Month: January 2015
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91-year-old swimmer stars in Speedo ad
This is not the Speedo that most folks know — and love to ridicule. No teeny, tiny swim briefs in this ad. None of its former spokesjocks like Michael Phelps or, for heaven’s sakes, Mark Spitz, adorned in Olympic medals. The Speedo of 2015 is, instead, focusing less on competitive swimming and more on everyday…
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Fueled by Water – Team Speedo
The elite swimmers in Team Speedo are among the fastest, strongest, and most dedicated athletes in the world. Olympic gold medalists Ryan Lochte, Natalie Coughlin, Cullen Jones, and Nathan Adrian are global ambassadors for the sport of swimming who define the next level. http://youtu.be/7rnn1xLPerQ
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Japan’s swimmer Tomita on trial for camera theft
Disgraced Japanese swimmer Naoya Tomita appeared in a South Korean court Monday on charges of stealing a journalist’s camera at the Asian Games in September. Tomita, a gold medallist at the 2010 Asian Games, was booted out of last year’s event in the western port city of Incheon after paying a one million won ($950)…
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Gnawing sharks force Google to protect internet cables with Kevlar
If you have been experiencing painfully longer ping times or hair-pulling latencies in your internet, you might have to blame someone else other than your internet service provider. As it turned out, a shark had been angrily chomping on the underwater cables that ferry data across the continents. Over the past two months, ruptures have…
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Wounded vets swim with dolphins in Marathon
Members of the veterans service organization Wounded Warrior Project took a detour during an annual South Florida bike ride to swim with the dolphins. Dozens of veterans spent the day at the Dolphin Research Center in Marathon on Saturday. They has the opportunity to learn some training techniques before joining the animals in the water.…
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LOST Polar Bear Dip 2015
We had 35 dippers show up this year (up from about 25 last year, it keeps growing!)… and about the same number of supporters as dippers. Of course, by supporters I mean friends and relatives that were too sane to dip… but weren’t going to miss a chance for a good laugh! See L.O.S.T Swimming…
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Holyoke swim coach accused of rape will not be banned from sport
It was in November when CBS 3 first told you Anna Strzempko’s story of alleged rape. “I remember once Anna told me it was like cocaine, she would do anything for his approval,” her mother Monica Strzempko told CBS 3 in November. They were words from a mother desperate to get her daughter’s alleged story…
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3 Kauai swimmers saved by beachgoers’ human chain
Kauai beachgoers saved three people from drowning in waters off Kauapea Beach on Tuesday. Officials say a 42-year-old Austrian man initially found himself in distress, which prompted a 24-year-old Kilauea man to help him. Then a 50-year-old Kauai woman entered the water after seeing the men both struggle. Firefighters say upon their arrival, they found…
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Ex-Dolphins player falls in ocean, survives by swimming 9 miles to land
According to the U.S. Coast Guard, Konrad fell into the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday and only survived because he was able to swim nine miles to shore. The Coast Guard told WPTV in West Palm Beach, Fla., that Konrad was picked up at 4:40 a.m. on Thursday and taken to the hospital to be treated…