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  • These are not the dolphins I was looking for :-P

    Jun 7, 2012

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    rokur
    in Fun, Wow

    Miami Dolphins cheerleaders lip dubbing to Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe“. Love the fact that in order to make it (if possible) a little more sexy, they added water and swimsuits without a football in sight :-)

    Miami Dolphins via BuzzFeed

  • D’Arcy and Monk in hot water for posing with guns

    Jun 7, 2012

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    rokur
    in Gossip, Safety, Wow, WTF

    According to the Herald Sun, Aussie ‘bad boys’ Nick D’Arcy and Kenrick Monk “have sparked outrage after they posed with high-powered weapons in a US gun shop”, to the point where Swimming Australia demanded pictures taken off Facebook and issued this statement, promising a talk with the athletes upon return to Australia:

    “Swimming Australia became aware of inappropriate photos posted on athlete Facebook pages and Twitter accounts this morning, and instantly contacted the athletes involved to ask for them to be removed under Swimming Australiaโ€™s Social Media Guidelines”

     
    Now, I get the idea that these are guns “similar to those used in the Virginia Tech and Port Arthur massacres”. I also get that since those two are already ‘bad boys’ for other reasons, they should maybe be especially careful when doing stunts like these. I’m not a weapons man myself, have never owned even a BB gun, but still, for some reason I suddenly remember sentences like “guns don’t kill people, …”.

    Even with strict gun laws like in Denmark and Norway, the crazed ones find ways to harm others. In the Faroes we have very relaxed gun laws, but thankfully next to none killed or harmed by them (or anything else) for decades. So, without further ado, here are ‘the darlings of Danish swimming‘ actually shooting big guns in Leadville.

    Sorry if I offend anyone with these words, those who know me know that I cried my eyes out with the rest of you when all that Breivik mess happened last summer. But I’m sort of with D’Arcy and Monk on this one.

    Via SwimNews

  • 22 Aquatic Fails

    Jun 6, 2012

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    rokur
    in Fun, Safety, WTF

    Courtesy of Huffpost Comedy


  • Funny interviews with swimmer Markus Rogan

    Jun 6, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition, Fun

    Hilarious – “Sometimes funny, sometimes philosophical, an interview with Austrian swimmer Markus Rogan is always entertaining to watch.”

    How is that relationship with Markus Rogan and the individual medley?
    Well, you know, for 20 years I was always with the same stroke.
    The backstroke?
    Ja ja, like being with the same woman for all your life. So now I think I’m doing just 4, you know, but it is a little bit exhausting”

  • 100 Black Men of Jackson offering swim classes

    Jun 6, 2012

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    rokur
    in Organization, Safety

    A study by USA Swimming found nearly 70% of minority children have low or no swimming ability. 100 Black Men of Jackson hopes to stem the tide of accidental drownings. Read wlbt.com via the17thman

  • Streamlined News: Frolander and Muffat make history

    Jun 6, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Jรคttebra! Sweden’s Lars Frรถlander making history by very possibly being selected for his 6th Olympics (!)

    Streamlined News: Frolander and Muffat make history, Gator Invite wraps up, Tennessee filling coachi

  • Michael Phelps is ‘the boy in the bubble’

    Jun 6, 2012

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    rokur
    in Technology, Training

    Michael Phelps on how he sleeps in an altitude chamber. Warning: Annoying background music.

    How Is Michael Phelps Training 24 Hours A Day For The London Olympics – Access Hollywood

  • CC photo #159: Iceland ladies before the 2012 Debrecen 4×100 medley relay

    Jun 6, 2012

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    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

    They had a chance of qualifying for the Olympics, Iceland’s Eyglรณ ร“sk Gรบstafsdรณttir, Hrafnhildur Lรบthersdรณttir, Sarah Blake Bateman and Eva Hannesdรณttir. It didn’t go all as planned, but they put an awesome fight, placed 5th and today June 6th it is official that they have qualified. รfram รsland!

    Iceland ladies before the 2012 Debrecen 4x100 medley relay

  • Lars Frรถlander most likely qualified for the Olympics

    Jun 6, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition

    This morning at the Mare Nostrum Canet prelims, Sydney 2000 Olympic Champion Lars Frรถlander went on to the finals with a 52.36 in the 100 butterfly, fastest of all there and 10th fastest of his career. Most likely qualified for the Olympic Games in London, according to simma.nu/se.

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Rรณkur รญ Jรกkupsstovu // Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT guy, spare-time aquatics aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 grandson & a wife. Bureau Member of European Aquatics, liaison to Water Safety, Media & Data Management. Likes to run :-)


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