As sole provider of public Wi-Fi in the Olympic Park this summer, BT claims it will be the largest high density Wi-Fi venue deployment ever, including 1,000 access points at nine Olympic venues, and 500,000 across London by the times that the Games begin in July. They already have 475,000 hotspots up and running. Access will be free for BT Broadband customers while millions of other smartphone users will apparently have use included in their contracts due to agreements with a number of UK and international network providers, and others the opportunity to by pre-paid Wi-Fi vouchers. Read TechWeek Europe and ZDnet
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Fan changes name to include Ian Thorpe and 11 other athletes
A British Olympics fan has paid £33 to officially change his name from Thomas Manly to Thomas Steve Redgrave Matthew Pinsent Linford Christie Ian Thorpe Daley Thompson Chris Hoy Seb Coe Carl Lewis Steve Ovett Jonathan Edwards Ben Ainslie Usain Bolt Manly. “It’s not every year we get the Olympic Games – it is history in the making and I wanted to be part of it.” Read the Mirror -
33̬ Trofeu Ciutat de Barcelona 2012 РPromo
Part of the Mare Nostrum 2012 series, hosted by Club Natació Sant Andreu, the club of Erika Villaécija, bronze winner in the 1500 freestyle at Debrecen 2012. This weekend June 2nd and 3rd, see event details here, including start lists featuring swimmers like Rebecca Adlington, Erika Villaécija and Mireia Belmonte, Keri-Anne Payne, Kristel Kobrich, Sergey Fesikov, Suzaan van Biljo, Jason Dunford, Evgeny Korothyskin, Hannah Miley, Brent Hayden, Tommaso D’Orsogna, Sinead Russell, Alexianne Castel, Cameron van der Burgh, Felipe Lima, Sophie Edington, Chad Le Clos, Therese Alshammar, James Goddard, David Carry, Sebastien Rouault, Luca Marin, Joeri Verlinden, Michael Rock, …
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CC photo #151: Federica Pellegrini at Debrecen 2012
Italy’s Federica Pellegrini ready for the women’s 200 freestyle prelims at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships. She won that event but suffered a few days later in the 400 freestyle, not advancing to finals, resulting in a series of medical test to make sure that everything is all right. In other news, she says she has only had three loves in her life, all swimmers. What on earth is that on her right elbow?
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Dawn Fraser, an Aussie swimming icon
Aussie swimming icon Dawn Fraser Dawn Fraser became the first Olympic swimmer to win the same event three times when she claimed gold in the 100m freestyle final in Tokyo 1964, just seven months after suffering serious injuries in a car crash that also killed her mother. Via the17thman
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Behold, maybe the geekiest post ever about Pál Joensen
My brother the geologist putting Pál Joensen and coach Jón Bjarnason on a special assignment, to find a Kaibab Limestone while visiting Crand Canyon. I understand they succeeded, only to me it still looks like just a rock. Off our Faroese site.
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Brendan Hansen ready for comeback
Amy Van Dyken talks with Olympic swimmer Brendan Hansen about earning a spot on Team USA and more. See FOX Sports.
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CC photo #150: Biedermann & co meeting the photographers
Medal winners in men’s 400 freestyle at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships, Gergo Kis, HUN (silver), Paul Biedermann, GER (gold) and Samuel Pizzetti, ITA (bronze), see result list here.
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Going down with the extreme sport of Formula Three Freediving
As if ordinary freediving wasn’t hard enough, in Formula Three Freediving you race each other by riding an underwater scooter through underwater gates on one breath. Via ABC News.
Here is an official video from the inventors of this sport
