming: Nathan Adrian Feature

    Aug 22, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Competition, Training

    Former Cal Golden Bear swimmer Nathan Adrian talks about training at Cal for the 2012 London Olympics.

  • British Gas Super Swimmer Challenge

    Aug 22, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Organization, Training

    Do you have what it takes to live the life of a professional swimmer? Could you handle the training, the strict diet regime, the media attention and the pressure of competition? Take the British Gas Super Swimmer Challenge between 29 August and 12 October 2012 to find out and you could win a day with Rebecca Adlington, plus loads more great prizes. Take the challenge at superswimmerchallenge.com

  • Ryan Lochte on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    Aug 22, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Gossip

    Wow, Lochte on the grills controversy at London 2012: “I put them in right before I was walking out, and they said ‘we’ll strip you from your gold medal if you go up there’”. The grills might be cheesy, but oh my IOC / FINA, that is *really* classy of you. Wow.

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