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  • Imágenes del príncipe Alberto de Mónaco y Charlene WittstockPrincess Charlene of Monaco has broken her silence to deny reports that she was a reluctant, almost runaway bride in the run-up to her marriage to Prince Albert four months ago. The South African former Olympic swimmer, dismissed as “hilarious” rumours that she tried to buy a one-way ticket home to Johannesburg two days before the ceremony. At her husband’s side for their first joint television interview since the £50m wedding, she said: “Why would he go through all this effort to have our… dearest friends come join us, for us to be reluctant?”

    Read The Independent

  • The outdoor Olympic swimming pool in Barcelona (Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc) boasts stunning panoramic views of the city and costs only £4 to visit. Pro-diver and Barcelona native José Marillo shows us round his ‘office’. Via the Guardian.

  • Yup, that is right, 7th spot in a World Cup final is OK if you’ve been out of the sport for 5 years and are participating in a for you ‘weird‘ event. Or as he puts it himself:

    “(I was) not as bad as I thought I would be though, I didn’t vomit or anything”

    Ian Thorpe is back! Final 100IM – World Cup Singapore 2011

    Read for instance Yahoo! Sport, see this recap on 9News and listen to what he had to say yesterday evening.

    Ian Thorpe Press Conference – Nov 3, 2011

  • Looks fun, Wildebeest begins with a conveyor ride up the water coaster’s lifthill. Following the four-story drop at a 45-degree angle, linear induction motors (LIMs) propels the four-person boats up seven additional hills, through two underground tunnels, and around a helix. Wildebeest covers more than two acres; its top speed is 36 feet per second. Wildebeest’s tallest elevation is 64 feet higher than its lowest drop. See Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari, Santa Claus, Indiana.

    Wildebeest POV (in HD)

    See also

    World's Longest Water Coaster: Wildebeest in HD

  • Swimmer Ryan Cochrane and diver Jennifer Abel have earned male and female athlete of the year awards from the Aquatic Federation of Canada. Cochrane captures silver medals in the 800 and 1500 meter freestyle events at the world aquatic championships in Shanghai, and is ranked No. 2 in the world in both events. Via cbcsports

    Ryan Cochrane Biography

  • Yeah yeah, ‘almost swallowed’, don’t believe that bit, since whales have really fine-tuned echolocation systems. If that humpback wanted to swallow her, it would :-)

    Surfer Almost Swallowed by Whale

    Via Geekologie

  • This is so sweet, and I’m sure gonna upgrade my 4½-year-old Forerunner® 305 runner’s watch with this one, when I get a chance. Via the17thman

    Don’t know how yet how good it is at counting the strokes and yardage, but here is someone reviewing the competing FINIS Swimsense Performance Monitor.

    Review: the FINIS Swimsense Performance Monitor watch makes swimming fun

  • Team USA: Britain Bound sent Olympic swimmer Rebecca Soni to Wales Friday, and she soaked up the capital city, Cardiff, from sun up to sun down. Read more here on USA Swimming.

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  • … that parents still want to coach their children. Wild story!

    I was told to tread carefully. I was told that the man in the headline above could be litigious, and that he had deep pockets. There’s also the matter of him burning and burying a dead body on his own property… During the trial when this dark detail emerged, an attorney said of this coach: “If he has a conscience, it would be a very hard thing to find.” Fair warning. Careful what you write. I’ll just tread in the facts.

    Read more here on Cap & Goggles