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A vertigo-inducing swimming pool in Mumbai
This eye-catching swimming pool at Bhakti Park in Mumbai, India has a giant aerial photograph of the New York City skyline attached to the floor of the pool, to raise awareness about the threat of sea level rises as a result of global warming. Read The Laughing Bug.
Source: Uploaded by user via Parastou on Pinterest
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Nordic swimmers Svensson, Gustafsdóttir, Arnason named Mid-Major All-Americans
According to CollegeSwimming, the list of 24 female and 9 male Mid-Major All-Americans included no fewer than 3 Nordic swimmers: Emma Svensson of Uppsala, Sweden, Ãrni Már Arnason of Mosfellsbaer, Iceland and Jóhanna Gerða Gústafsdóttir of ReykjavÃk, Iceland. Jóhanna is the older sister of Olympic qualified Eygló Ósk Gustafsdóttir.
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Hero dog rescues swimming puppy stuck in a pool
Amazing technique, and quick thinking too, switching from push to pull. Yes, Hasselhoff would have been proud ! :-) Via The Chive
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95-year-old sets US national record in the 1,000 freestyle
Thursday at the 2012 US Master’s Spring Nationals, 95-year-old Anne A Dunivin set a US Masters national record, completing the 1000 yard freestyle in 50:44.12, first person across the nation to complete that distance in the 95-99 age bracket. Via digtriad.com
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CC photo #120: Roma09 poster at Fiumicino Airport
An Enel commercial greeting people arriving at Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, back in 2009. Always nice to have these things greeting the swimmers.
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Reporter accidentally dunks $2000 (non-waterproof) microphone in water
Sweet, while filming a live segment for “Good Day Sacramento“, testing the durability of a waterproof iPhone case, reporter Melissa Cabral forgot that her $2,000 microphone was not similarly equipped, diving down to fetch the phone. Via The Clicker
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London 2012 must-see top-5 list includes the men’s 200 IM and 4×100 free
Nice, the Local 10 / Internet Broadcasting “5 must-see events at 2012 Olympics” includes not one but two swimming events, alongside the obligatory men’s 100m running event, the women’s gymnastics individual all-around, and the women’s beach volleyball final. Personally, I rate the classic marathon higher than at least the beach volleyball, and the men’s 400 freestyle above the 200 IM. But there you go.Image courtesy of pirano Bob R, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0