This is something they call The Ice Castles at Silverthorne, located in Colorado, USA. Beautiful, but I’m sure it looks more romantic and warm than it is :-)
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Michele Tomasi to attempt longest dive under ice today
Sunday 12th February 2012, freediver Michele Tomasi will attempt to break the current Guinness record of swimming a distance under ice (with monofin), at Lago Santo in Val Cembra (Trento – Italy).The record stands at 110 meters, swum by Turkish freediver Åžahika Ercümen in the Weissensee lake in Austria back in February 2011.
Follow the record attempt here on the Rane Neri website. Via Deeper Blue
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Diving with the deadly irukandji
A funny read, this thing on GadlingNot more than two seconds after reaching the bottom, however, his eyes excitedly bulged and appeared to double in size as seen through the fog of his mask. Slowly, he raised a focused finger at something apparently located behind me.
For anyone who hasn’t spent much time underwater, regardless of how comfortable you are in the ocean, you never, ever, want to see someone with wide eyes pointing directly behind you. Music starts playing, drums start thumping, and you can almost feel the teeth sinking into the nape of your neck.
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Matt Grevers proposes to Annie Chandler at Missouri Grand Prix
Last night, Olympian Matt Grevers proposed to his girlfriend, fellow U.S. National Teamer Annie Chandler, at the 2012 Missouri Grand Prix. She said yes! :-)
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CC photo #44: Svimjihøllin à KlaksvÃk
The swimming pool in KlaksvÃk, Faroe Islands. First indoor 25 meter pool in the Faroe Islands, finished in 1974 and then refurbished once or twice since then. Picture taken on my way to a swim meet there last night, going back in the morning.
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Stephanie Rice plays rupture roulette with her injured shoulder
With only 4 weeks to go before the Olympic trials, Stephanie Rice reveals that her shoulder is basically sore at every session, never really healed after the arthroscopy in December.
“They can’t repair the tendon, it’s a six-month rehab, so I obviously didn’t have time for that,” Rice said.
“They just basically went in and cleaned it up as best as they could and I don’t know if that was the best option to have surgery right now because it didn’t really do anything.
“I had a cortisone a few weeks ago and that really seems to have settled it down a bit and I’ve been able to get through a decent amount of training. Hopefully, it would hold together for these last couple of weeks before the Olympic trials.”
Read for instance The Daily Telegraph and WAtoday
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Cowley asks why D’Arcy never faced Swimming Australia’s disciplinary committee
Simon Cowley has written a letter of protest to Swimming Australia, demanding to know why Nick D’Arcy’ has never faced their disciplinary committee, as originally planned in 2009. His lawyer has also questioned the integrity of Swimming Australia by allowing “pork chops” to swim at the Olympics. Read The Daily Telegraph
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Lack of limbs doesn’t stop 10-year-old swimmer
‘I feel free in the water,’ says 10-year-old Breanna Sprenger, who, despite having only one arm and no legs, is a competitive swimmer. Via Mother Nature Network
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CC photo #43: The Budapest 2010 lane rope pool
A strange sight in the outskirts of the Budapest 2010 European Aquatics Championships competition area. Wondered for a moment what kind of competition they were up to here :-)
