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Take care what you wear at the London 2012 Games

Jul 22, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, Organization, WTF

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 â€œcould probablyâ€ 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
Police unlikely to charge Candice Alley

Jul 22, 2012

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rokur

in Gossip

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.
What kind of crazy Aussie swim training technique is this ?

Jul 22, 2012

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rokur

in Fun, Training

Matt Targett and Eamon Sullivan doing some kind of semi-dryland or shallow water training in the Manchester Aquatics Centre :-P See FoxSports
The horrific consequences of being Aquaman

Jul 22, 2012

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rokur

in Fun, Nature, Science

Straight facts on our favorite superhero, courtesy of Southern Fried Science, for instance on how Aquaman couldn’t survive the temperature even in the hottest ocean because he is way too thin:

Aquaman is not just a human, he is an incredibly buff human. Look at his picture. If the man has more than 2% body fat, Iâ€™d be shocked. In contrast, warm-water bottlenose dolphins have at least 18 to 20% body fat. Anyone who SCUBA dives knows that, even with a 12 millimeter neoprene wet suit, after a few hours in 80Â°F water, you get cold. Aquaman, lacking any visible insulation, should have slipped into hypothermia sometime early in More Fun Comics #73. He is better built for the beach than the frigid deep.

Via Neatorama

Image courtesy of Corey Bond, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Life as a top notch surf photographer

Jul 22, 2012

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rokur

in Open Water, Technology, Wow

Nice Momentum documentary on surf photographer Zak Noyle, via PetaPixel

Part 1

Part 2
CC photo #204: SzÃ©p volt lÃ¡nyok

Jul 22, 2012

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by

rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

Hungarian spectators at the Debrecen 2012 European Swimming Championships applauding BoglÃ¡rka Kapas and Ã‰va Risztov for their gold and bronze medals in the women’s 800 freestyle (see result list here). According to Google Translate this means “Well done girls” or “beautiful girls” in Hungarian, in this case both answers most certainly apply :-)
Water ski turn gone wrong (or totally right, maybe)

Jul 21, 2012

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rokur

in Fun, Open Water

Russian title says ‘Gooooooooooool!’ :-)
Swimming alongside a Great White Shark

Jul 21, 2012

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by

rokur

in Nature, Wow

Sweet, via Buzzfeed
How to get Ryan Lochte’s body

Jul 21, 2012

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by

rokur

in Health, Training

Recently voted the most awesome (male) body in sports and the hottest summer body of 2012, it just takes healthy food habits and a whole lot of training and then some, to get a body like Ryan’s. Read The Telegraph.