One-year-old Lucky, a penguin at the Santa Barbara Zoo, had one leg that wasn’t growing right, making him walk with a limp. Zookeepers tried a splint first, but that interfered with his ability to swim, and they therefore contacted local shoe company Teva. Read more here on Nothing To Do With Arbroath
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CC photo #54: The Shanghai Oriental Sports Center diving pool
The divers were the only ones (other than the open water swimmers out at the beach) to compete outside at the 14th FINA World Aquatics Championships – Shanghai 2011. China won all events.
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The Daily Show on PETA’s SeaWorld slavery lawsuit
Wyatt Cenac speaks to whale freedom rider Lisa Lange about PETA’s SeaWorld slavery lawsuit and finds out why civil rights activist Elaine Brown won’t get on the freedom train. Funny.
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Life since Beijing 2008 renewed Shanteau’s focus
Since the Beijing 2008 Olympics, Eric Shanteau has undergone surgery for his condition, been declared cancer free, lost his father to lung cancer, and found renewed focus for swimming and Olympic goals. Source FSMidwest via the17thman.
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Geoff “Skippy” Huegill finds charity swim a real drag
LOL – “If swimmer Geoff Huegill thought losing 45kg for his comeback was tough, yesterday’s challenge really put him to the test. Huegill barely survived a 50m charity swim – while wearing jeans, a dress, a trenchcoat and leather shoes. The man they call Skippy was racing against 12-year-old Maddy Harley, who was swimming for her good friend Julz Free who suffers from cystic fibrosis. The race – which Maddy won – helped raise money for Cystic Fibrosis NSW after the girls put the idea to 2GB’s Ben Fordham, who asked Huegill to come on board.” Source The Telegraph via the17thman
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AOC clears D’Arcy to compete at London 2012 Olympics
The Australian Olympic Committee has announced that Nick D’Arcy will still remain as an eligible athlete to be chosen for its London 2012 Olympic roster. Read The Australian via SwimmingWorld Magazine
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CC photo #53: The Yuan Shen Natatorium ready for Shanghai 2011
One of the (at least) three additional 14th FINA World Aquatic Championship – Shanghai 2011 training venues, the Yuan Shen Natatorium in the Pudong district. In walking distance from our hotel, so we used it a lot.
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George Bovell on freediving
Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, Olympic swimmer George Bovell III has also become a world class freediver and spearfisherman. In this video he shares some tips on freediving, including most importantly on safety, courtesy of The Race Club.
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Adolph Kiefer on aquatic therapy
Born in 1918, Adolph “Sonny Boy” Kiefer was the first ever to swim 100 yards backstroke under 1 minute. He won the 100 backstroke at the 1936 Summer Olympics in (Nazi) Berlin, was asked to audition for the role of Tarzan but joined the US Navy instead and served during World War II, was appointed to set guidelines for safety and training there and taught more than 33,000 navymen to survive in water, before building the succesful and innovative Kiefer brand. Worked with the major of Chicago building swimming pools across the inner city of Chicago, providing facilities needed for countless children to learn to swim. Now well up in his nineties, he suffers from neuropathy that has put him in a wheel chair, but still swims in spite of this, and can instruct us on the importance of aquatic therapy. What a man.