Via ryanlochte.com
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London 2012 security might soar to £59,000 per athlete
That is about US$91,500. Incredible numbers, but Athens 2004 security ended up costing £90,000 per athlete, so it might actually be a bargain. There will be more British troops stationed in London than in Afghanistan, with police also stepping in after most G4S security guards fail to turn up for work. Read The Guardian
It is important to remember that all this is ostensibly designed to secure the spectacle of 17,000 athletes competing for 17 days. Even if London’s overall security budget remains similar to that of Athens, that works out at the startling figure of £59,000 of public money to secure each competitor or £3,500 per competitor per day. In 2004, the cost in now-bankrupt Athens was £90,000 per competitor (for a smaller number of athletes than are likely to attend London). This was a major contributor, as part of the overall £10bn costs, to Greece’s subsequent debt crisis.
Image of a British Starstreak HVM System during Olympic exercise courtesy of UK Ministry of Defence, CC BY-NC 2.0 -
CC photo #205: Boglárka Kapas on the Debrecen 2012 medal podium
Debrecen 2012 European Champion in the women’s 800 freestyle, Hungary’s Boglárka Kapas in 8:26.49 (see result list here). Hungary also took bronze with Eva Risztov posting 8:27.87, szép volt lányok!.
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NBC’s most awesome London 2012 Olympics trailer
Not for us Europeans, but awesome nonetheless. And to make totally sure that it was awesomely awesome, they added a whole lot of water :-)
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Top tips for your first open water race
Courtesy of Keri-Anne Payne and Speedo UK, via the17thman
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Irish charity swimmer dies while crossing the English Channel
45-year-old Paraic Casey was only half a mile from the French shore when he took ill early this morning, having swum more than 20 miles from Dover in England, raising money for two charities. Michael Oram, chairman of the Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation, said: “Attempts were made by crew to resuscitate him before a French rescue helicopter arrived with medics who tried further resuscitation.” Read for instance The Guardian and Mail Online
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Take care what you wear at the London 2012 Games
Olympic sponsors are so adamant at protecting their rights that spectators wearing competing brands or clothes that promote competing brands can expect to be turned away.Games boss Sebation Coe warned anyone wearing a Pepsi T-shirt is likely to be booted out because it would upset sponsors Coca-Cola.
And he only said spectators in Nike trainers “could probably†be allowed in although Adidas are also backing the event.
Read The Daily Record, via Neatorama
Image courtesy of Andrew Tseng, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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Police unlikely to charge Candice Alley
Off The Courier Mail:
But The Sunday Telegraph understands Alley is unlikely to be charged with any offence.
Buckets and Spades owner Zlata Relin said the store had spoken to Alley’s lawyers, who had promised to send a cheque for the cost of the items.
Ms Relin said she had asked police not to charge the mother-of-two. “We don’t want any publicity and if she goes to court this will go on and on,” Ms Relin said.
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What kind of crazy Aussie swim training technique is this ?
Matt Targett and Eamon Sullivan doing some kind of semi-dryland or shallow water training in the Manchester Aquatics Centre :-P See FoxSports
