Month: July 2013
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11-year-old North Carolina girl fatally eletrocuted while practicing with a local swim team
Read Fox News and see MyFox8 An 11-year-old North Carolina girl was electrocuted when a current ripped through the pool where she was practicing with a team at a local swim club. MyFox8.com reports Lauren Cecil was swimming with two other girls Tuesday evening when an electric line snapped and fell into a parking lot…
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Susan Taylor Channel swim fund receives anonymous £300,000 donation
Read BBC An anonymous donor has pledged £300,000 to the charities Susan Taylor was fundraising for when she died swimming the English Channel. The money will be split between Rainbows Hospice, in Loughborough, and Diabetes UK. The total on Ms Taylor’s fundraising website stands at about £71,000 (right now Rainbows £60,815.96 and Diabetes UK £10,335.00)…
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CC photo #564: That feeling
A swimmer after the open water swim “Skálafjarðarsvimjingin 2013” across the firth Skálafjørður, here in the Faroe Islands, 16th June 2013. Just need a moment.
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Making of the Barcelona 2013 Swimming World Championships medals
They are making the straps out of silicone. Interesting. Barcelona 2013 Simming World Championship Medals MAKING OF from lagranja design on Vimeo.
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Foster pup’s hidden talent: Dive 13 feet, rescue rubber duck
See for instance USA Today, WTVR and KLTV Tami Stanley fosters dogs for the Texas Labrador Retriever Rescue, and is fostering ‘Bunny,’ a brown lab. While training her for adoption, Stanley discovered the dog not only loves the water, but can hold her breath under water. “I happened to grab the toy and it was…
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Michael Phelps’ date Win McMurry steals show at 2013 ESPY Awards
Read for instance bleacher report, just jared, Baltimore Sun, USA Today and bigleadsports Michael Phelps has a beautiful blonde on his arm at the ESPY’s. Turns out, Phelps’ date is the Golf Channel’s Win McMurry. The two appear to have been awhile and Busted Coverage caught this way back in May. Phelps is an avid golfer,…
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Swimming startup introduces PaceWatchâ„¢, a pace clock for your wrist
Press Release from Brilliant Swim BOZEMAN, MONT., July 15, 2013 — Interval training is a key component of an effective swimming workout. For over 50 years, a pace clock has been the primary tool used by swimmers for interval training. But for swimmers who are among the 33% of the U.S. population with myopia, or nearsightedness, simply seeing…