Month: March 2014
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Swimming cat from Watford enjoys water-based physiotherapy
See Watford Observer When a Watford couple told their vet they were going to treat their cat’s broken leg with swimming lessons he “almost killed himself laughing”, however the unorthodox therapy has proved just the ticket. Ra, an Egyptian Mau, had an accident last October and fractured his left femur. The rare breed has been…
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Godsoe & Williamson cover Daft Punk & Drake
Thanks to Max for helping get this collab going! Max is a freshman swimmer at Stanford. A fun mashup we did of Get Lucky and Hold on We’re Going Home.
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Michael Phelps could begin racing soon, Bowman says
Read USA Today Michael Phelps could begin competing in meets over the next few months, paving the way for a fifth Olympic appearance in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, his coach said Tuesday. “He’s definitely got himself in pretty good shape physically,” Phelps’ longtime coach Bob Bowman told USA TODAY Sports. Bowman said Phelps has…
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Fibromyalgia sufferer takes on her chronic pain by training to swim the English Channel
See The Washington Post When the drugs and the doctors and the physical therapists failed her, Katie Pumphrey had one choice left: She could run from pain or confront it, curtail her lifestyle or push it as far as pain would allow. Pumphrey, a 26-year-old swim coach and painter who has been in chronic pain…
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2014 Australian Trials SwimFan Week – Gold Coast
Another week of awesome videos from Swimming Australia, as lead-up to the 2014 Australian Swimming Championships Trials in Brisbane, Tuesday 1 – Sunday 6 April 2014. Monday Memory Featuring Cate Campbell, Brittany McEvoy, Ryan Napoleon, Nik Pregelj, Bronte Campbell and Cameron McEvoy
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The Penguin Dilemma (Translated)
A group of Emperor penguins encounter a piece of string across their path. Funny in itself, but even funnier here with an English translation :-D
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Headed to Amazon, David Beckham warned about Candiru, the urethra invading ‘vampire fish’
Read NY Daily News David Beckham was warned off swimming in the Amazon during the recent shooting of a documentary — for fear of a deadly fish swimming into his genitalia, sources tell Confidenti@l. The 38-year-old Becks, famously nicknamed “Goldenballs,†was told by the production’s medical supervisors not to go for a dip during filming…
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UCSB Student Dies During Swim Practice at Santa Barbara High School
Read Santa Barbara Independent and see KEYT Nicholas Johnson, a 19-year-old UCSB freshman athlete, was swimming laps at the time during a joint practice with the high school’s swim team. It’s unclear what caused Johnson to lose consciousness, and police and coroner’s officials say they continue to investigate the incident.
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Cate Campbell out to prove 2013 no fluke
Read SBS World champion swimmer Cate Campbell does not like to set goals. Usually. But the 21-year-old has one for 2014: proving last year was no fluke. Despite sweeping all before her in 2013, Campbell is not struggling for motivation ahead of next week’s national titles in Brisbane, which double as the Glasgow Commonwealth Games…