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Michael Gross: There is too little money in swimming

Dec 27, 2011

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rokur

in History, Organization

(Sorry for my poor German-to-English translation here, but this is noteworthy, off swimsportsnews.de) â€¦ )

20 years after his triple Olympic gold winning swimming career, Michael “The Albatross” Gross hardly ever follows swimming. ‘I’ve seen nothing from the last World Championships. It is pure coincidence if I watch any swimming.” Gross criticizes the lack of professionalism in swimming: “There is too little money in swimming to build any professionalism”, he says, “you need professional teams with personal responsibility.” Read swimsportnews.de
13-foot python caught in South Florida swimming pool

Dec 26, 2011

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rokur

in Nature

A 13-foot Burmese python was captured in a private South Florida swimming pool today. They can reach up to 26 feet with a weight of up to 200 pounds, and live in the Everglades and Southern Glades, but since this was found so far from the Everglades, authorities believe this one was released by someone who had acquired it as a (illegal) pet. Nice. Via NBC Miami.

View more videos at: http://nbcmiami.com.
Amp your workout with FIT Radio

Dec 25, 2011

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rokur

in Fun, Technology

FIT Radio is a web and mobile application that streams DJ-engineered music of all genres designed to amp your workout. A Pandora for gym rats with several channels to choose from, such as Top 40, Electronic and Dub Step. Free streaming app available for iOS and Android. Finally a way to get rid of that one CD in the gym’s stereo system! :-)

Via Mashable
Happy Holidays !

Dec 24, 2011

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rokur

in Fun

Hope you’ll get everything you wished for ! :-)
Adversial Tides – an open water swimming movie

Dec 24, 2011

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rokur

in Open Water

Adversarial Tides is a gripping tale that pits four solo channel swimmers against the violent mood swings of the Pacific Ocean. Marine life, ocean swells and the dark cold of night swimming present challenges and pitfalls for the swimmers, crew and pilots.

Adversarial Tides: Feature documentary from Chase B Kenney on Vimeo.

Read more on SwimmingWorld Magazine
Video: USA starts Duel in the Pool 2011 with 4×100 medley world record

Dec 23, 2011

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rokur

in Competition

Natalie Coughlin, Rebecca Soni, Dana Vollmer and Missy Franklin demolishing the women’s short course meters 4×100 medley world record with a time of 3:44.55 at the 2011 Duel in the Pool in Atlanta, Georgia. Old record was 3:47.97 from the Duel in the Pool in 2009.

Team USA Start Duel in the Pool with World Record – from Univers – The most amazing bloopers are here
The Duel in the Pool 2011 in 21 seconds

Dec 23, 2011

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rokur

in Competition

Finally, the Duel in the Pool online for also us Europeans to see. Could you slow it down a bit, please ?
SeaWorld killer orca Tilikum is sick

Dec 23, 2011

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rokur

in Nature, Safety

One of SeaWorld’s most famous and controversial killer whales is ill, male orca Tilikum who killed veteran trainier Dawn Brancheau in February 2010. He has been allowed to participate in performances since the incident, mostly to splash audience members with his enormous tail, but no trainer has been allowed to swim in the water with him. Tilikum has a history of violent behavior, with a 20-year-old trainer dying while working with him in 1991, a 27-year-old homeless man dying from jumping into the pool with him in 1997, and then Brancheau being killed in 2010. Read Florida Today and My Fox Orlando.
Christmas came early, a gift from the Big River Man himself

Dec 23, 2011

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rokur

in Fun, Open Water

So I got in contact with Strel Swimming after blogging about their exciting swimming holiday trips in Slovenia and Croatia, and it turns out that ‘Big River Man‘ Martin Strel’s son Borut is also an IT geek professional. Go visit their state-of-the-art webpage www.strel-swimming.com, and notice that there is a special offer on their Slovenian Lake Swimming adventure until 16th January, 2012. I’ll go watch my DVD, signed by Borut and the Big River Man himself, and dream of long swims in cool Slovenian waters :-)