Here’s a video that offers a peek into the life of a Reuters photographer covering the Olympics. It features photographers and editors on the Reuters team talking about the joys and challenges of shooting the biggest sporting event in the world. Via PetaPixel
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Cool cat escapes dog by surfing across swimming pool
No doubt, if James Bond was an animal, it would be a cat, via Buzzfeed
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CC photo #224: Russians cheering on their guy at Shanghai 2011
Russian swimmers cheering on what could look like Nikita Lobintsev in the men’s 100 freestyle semi-final at the Shanghai 2011 World Championships.
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Todd Sousa released and jailed again facing new sex charges
Former swim coach Todd Sousa was recently released from prison after being convicted in February 2011 of multiple counts of having sex with a minor, but is now back behind bars again facing new charges. Incidents believed to have occurred before he was arrested and convicted in 2011, from August 2010 and February 24, 2011. Sousa used to coach for the Aquazot Swim Club and owned a swimming school with his wife, before pleading guilty in October 2011 to 13 counts of lewd acts with a child 14 or 15 years old, three counts of unlawful sexual intercourse, and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Read The Orange County Register
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British PM to Phelps, Lochte and the rest of us: “It is not OK to pee in the pool”
There you go, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron tells off Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte for peeing in the pool. Also, I thought the Brits had humor, but that has maybe been hampered by beach volley keeping him up all night. Read Metro, via The Huffington Post
(This one’s for you, Mr. Cameron)
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Ouch, NBC now also in hot water over ‘racist’ monkey promo
Read and watch The Philly Post
The Olympics have triggered a whole lot of angst. People are pissed at NBC’s spoilers. They’re pissed about Americans being too self-obsessed. They’re pissed about Michael Phelps mania. They pissed about Gabby Douglas’s hair. People are pissed about people being pissed about Gabby Douglas’s hair.
I thought this was the most idiotic and outlandish the Olympic griping could get. But I was wrong. The latest complaint involves a monkey.
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Australia getting ‘soft’ says coach Ken Wood
Australian swim coach Ken Wood has tough love for his compatriots in the Olympics this year: “We’re getting too soft. Our work ethic has dropped down.” Having helped train China’s double gold winner Ye Shiwen, he says the Australians “cannot afford to be soft” to compete with Chinese swimmers, and questions the work ethic of Aussie athletes, saying those in London seemed to be more interested in socializing. “They’re running their mobile phones, Twittering and Facebook and everything else,” Wood said. “It was more of a carnival atmosphere.” Read CNN
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David Hasselhoff’s girlfriend rescues swimmer
I knew it, they were for real ! :-P
The actor, who played a lifeguard on popular TV series Baywatch, was snorkelling with Welsh girlfriend Hayley Roberts in the Riviera Maya when she heard the desperate calls from a man who was suffering from cramps.
The 32-year-old blonde, who has been dating Hasselhoff since last year (11), swam to his rescue and pulled him to shore, leaving her Hollywood star boyfriend impressed.
“I said to David, ‘I made a rescue.’ He said, ‘Good job – you could have been on Baywatch.’”
Read Hollywood
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The Art of the Jeah with Ryan Lochte
Speedo USA via Buzzfeed