Don’t know how far that TV channel reaches, but some of us have fond memories of watching it in Dubai :-)
FINA from Hisham Ramadan on Vimeo.
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Highlights from the Faroese championships
Segment on Faroese national TV, Monday the 23rd of May after the Faroese Short Course Championships. I have for the first time ever tried to add closed captioning to the video, which was hard and tedious. And yes, I am the commentator screaming stupidly when the Faroese 50 meter female record is broken by a 14-year-old girl :-)
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Julie freediving the Sea Tiger shipwreck
Canadian freediver Julie Bisaillon freediving the Sea Tiger shipwreck off of Oahu, Hawaii, on one breath. I like freediving :-)
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Merrill swam for three hours to save his friends
Wednesday night, 25-year-old Collin Merrill’s boat capsized with two of his friends aboard, having left his cell phone, and having no idea whether or not anyone would be looking for them.
“One of the reasons I knew I had to swim for it was because we were heading to the jetties and the shipping channel and in the middle of the night we could have been run over by a tanker that wouldn’t have seen us”
He began swimming wearing one of the five life jackets he had on the boat. About halfway he really started to worry about whether he would make it, but still kept on knowing that if he didn’t, his friends might die.
“It was my responsibility to save them because I put them into the situation. Without me, they wouldn’t have been there. So I didn’t feel like a hero, but I felt blessed it all worked out”
Read more here on abcnews4.com
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Jukić under investigation for saying no to doping test
European 200-meter butterfly champion Dinko Jukić is under investigation for missing an unannounced doping test, refusing it on the basis that he was unhappy with the hygiene standards. The Austrian swimming federation confirmed the refusal, which may count against Jukić under FINA’s three-strikes-and-you’re out rule. Read more here on SwimNews.com and on USA Today.
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Swimming with thousands of jellyfish
Stinging or not, I wouldn’t do it. Via Photoblog.msnbc.msn.com.
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It’s Friday, let’s watch some freestyle canoe!
Grampa scoring a perfect ten here ! :-)
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Gary Hall Sr interviews Paul Asmuth and Jack Roach
Gary Hall Sr sits down with USA Swimming Open Water Coaches Paul Asmuth and Jack Roach, discussing the recent trends in open water swimming including safety and an increasing popularity.
I have to try one of those beach chair interviews one day, back here in the Faroes, only need someone with a gun to fend off polar bears, and maybe long trousers :-)
Via The Race Club
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The Shanghai 2011 Trailer (2)
First trailer here, now only 50 more days to go ! :-)