Wild, Croatia’s Goran Colak swims 273 meters in one breath, breaking the ‘Dynamic With Fins (DYN)’ world record at the Aida Pool World Championships in Lignano, Italy on October 15th, 2011. With a dramatic ending.
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British Olympians in Flagstaff
Story by Brandon Kamerman, featuring British Swimmer Jak Scott and British Swimming Head Coach Dennis Pursley.
Olympians in Flagstaff from Brandon Kamerman on Vimeo.
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45-year-old Platt to swim the Mississippi cuffed, shackled and blindfolded
On Friday November 11, former Marine and cancer survivor Jay Platt aka “Mr. Unstoppable” will try to swim across the Mississippi about an hour south of Memphis, Tennessee, blindfolded, hands cuffed behind his back, and feet shackled. A swim about a mile and a half long, in waters predicted to be about 50 degrees Fahrenheit, dolphin kicking Marine-style for about an hour. Crazy yes, but then Platt has survived four brain tumors, spinal tumors, kidney cancer and lost an eye, and still completed a similar swim between Alcatraz and San Francisco. Read The Valdosta Daily Times. -
Freediving with a great white shark
*And* sea lions … now that is a photosafari that I don’t want to partake in :-S“On the last day we had the bottom at 20m and the coastal drop off in sight and spent more than 4 hours freediving with 3 giant sharks sharing the spectacle with some curious sea lions. Freediving at its best.”
Read Nektos.net, see also oceanencounters.net
See also this “Project Ocean Quest” trailer, where Fred Buyle swims with hammerheads, mantas and humpback whales!
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Wow, Sun Yang is quite the crooner
Breaking news from SwimmingWorld Magazine on Twitter, 1500 meter world champion Sun Yang has a golden voice (!) Now, I believe I have a video clip somewhere with Pál Joensen singing, so perhaps we have a long-distance X-Factor competition on our hands ?
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Mark Spitz on his iconic picture and the Munich massacre
Great article here on MailOnline, about how the iconic photo of Mark Spitz with his 7 gold medals from the 1972 Munich Games was taken in London rather than in Munich, because of the terror attack there right after his 7th win. About how he’s afterwards held contact with wives and kids of the athletes who were killed, and about why he eventually took his moustache off.
Here in the video below, he tells the story about how he conned Russian athletes into growing moustaches :-P
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Swim Spa training with Coach Bowman
Hmm, water looks a bit rough to me, and the second video reveals that there are only 6 speeds to choose from. But I’m really impressed by the depth of that thing! Via the17thman
Nooo, not those Aquaspinning cycles. Pools are for swimming !
There are more videos on www.youtube.com/MasterSpas, see also www.michaelphelpsswimspa.com
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Swimming with the giant sunfish
Funny Ted Talk with marine biologist Thierney Thys taking us into the world of the Mola mola, or giant ocean sunfish. Didn’t know they fed on jellyfish, sweet. Via 10 Million Clicks for Peace. »They had one that gained 800 pounds in 14 months, I said, “now, *that’s a true American!”« :-P
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Nooo, Rebecca Adlington pees in the pool (!)
Can’t believe it, but she’s being quoted and everything:
“We all pee in the pool, it’s not a big deal. We don’t have time to get out and go to the toilet, it’s a standard swimmer thing.
“You can’t get out in between training, or it breaks up the set.â€
Read The Daily Star.