Impressive speed those little things can get up to
Surfing Dolphins on St. Pete Beach
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Adriana Lima Channels a Classic Bombshell Moment
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Michael Phelps has slept at 8,000 feet for almost a year
According to the Washington Post 16-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps said Wednesday he had been sleeping “at 8,000 feet every night” for almost a year, after noticing he bounced back from workouts better when he trained at altitude, and therefore trying a device that simulates that.
“We’ve been able to realize after going to Colorado Springs so many times that it is something that helps me recover,” Phelps said. “That’s something that is so important to me now being older. I don’t recover as fast as I used to.”
They are for some reason calling it a hyperbaric chamber, which as far as I know would be a chamber with higher air pressure than what’s normal at sea level, and therefore the exact opposite of altitude. But there you go.
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Good Counsel swimmer Sarah Haase’s Olympic hopes
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Pellegrini and others want Italian Premier to back Rome 2020 Olympic bid
Sixty of Italy’s elite athletes are appealing Premier Mario Monti to give the government’s support behind the Rome 2020 Olympic bid for the summer Games, with the Italian economic crisis as main obstacle to gaining full support. Read SportsFeatures.com.
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Financial problems threaten the Antwerp 2012 European Championships
According to this article on swim.be (in Flemish, I don’t speak Flemish so beware…), the organizers of the 2012 European Long Course Championships are facing serious financial problems, with additional 300,000 € needed now only 3 months away from the event. It is rumored that the Dutch city of Eindhoven stands ready to take over the championships, but that would be a heavy blow to the Belgians. Via Hollandswimming
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Ashley Callus retires
Sydney Olympic gold medallist Ashley Callus was aiming to become the first Australian to swim at four Olympic games, but has decided to retire now just five weeks out from the Olympic trials. Member of the never-to-be-forgotten ‘smashing guitars‘ relay :-)
“I’ve been to three Olympics, I have nothing more to prove to myself. The last thing I wanted to do at the age of 33 then is go (to trials) and make up the numbers”
2000 | Australia | Olympic Gold | Mens 4×100 Free Relay | World Record
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CC photo #40: Swedish guy having a ball in ‘Droppy’
A Swedish national team member persuaded one the Istanbul 2009 LEN European Short Course Championships ‘Droppy’ mascots to let him try on the outfit, and then went on a rampage, dancing and posing with people for photoshoots and everything :-)
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Plush Shark Hat
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