Month: October 2012
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GoPro’s New, Small, Underwater Wi-Fi Camera
At a media preview inside a San Francisco aquarium, camera-maker GoPro unveiled its new “Hero3,” a smaller, lighter camera with better low-light performance, higher resolution, Wi-Fi, remote control and the ability to go deep under water.
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Russia to introduce new national coach by December 1
Russia announced Wednesday it will appoint a new national swimming coach by December 1 as the country looks to improve upon its dour performance in international competition. A wealth of foreign candidates are being considered for the vacancy, which came up when Andrei Vorontsov’s deal expired on September 30. Read RIA Novosti His replacement, said…
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CC photo #294: Berlin ready for the FINA 2012 World Cup
The Berliner Bäder-Betriebe: Europa-Sportpark (SSE) ready for the FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2012 in Berlin, Germany. It will be live streamed and everything, see for instance swimmersdaily.com/live
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CC photo #293: That feeling (2)
Two of my four kids enjoying the hot Mediterranean waters of Mallorca, back in 2010.
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Catch the Ice Dude
Warning, the few words that are not in German, are mostly F-bombs
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Wildeboer now Danish NTC coach, national coach to be named later
As mentioned in May, the Danish Swimming Federation made a new 4-year contract with national coach Paulus Wildeboer, to (on his request) be ‘only’ head coach of the National Training Center (NTC), while another person would be appointed national head coach. Yesterday, the Danish Swimming Federation announced that until there is a solution to the national…
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CC photo #292: Fran Crippen remembered at the 2010 World Cup leg in Stockholm
Two weeks after his tragic and far too early death, American swimmer Fran Crippen was remembered at the FINA 2010 World Cup event in Stockholm, Sweden.
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GoPro HERO3: Black Edition – Smaller, Lighter and 2X More Powerful
GoPro released a new camera yesterday, with built-in wi-fi and breathtaking shot. And no, I’m still not affiliated … would be really fast though if they asked me ;-)