People getting ready for the first day of the Budapest 2010 Europeans Swimming Championships.
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Alex Popov says “Magnussen doesn’t have it”
Ouch, “Magnussen doesn’t have it. Four-time Olympic gold medallist Alexander Popov questions whether James Magnussen has what it takes to deliver on the biggest of stages.” Read Courier Mail via the17thman
Here is Magnussen himself admitting to this, again Courier Mail via the17thman
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Camille Moffat challenges Camille Muffat to a race
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361 Swimming TVC featuring Sun Yang
TV commercial featuring Chinese swimming star Sun Yang. This commercial was filmed on the Gold Coast, Australia facilitated by Taxi Film Production for Tribe in Shanghai.
361 Swimming TVC featuring Sun Yang from Taxi Film Production on Vimeo.
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Cullen Jones’ cause hits close to home
U.S. Olympic medalist Cullen Jones nearly drowned as a child. Today’s he’s one of the world’s best swimmers, and is using his status to encourage more kids to learn how to swim. Cronkite News reporter Amber Harding has the story.
Silver swimmer’s cause hits close to home from Cronkite News on Vimeo.
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Shawn Hook – So Close (2012 Olympics Theme Song)
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Meet The Families with Speedo
Speedo Athlete’s Friends and Family Day. Awesome.
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Liquipel makes iPhones waterproof for $60
Awesome, via InRumor
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Positive drug tests at the Summer Olympics, 1968 – 2012
The Economist has this interesting chart over positive drug tests at the Summer Games up until August 1st 2012, and adds in the article from August 2nd that until then, “two athletes, an Albanian weightlifter and an Uzbek gymnast, have so far been ejected from the London Olympics for failing drugs tests.” Makes you think, eh?
(and if anyone wonders, John Leonard is mentioned, at least twice)