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Swimming South Africa gets royal lifeline from Monaco

Feb 28, 2012

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rokur

in Gossip, Organization

Swimming South is in major financial strife following the possible exit of major sponsor Telkom, and funding from National Lottery fund ending in March. But now they get a helping hand from former South African swimmer and now Princess of Monaco Charlene Wittstock, offering them to host the South African Olympic team for free from June 1, ahead of the London 2012 Olympics. South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) CEO Tubby Reddy says: â€œWe only have to cover travel expenses. She will take care of everything else. Sheâ€™ll provide the facility, nutrition and accommodation.â€ Eye Witness News, read also for instance sport24
Herald Sun names Thorpe as top 3 comeback failure, Torres as top 2 success

Feb 28, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, History

Ouch, the Herald Sun has apparently given up on Ian Thorpe with the Olympic Trials yet to come, and names him the top 3 most unsuccessful comeback behind tennis player Bjorn Borg and boxing legend Muhammad Ali:

3: Ian Thorpe: We may never know the genuine reasons behind his comeback but to date it has been agonising to watch. Hopefully it will be all over soon.

(Photo of Ian Thorpe courtesy of Morton Lin, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

USA’s Dara Torres is on the other hand the top 2 most successful comeback, only behind Formula 1 driver Nikki Lauda:

2: Dara Torres: 24 years after winning gold at the 1984 LA games, Torres returned in 2008 at the Beijing Olympics – at age 41 – to win three silver medals.

(Photo of Dara Torres courtesy of Bryan Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0)
What does swimmer Jeremy Linn think of Jeremy Lin ?

Feb 28, 2012

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rokur

in Fun, History

Olympic gold medalist Jeremy Linn, a graduate of Central Dauphin High School, once had a very unique name; now he hears and sees it all the time, thanks to Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks. CBS21 via SwimmingWorld on Twitter.
GoPro’s are like Lassie when it comes to finding their owner

Feb 28, 2012

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rokur

in Fun, Open Water, Technology

This photo to the right is a screen grab from Anthony Banuelos’ GoPro video camera as he paddled out at San Onofre on February 12th. He had rigged his camera to the front of the surfboard and on his first wave, it came off. But a couple found it and were able to trace it back to Banuelos, and now another couple found a camera Sunday, that comments to this story on OC Register suggest is already on well its way back to its owner.
Keri-Anne Payne – Life in the Open Water

Feb 28, 2012

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rokur

in Competition

Share in Keri-anne Payne’s journey from moving in to the testing and rigorous sport of open water swimming to becoming a 2 time World 10km Champion and Olympic Silver medallist, courtesy of BGswimming.
CC photo #60: Me and Biedermann at the Istanbul 2009 Europeans

Feb 28, 2012

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Faroe Islands, Fun

Me and Germany’s Paul Biederman at the Istanbul 2009 European Short Course Championships. Some say we look alike, I’m sure that if Biedermann wasn’t so polite, he would ask if he really looked that fat :-)
70 hospitalized after chlorine exposure at Canadian swim meet

Feb 27, 2012

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rokur

in Safety

An adult and a child remain in hospital after a swim meet at a William Lake community swimming pool in British Columbia, Canada, where high levels of chlorine were detected early Sunday morning. 70 people were taken to hospital and treated for chlorine exposure, including 45 children, having their eyes flushed, showered, or in more serious chases, received oxygen. Read for instance Toronto Sun, Opinion 250 and CBC News
Shark attack survivor’s harrowing tale

Feb 27, 2012

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rokur

in Nature, Safety

Anthony Segrich was spearfishing with his buddies hunting Cobia and Grouper, when a bull shark attacked him. â€œAnd it was one of the strangest sensations, itâ€™s very difficult to describe, but I mean, you knew you were being eaten by something,â€ said Anthony. CBS Miami via the17thman
60 seconds with James Goddard

Feb 27, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, Gossip

Via the17thman