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Eric Moussambani was a ‘stunning Olympic moment’ according to the Guardian

Jan 25, 2012

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rokur

in History, WTF

You might remember him, Eric Moussambani aka ‘Eric the Eel’, who swam the 100 freestyle at the Sydney 2000 Olympics in 1 minute 52.72 seconds, after having been so unsure about the starting procedure, that the two others in the heat false started. The Guardian sees this moment as one of ’50 stunning Olympic moments’ in this lengthy article, I sure hope that Phelps vs Cavic or USA vs France will be there too.

Back at the Olympic village, Moussambani was hailed as the very embodiment of the Games spirit and his every excursion was soundtracked by spontaneous applause. A giant banner was draped outside the lodgings of the Equatorial Guinea team declaring “Eric the swimmer lives here”, a German TV crew took him on a tour of Sydney Harbour and his hero, the Australian swimmer Michael Klim, sought him out to shake his hand.

Eric Moussambani OLYMPIC 2000 SYDNEY SWIMMING (HIGH QUALITY)
Joe Jones logs 100th millionth FINIS Swimsense® yard uploaded

Jan 25, 2012

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rokur

in Technology

FINIS has announced Joe Jones as the lucky Swimsense® swimmer who uploaded the 100th millionth yard to their Swimsense® Training Log, and awards him an AquaPulse® Heart Rate Monitor in return. Jones himself calls the performance watch ‘godsend’, as he no logger has to count his laps. That’s it, I’m going to get myself one!

Joe views the Swimsense® as a “godsend” due to the meditative state that longer swims seems to put him in. Joe commented, “I no longer have to keep count or wonder ‘Was that 800 or did I sleep a 50?’ The Swimsense® has motivated me to swim more. I love to run home, hook it up to my PC and check my graphs. I also really love the new ‘auto interval’ feature”.
Guillaume Néry exclusive Sportlife documentary

Jan 25, 2012

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rokur

in Freediving

The Sportlife Saga is about three elements of nature; water, ice and snow. The story of the element water is told by Guillaume Néry, world champion in freediving. Via Vedrana Vidovic

Guillaume Nery exclusive Sportlife documentary
Soul Surfer – Bethany Hamilton

Jan 25, 2012

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rokur

in WTF

Meet Bethany Hamilton, a professional surfer from Kauai, Hawaii who lost her arm to a 14-foot tiger shark at the age of thirteen. Video named after her autobiography “Soul Surfer“.

Soul Surfer – Bethany Hamilton | DEVINSUPERTRAMP
Behold, a Faroese meteorological tsunami

Jan 25, 2012

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rokur

in Faroe Islands, Nature, WTF

This is footage from Sørvágur in the Faroe Island on January 18th, 2012, the same day as those storm photos you might remember. It is called a meteotsunami or meteorological tsunami, and is a wave phenomenon of meteorological origin, where traveling air pressure disturbances (in this case a huge atmospheric low pressure) generate barotropic ocean waves that amplify near the coast through resonance mechanisms. We call it ‘rennisjógvur’ (running sea) or ‘storm flóð’ (storm flood) in Faroese, and this video is in real time.
David Verraszto gets nine-month ban from Hungary for striking Gergely Gyurta

Jan 25, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, Gossip

According to SwimmingWorld Magazine, the Hungarian Swimming Association has enacted a suspended nine-month ban of David Verraszto recently, for striking teammate Gergely Gyurta on the final night of the 2011 European Short Course Championships in Szczecin, Poland. This was presumably because Gyurta had sent a text message to Verraszto’s ex-girlfriend, as we heard in December. The implementation of the ban has been pushed back two years though, so that Verraszto can compete at the Olympics. Read more here on SwimmingWorld Magazine.
CC photo #26: Omega OSB11 starting blocks in Klaksvík

Jan 25, 2012

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rokur

in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Swimming Pools

We might not have any 50-meter pools in the Faroe Islands, but we got our first set of fancy Olympic standard Omega OSB11 starting blocks in September, 2010, and our next in 2011, so that we at least can start our swims properly in 2 of 3 25-meter pools :-)
Sirenia Shadows, a swim with the manatees

Jan 25, 2012

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rokur

in Nature

The endangered West Indian Manatees of Florida get a loving tribute in Built By Wildman‘s stunning nature short, “Sirenia Shadows.” Via The Daily What

Sirenia Shadows from Built By Wildman on Vimeo.
London 2010 Anti-Doping Testing Facility will run 24×7 to screen athletes

Jan 25, 2012

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rokur

in Competition, Doping

The BBC just got a look at the newly-unveiled anti-doping testing facility that’ll be used at the London Olympics this summer, hailed as the most high-tech, complete such facility ever conceived. We’re talking thousands of workers, testing going 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in a space estimated at the size of seven tennis courts, ensuring that results will be available in about 48 hours thanks to the nonstop pace of testing planned. Read more here on popsci.com

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Rókur í Jákupsstovu // Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT guy, spare-time aquatics aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 grandson & a wife. Bureau Member of European Aquatics, liaison to Water Safety, Media & Data Management. Likes to run :-)