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  • London Olympics won’t allow sharing of photos, video or sound via social networks

    Apr 26, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition, Organization

    Sort of mentioned here before, the London 2012 conditions for ticket holders are pretty extensive, including ban on entering the venues with food, beverages, animals, large photographic equipment, flags of countries not participating in the Olympics (there goes Merkiรฐ), musical instruments, objects bearing trademarks, large quantities of coins, lighters, refrigerators etc. Photo site PetaPixel has now noticed this section 19.6.3, banning sharing of photos, video and sound:

    “Images, video and sound recordings of the Games taken by a Ticket Holder cannot be used for any purpose other than for private and domestic purposes and a Ticket Holder may not license, broadcast or publish video and/or sound recordings, including on social networking websites and the internet more generally, and may not exploit images, video and/or sound recordings for commercial purposes under any circumstances, whether on the internet or otherwise, or make them available to third parties for commercial purposes.”

    'And to your right....', Olympic Park, East London

    Photo courtesy of J@ck!,, CC BY 2.0

  • CC photo #118: Young officials hard at work at FOMM 2011

    Apr 26, 2012

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    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Faroe Islands, Fun

    It looked very intense, the officials’ technical meeting at the (still mostly for fun) Faroese Masters Championships 2011, where we sort of switch roles with swimmers taking over as officials, and many of the officials jumping into the pool. But if you look closely, you will realize that they are all bent over a pizza menu! :-)

    Young officials hard at work at FOMM 2011

  • Jessica Hardy on rehab and mental training at DISC

    Apr 26, 2012

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    rokur
    in Training

    โ€œI truly believe that mental training is just as important as any physical training that I do because you can completely mess us. Being mentally prepared is definitely an extra edge I have going into a competition and something I definitely value. โ€ ~ Jessica Hardy

    Read more here on DISC

  • Niki Stepanek freedives on singing Humpback Whale

    Apr 26, 2012

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    rokur
    in Freediving, Nature, Open Water

    During the filming of stunt sequences for “Johanna and the Whale“, champion free diver Niki Stepanek dives down seventy feet to hear the song of a humpback whale, up close and personal. Photographed by George Monteiro and safety Diver Bobby Kim, the whale song was recorded live as it was filmed and was so loud that it could be heard through the hull of the boat at the surface.

    Niki Stepanek freedives on singing Humpback Whale

  • Trofรฉu Maria Lenk: Cielo rattles 50 free world textile record

    Apr 26, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition

    At the Maria Lenk Trophy yesterday evening, Brazil’s Cesar Ceilo almost posted a world textile best in the men’s 50 freestyle, scorching the pool in 21.38 seconds, where Frรฉderick Bousquet’s world textile record is 21.36 from the 2010 Europeans. Bruno Fratus managed a second best in the world this year in the prelims, clocking 21.70, where James Magnussen’s now 3rd best time in the world this year is 21.74 from the Australian Trials.

    Trofรฉu Maria Lenk 2012: Cรฉsar Cielo e Bruno Fratus em mais um eletrizante duelo

    Denmark’s Jeanette Ottesen won both the 50 freestyle (25.06) and the 100 butterfly (58.64), and helped the Corinthians’ to a win in the womens 4×200 freestyle, together with Lotte Friis who the day before had posted meet records in the women’s 200 freestyle (1:59.65) and 1500 freestyle (16:11.76).

    Read SwimmingWorld Magazine here and here. See all results here.

  • Swedish student wins Google Photography Prize for depicting the lonelier side of swimming

    Apr 25, 2012

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    rokur
    in Wow

    After receiving entries from 20,000 students in 146 countries, Google chose 24-year-old Viktor Johansson’s series of images capturing a competitive swimmer’s demanding training regimen for the grand prize. Johansson studies at the Nordic Photography School Biskops-Arnรถ in Sweden, plus gets to now have his work featured in an exhibition at London’s Saatchi Gallery, and to shoot anywhere in the world with the assistance of a professional photography coach.

    Read The Vergeย via the17thman

  • Lebanese-American Katya Bachrouche aims for Olympic glory in London

    Apr 25, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Lebanon has not won an Olympic medal since 1980. But Lebanese-American swimmer Katya Bachrouche hopes to change that at this yearโ€™s London Games in July, where, as a dual citizen, she plans to compete for her ancestral homeland. Read Middle East Voices via the17thman.

    Lebanese Swimmer Strives for Olympic glory.

  • Norwegian journalist takes on Dale Oen in Flagstaff

    Apr 25, 2012

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    rokur
    in Competition, Fun, Training

    As they put it on www.simma.nu/no, “Norwegian journalists never get tired of challenging Norwegian swimmers to a duel,” this time Dagbladet photographer Thomas Rasmus Skaug challenging world champ Alexander Dale Oen to a 50 meter breaststroke at altitude in Flagstaff, Arizona, Skaug with a 15 second headstart. Good to see Alex in the pool again, in the article on Dagbladet he says that he doesn’t feel any pain from his shoulder any more, they are holding back but it looks like he’ll be back in top shape come London 2012.

  • The difference between watching and living the Olympic Games

    Apr 25, 2012

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    rokur
    in Fun

    Funny DIRECTV commercial

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