Year: 2018
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Europa Cup, Super Final, Day 1 – Spain blasts Italy, Serbia downs Montenegro
The men’s Europa Cup Super Final in Rijeka began with Spain’s stunning 7-goal win over Olympic silver medallist Italy. Olympic champion Serbia didn’t leave too much chance to arch-rival Montenegro while host Croatia blew France away. Hungary and Greece produced the opening day’s best encounter which ended in a thrilling 9-9 draw. The opening match…
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I’d rather win silver, says Le Clos after rival’s DQ
Gold Coast – South Africa’s Chad le Clos said on Thursday he would rather come second in the Commonwealth Games 50m butterfly after gold medal favourite Ben Proud was disqualified for a false start. Proud dominated Le Clos in their heat and clocked what would have been a Games record 22:84 seconds, but England’s defending…
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History Of Swimming (Infographic)
Courtesy of Reviews for Product History Of Swimming In October 1933, about 10,000 years old cave and Rock swimming art were originated by Hungarian explorer ‘Laszloalmasy’. It is named due to portraits of people with bent limbs and contains painted rocks pictures. In Mehenjo Daro Pakistan, ‘Great Bath’ was the first swimming pool since 2800.…
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Roomates – 2018 Commonwealth Games
How well do our #OurTeamGC know their roomates? Find out all the goss.
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April Fool’s Day Swim 2018
The annual April Fool’s Day Swim for charity, sponsored by the Chatham Cape Cod fire department, was held on April 2nd this year due to the 1st falling on Easter Sunday. Despite a day of snow and drizzle and 39 ° water temperature at Hardings Beach, about 50 brave people took the plunge and had…
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Yikes: Diver Looks Up To See A Great White Swimming Right Above Him
This is a video from Cape Shanck, Victoria, Australia (about an hour and a half south of Melbourne) of a diver who looks up to realize there’s a great white swimming right above him. See Geekologie
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11-Foot-Long Alligator Bursts Through Screen to Swim in Family’s Enclosed Pool
When deputies from the Sarasota Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about an alligator in a swimming pool, they may not have been hugely surprised, but that was before they saw how big the beast was. The Florida cops who thought they were in for a slow Easter Sunday night were rudely awakened to the…
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Hungarian national swim team at Thanyapura Phuket
Thank you Hungarian National Swim Team for choosing Thanyapura as a training place before heading to compete in Tokyo Olympic 2020. This is their 4th time visiting and training at Thanyapura Health & Sports Resort. In the video, you will know how hard and disciplinarily they were training to achieving the goals. It was really…