Freediving master William Trubridge takes us through the sport as he attempts to break his own world record dive. I just love how those local people are almost scared of Dean’s Blue Hole :-)
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La Grande Swim 2012 TV coverage
This is brilliant TV, coverage of the State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series – La Grande Swim Akaroa, February 19th, 2012.
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The making of Madame Tussauds’ Tom Daley
One of the most dramatic figures ever to feature at Madame Tussauds, British diver Tom Dailey is captured in mid-dive as he soars from the diving board towards the water. Via hollandswimming.nl
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Bochmann has Olympic bid hampered by hoovering
A freak injury has ended Norwich swimmer Anne Bochmann’s medley bid for London 2012, forcing her to concentrate on qualifying in the freestyle at this weekend’s British trials. She was vacuuming in January, aggravating a back injury, “There’s no hoovering allowed now. I’m not at all upset about that.†Bochmann will need to finish in the top two at the upcoming trials at London’s Aquatic Centre to secure a place in Team GB, focusing on the 200 and 400 freestyle, where she will come up against the likes of Rebecca Adlington and Jo Jackson. Read EDP24 -
Hannah Miley previews the British Gas Swimming Championships 2012
British Gas Swimming Championships / Olympic Trials 2012 starting in 2 days. March is gonna be incredible, can’t wait :-)
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CC photo #62: An old Tórshavn swim pool ticketing machine
This seems to be the original ticketing machine of former outdoor swimming pool in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, now on display in the current indoor pool opened in 1982. Tickets say from left to right: “Kvinnur” (Women), “Bað húgva” (Swim cap), “Gentur” (Girls), “Dreingir” (Boys), “Baðtoy” (Swim Clothes), “Ãskoðarapláss” (Spectator seat). No room for men, apparently :-)
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Virgin Oceanic sub so sexy it will be called “Scarlett”
Nice touch, millionaire adventurer Chris Welsh wants to name his Virgin Oceanic sub “Scarlett” after Scarlett Johansson, because that’s how sexy this vehicle is. Welsh plans to pilot the experimental, cutting-edge sub to the bottom of the Mariana Trench sometime this year, in what would be only the second descent to the deepest spot in the world’s oceans, since Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard went down there in the bathyscaphe Trieste back in 1960. Read more here on Slashdot.
(Photo of Scarlett Johansson courtesy of John McNab, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, posted here purely for comparison purposes)
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Michael Phelps and Bar Refaeli – behind the scenes video
Looks like they had a lot of fun
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CC photo #61: Biedermann’s classic pre-race camera pose
Paul Biedermann before the Istanbul 2009 European Short Course Championships men’s 400 freestyle final. He won the event in a new championships record of 3:34.55.
