I’m personally not so fond of catch-up freestyle, but this description is great. From the Northern Arena swimming facility in North Auckland, New Zealand, where they by the way have a spongy bottom in the teaching pool. Never heard of that one, but sounds nice for your knees.
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The US East Coast hit by (massive) earthquake
Millions of Americans from Georgia to Canada were jolted Tuesday by the most powerful earthquake to hit the US East Coast in decades. Summer Sanders tweeted about how crazy it feels to be in a swimming pool during an earthquake, while Michael Phelps felt nothing. Ricky Berens felt that he was missing out on something, while Katie Hoff was just worried. The picture tells it telling tale.
Enjoying a most pleasant post earthquake afternoon on the deck in Monkton. All my pond fish are accounted for. Now where is that limoncello?less than a minute ago via TweetList Pro
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Charlene of Monaco makes the International Best-Dressed List
Vanity Fair has revealed its 2011 International Best-Dressed List, featuring style icons like Michelle and Barack Obama, Kate Middleton, Justin Timberlake and Princess Charlene of Monaco. Charlene is only one of three royals making the list, alongside Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser of Qatar. Bartal forced me to post this, with endless links about how Karl Lagerfeld taught her about style by borrowing her his smoking jacket and stuff.
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Record number of drownings, shame on us
This is just wrong, cities across the United States are experiencing record drownings this summer, despite efforts to raise awareness about water safety and the importance of life-saving swimming lessons. We should know better, the safety tips are simple, and our possibilities to spread them are better than ever. Read what Cullen Jones has to say about the issue, visit www.makeasplash.org, and follow these five rules:
- Teach children to swim. Research shows that parents are the most influential factors in whether or not a child learns to swim. Only 13 percent of children from non-swimming households will ever learn to swim, according to the University of Memphis.
- Make sure a responsible adult is watching the water at all times. Drowning can be completely silent, and typically, when a child drowns, the parent or caregiver has been away from the child for less than five minutes, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
- Remind kids to always obey the rules of the pool, not to jump on or dunk other swimmers and not to jump or dive unless they know how deep the water is.
- Require kids to always swim with a buddy.
- Remember, you don’t have to be at a pool to drown. Lakes, rivers, large puddles and any other bodies of water also require caution. Make sure your child knows how to swim, whether or not they’ll be around a pool this summer.
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Work Drugs – Swimmer Girl
Released in celebration of the Third Wave Remix Competition, there is something very Pamela about this music video. Via Potholes In My Blog.
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Swimming can help beat cancer
A recent report by Macmillan Cancer Support advices that cancer patients receiving treatment should be encouraged to take part in two and a half hours of physical activity every week, supporting the benefits of swimming in maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle. See swimming.org.
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Japanese diver survives mishap by swimming 30 km to safety
They had been making two successful dives to a wreck in the South China Sea, when they surfaced after the third and discovered that the boatman had panicked and left. Two of the divers stayed at the location and were rescued after 8 hours, while 39-year-old Hisashi Koze swam to the shore, 30 km nonstop for close to 24 hours. Asked afterwards how he felt, Koze replied, “I need to rest a bit”. Via thestar.
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Nobody caught doping at the Shanghai 2011 World Championships
The Swimmers Circle predicted this already on July 31, and now FINA confirms that all 362 doping tests were negative, that were collected during the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai. This total represents 311 urine sample (including 43 EPO screenings) and 51 blood samples. No anti-doping violations were reported. Via Hollandswimming.nl. -
Obama’s vacation: Reading, swimming and socializing
Eat dirt baseball, basketball and whatever, the President swims when he is on vacation. In other news Megan Fox also enjoys swimming, seen here on set of THIS IS 40 with (lucky) Jason Segel and Chris O’Dowd, from her Facebook page. Via USA Today and Just Jared.
