Author: rokur
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Girl, 3, nearly drowns in backyard swimming pool
See azfamily.com A 3-year-old girl nearly drowned in a backyard swimming pool on Saturday, according to officials with the Phoenix Fire Department. It happened at a home in west Phoenix near 55th Avenue and Thomas Road. The girl is reportedly in extremely critical condition at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
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Swim 1000
A film about Dave Cornthwaite and his quest to swim 1000 miles down the Lower Missouri, while attempting to raise £1 million for breast cancer awareness through Coppafeel.org Swim 1000 from Miguel Endara on Vimeo.
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Australian Swimming working on bringing back team spirit
A Bethany Larsen story, featuring Christian Sprenger Bethany Larsen-Australian Swimming News Story from Bethany Larsen on Vimeo.
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Swimming for Todd Jackson
Read JSOnline Jackson, 50, was diagnosed with throat cancer on Feb. 9, when he went to the doctor after he gradually started losing his voice. Three days later, doctors determined that he suffered from laryngeal cancer, a disease that usually affects heavy smokers over age 55. Jackson, who is a health nut, never smoked. He…
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Alright, ‘our’ drone Ziphius is in the final (!)
Remember Ziphius, the smartphone controlled aquatic drone? Well, with the help of also our votes, they made it past the semi-final, and are now among the five finalists to be demoed on stage, eligible to win the $20,000 Grand Prize and $5,000 Reader’s Choice Award. Fingers crossed, here is a hands-on video courtesy of Engadget ……
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Yekaterina Andreyeva also banned for doping
A tough weekend in Russia, summarized for instance here on SwimNews. 3 swimmers banned and 1 warned for doping, 19-year-old Yekaterina Andreyeva banned for 18 months for testing positive in November, and 14-year-old Dariya Ustinova warned. The others were 23-year-old Ksenia Moskvina banned 6 years for a second doping offense and 24-year-old Natalia Lovtsova banned for 18 months.…
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CC photo #442: Tommaso D’Orsogna on the Istanbul 2012 medal podium
Australia’s Tommaso D’Orsogna silver winner in the men’s 100 meter freestyle at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. See the result list here.
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Famed swim blogger Sander Smørdal national 100m champ 1 year into retirement
Just awesome! His own comment … Just for the record: I never quit. I just took a 12 month long vacation. twitter.com/SanderSmordal/… — Sander E. Smørdal (@SanderSmordal) March 13, 2013 He also won the 50 freestyle