Author: rokur
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South Africa’s Golden Boy Chad le Clos
“Join us as we find out more about the race against Michael Phelps, what his training entails and how his family feel about his incredible accomplishments!” Chad also reveals his flat feet …
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Greek swimmer wins €277,000 compensation for Olympic ban
The Greek Swimming Federation have been ordered to pay 277,000 euros to 100m freestyle swimmer Tonia Machaira for wrongfully excluding her from the Athens 2004 Olympics on the grounds she had failed a drugs test. WADA confirmed that she had not failed the anti-doping test, as suspected by the Greek federation, she filed a suit…
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Aww, neglected ducks like their first swim
About two dozen ducks had reached adulthood without ever having the opportunity to swim. They (along with 100 other birds) were confiscated from an animal hoarder by the Ulster County SPCA and lodged with Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. Of course, the flock was apprehensive about going into the water at first, but once one of…
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Justin Bieber swimming (scared) with shark
Justin Bieber swimming in a water tank full of sharks and beautiful women for a new video, but he admitted to ET’s Christina McLarty that the plunge wasn’t without some hesitation. See the Justin Bieber Zone
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Swimming like a Samurai
Walking or running in a full suit of samurai armour is not the easiest thing in the world. Swimming in it is even harder, behold the Kobori ryū samurai style combative swimming. Read for instance Japan Daily
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CPR Makes You Undead
A WTF PSA proudly presented by the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation, see #theundeading via Mashable
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Lotte Friis leaves Denmark to train with Muffat in Nice
According to Danish media Sporten.dk, Lotte Friis has made an arrangement with the Danish Swimming Federation to leave Denmark and the National Training Center in Copenhagen, to train with Camille Muffat and others in Nice, France. She has not decided whether she’ll train for Rio 2016 or not, in other news she’s expressed excitement for…