Month: March 2014
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Ridiculous carpet sledding competition
Contestants at the 2014 Red Bull Shakh Carpet event in Azerbaijan had to slide down a mountain using traditional carpets, hit the kicker, and skillfully land into the freezing pool. Over 500 people gathered to witness the spectacular flights and hilarious wipeouts.
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Mass. man completes 24-hour swim to raise money for YMCA
See NECN How did you spend the weekend? Kim Garbarino did swam lap after lap after lap to raise money for the North Shore YMCA. Looking to raise $10,000, the 56-year-old probation officer at Lynn District Court started his 24-hours swim at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA in Marblehead, Mass. He spent…
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Cameraman Justin Lyons reveals Steve Irwin’s final words: ‘I’m dying’
See Herald Sun “We stood up and said, ‘One last shot. You swim up from behind the animal and I’ll try to get a shot of it swimming away’.†“All of a sudden it propped on its front and started stabbing wildly with its tail. Hundreds of strikes in a few seconds.â€
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Zimbabwean commandos swim Atlantic for 3 hours after training exercise goes wrong
Read New Zimbabwe, allAfrica, Nehanda Radio, News24 Five Zimbabwean commandoes swam the shark-infested Atlantic Ocean off the Namibian coast for more than three hours to save their lives after a training exercise went horribly wrong. According to the latest ZNA magazine, the five soldiers were part of a SADC Special Forces training exercise in October…
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Pellegrini joins Messi in P&G endorsement deal
Read SportsPro Media Italy’s number one swimmer Federica Pellegrini has signed an endorsement deal with Proctor & Gamble’s (P&G) anti-dandruff shampoo brand Head & Shoulders. Pellegrini, 25, is the most successful female swimmer in Italian history and will be the face of Head & Shoulders in Italy. Argentinean soccer star Lionel Messi is also an…
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Ukranian swimmer Andriy Govorov calls for peace from the podium in Milan
Read SwimmingWorld Magazine After winning the men’s 50-meter fly in 23.76 as part of the ADN Swim Project team, the Ukrainian who was born in Crimea took a Ukrainian flag to the podium with PEACE in bold letters printed on it, as seen in the ADN Swim Project tweet below. 4º Trofeo Internazionale Città di…
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Dramatic 8Km “Swim For Hope” Produces Records
Swim For Hope – Press Release All fourteen swimmers who participated in today’s Swim For Hope – an extreme open water swim around Cape Point – successfully complete the 8km swim, while both the male and female records for the route were broken.
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Speedo Advisors | How to warm up prior to swimming by Matt Taylor
How to warm up before swimming with Speedo Advisor Matt Taylor.