Yeehaa, two-time Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima believes he will need to set a world record to win a gold medal at the London Olympics next year, because of the rise of his rivals. Very reasonable thinking, as Alexander Dale Oen was only 0.13 off the world record of 58.58 seconds in the 100 breaststroke. Read IBNLive
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Walliams saves dog during river Thames sewage swim
Comedian David Walliams is now on the final day of his epic swim along 140 miles of the Thames, that started last Monday. He has battled a bout of “Thames Tummy”, ignored sewage warnings and even rescued a dog, while raising now very close to £1million “for street kids like Phillip“. What a hero, read his swimming diary here, and sponsor him here on Sport Relief. -
Brain-eating amoeba now linked to 4 deaths in USA this summer
As they say in this video below, amoebic brain infection are the medical equivalent of being struck by lightning, but still horrific. An extremely common amoeba living in just about every warm body of fresh water, that invades the central nervous system via the nose and kills you almost certainly within two weeks, even if diagnosed early. Chance of infection is only 1 in 10 million, nose clips can reduce risk, but best solution is still to avoid hot, stagnant freswater ponds and streams. Read ABC News and Wikipedia.
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The Vandenberg Art Exhibition requires a scuba diving certification
Or serious freediving skills, an underwater art exhibit has debuted on the former Air Force missile tracking ship “Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg” sunk in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary seven miles south of Key West to become an artificial reef. In other news, the art world is weird. Via Neatorama.
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Superpippo gets beaten badly by dolphins
Dolphins King (19) and Leah (9) had to swim twice as many lengths as Magnini, but still managed to overtake him in the last few yards (meters). “I never had such tough opponents,” joked the two-time world champion. But he said he “fell a bit in love with dolphin Leah” and hoped to see her again. Read MercuryNews.com.
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ContourROAM packs a laser to help you with hands-free underwater filming
Behold a worthy GoPro challenger, the ContourROAM waterproof camera designed for rough, actionpacked, hands-free filming in 720p, 960p and 1080p, with a multidirectional microphone and a 170° super wide-angle lens, and a laser for better alignment and aiming. Waterproof down to 1 meter, or 60 meters if you buy the additional ContourROAM Waterproof Case. Via Engadget. -
Freeing a humpback whale
This is nice, Michael Fishback and friends freeing a humpback whale on Valentine’s Day. I’m skipping ahead to the moment when they get the last piece of nylon net off of her, and she starts celebrating or scratching her itchy skin on the surface of the sea or whatever. Via neotorama.com.
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UK owns the World’s Largest Water Balloon Fight record
On August 26th, University of Kentucky’s Christian Student Fellowship went to break the world record for the World’s Largest Water Balloon Fight set in 2010 by students at Brigham Young University. 8957 people threw 175,141 water ballons in the fight, compared to a mere 3927 people in 2010. A record surely begging to be broken, again and again. Via Laughing Squid.
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Garrett Weber-Gale on “Staging” at Noma
A good read here on athleticfoodie.com, by Olympic gold medalist and food enthusiast Garrett Weber-Gale:On August 7th, I traveled to Copenhagen to apprentice at Noma. I had little notion of what I’d be doing, or what I’d be learning. Of course, I read up a bunch regarding their ‘Nordic Cuisine’, and some of the plates they serve. I really had no idea what to expect. What I soon came to realize, was that I was about to have my mind blown. Everything is done with precision and love for perfection. The extremes they go to, to use the best ingredients found in the surrounding Scandinavian region, the care they take in preserving everything they have by not taking short cuts. They prepare everything to exemplify it’s natural beauty and flavor, I was literally on a constant high from new information.
