Author: rokur
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“Project X” Quadcopter might be just the thing for open water swimming
The “Project X” quad is Aquacopter‘s first waterproof design, specifically designed to meet the needs of any pilot, novice or expert. With an onboard GoPro camera skimming inches above the water, images are captured with more ease than ever before. Read RC Groups
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Ian Thorpe loses $100K Swimming Australia funding
Read The Herald Sun Ian Thorpe has had $100,000 in funding cut by Swimming Australia while head coach Leigh Nugent has not heard from him since October. The decision by Swimming Australia to sever all financial support for the five-time Olympic gold medallist has cast fresh doubt over whether he will compete again. It has…
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CC photo #427: Kazan 2015 ad at Istanbul 2012
A Kazan 2015 World Championships advertising banner centrally placed at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. For some reason more visible than the upcoming 2012 Championships in Barcelona.
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Mantas Last Dance
“The time of the manta rays is over, lost to greed and exploitation by humans. Hannah is a wanderer, a sea gypsy, a manta ray reincarnate as person, lost to the world. Alone and searching for a time long past, she gives herself up to the sea, slowly walking into the waves and drifting into…
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Berlin ISM 2013 goes Haka!
The team of Bærumsvømmerne (NOR) conducts a short Haka at the beginning of the competition at the International Swim Meeting 2013 in Berlin. Via Georgian Swimmers Club
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Fink: The stink of Australian swimming
Brace yourself … What I see with my own eyes – and I’ve been to a few pools in my time to meet or interview Australian swimmers – is a sport largely made up of narcissistic, entitled young men and women mollycoddled from real life by their coaches, their business managers, their sponsors, a fawning…
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CC photo #426: Daiya Seto (JPN) on the Istanbul 2012 medal podium
Japan’s Daiya Seto world champion in the men’s 400 individual medley, at the FINA 2012 World Swimming Championships (25m) in Istanbul, Turkey. Also in the picture silver winner Laszlo Cseh (HUN) and bronze winner David Verraszto (HUN). See the result list here
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James Pantera speaks out after past convicton exposed in complaint
“For the first time, a local swim coach is opening up after a former USA swimming official went public with claims that the coach holds multiple identities and a felony conviction.” See YouTube
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Young seal tries to make friends with labrador
Dog acting silly though, filmed at the River Thames near Morden Wharf, Greenwich. Via Arbroath