Slovenia’s Matjaลพ Markiฤ being greeted by countryman (and here bronze winner) Emil Tahiroviฤ, after winning the LEN 2008 European Short Course Championships men’s 50 breaststroke in a then new championship record of 26.47. See result list here
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CPR Makes You Undead
A WTF PSA proudly presented by the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation, see #theundeading via Mashable
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Lotte Friis leaves Denmark to train with Muffat in Nice
According to Danish media Sporten.dk, Lotte Friis has made an arrangement with the Danish Swimming Federation to leave Denmark and the National Training Center in Copenhagen, to train with Camille Muffat and others in Nice, France. She has not decided whether she’ll train for Rio 2016 or not, in other news she’s expressed excitement for having the 2013 Short Course Europeans on home turf, this switch now seems to be to try something new.
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CC photo #281: Borysik after winning the Rijeka 2008 men’s 100 breast
Ukraine’s Igor Borysik reacts to winning the men’s 100 breaststroke at the LEN 2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Rijeka, Croatia, in a then new European record of 57.33. See result list here
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Michael Phelps nails amazing, possibly record-breaking 159-foot putt
Michael Phelpsย who’s going to be on the “Haney Project” in 2013,ย is already making strides on golf’s biggest stage, after he holed a 159-foot putt at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Though obviously paling in comparison to the 18 Olympic gold medals and countless records he set in the pool, heย may have set a record for the longest televised putt in golf history. Wow. See for instance Yahoo! Sports, Sports Grid and Deadspin
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Rough Water Freediving for Abalone
Really nice first-person view … these new action-cams FTW
Rough water abalone diving in Brookings, Oregon for some nice fat abs while on vacation last week. Got my limit of 1 per day over 3 days with all of them being over 9.5 inches and the heaviest weighing in at 7 pounds. 2 slots on my card left, so I’ll be back…
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Olympic Swimmer Natalie Coughlin on DWTS HD
Olympic swimmer and multiple gold medal winner Natalie Coughlin’s debut dance on DWTS season 9.
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CC photo #280: Warmup during Dubai 2010
A scene from the Dubai 2010 World Short Course Swimming Championships.
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Tonbridge Boars Channel Swim 2012