Author: rokur
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Cullen Jones tells you how to be a winner
“If you need any inspiration in life, then you need to read about freestyle swimming star Cullen Jones, and then watch our video.” See Hollywood Life
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U.S. Olympic swimming post-Phelps
Despite all-time Olympic medal winner Michael Phelps saying this is his last Olympics, the future of the U.S. team looks bright. Terrell Brown speaks with Time magazine senior writer Sean Gregory for the latest from London. See CBS News
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CDC confirms amoeba infection killed Lily Lake swimmer
Tests confirm that an amebic infection is what killed a 9-year-old boy days after he went swimming in a popular lake in Stillwater. Read more here on myfox9.com Minneapolis News and Weather KMSP FOX 9
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CC photo #228: These Santas sure come from Greenland
Just look at their suits! A gang of Santa Clauses seen during the 2011 European Short Course Championships in Szczecin in Poland, between our hotel and the pool.
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Video from “Ólavsøkusvimjingin 2012”
Behold, our footage from the 400 meter open water race along the main pier of Tórshavn on our national holiday “Ólavsøka“. The laughing along the route is mostly because me and Bartal had totally underestimated how fast we had to run, if our plan of one filming while the other ran should work.
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Faulty swimming pool light suspected of almost killing girl
A faulty underwater light is suspected of shocking and nearly killing a 15-year-old Garden Grove girl swimming in her family’s pool. Her father, a dentist, is certified in CPR, and worked on his daughter until the paramedics arrived, most possibly saving her. Read for instance Los Angeles Times and KTLA
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‘Underwater’ now officially a word according to Merriam-Webster
The latest edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary adds these top-25 new words and definitions, including ‘bucket list’, ‘cloud computing’, ‘earworm’, ‘f-bomb’, ‘mash-up’ and ‘underwater’. The dictionary definition for ‘underwater’: lying, growing, worn, performed, or operating below the surface of the water being below the waterline of a ship having, relating to, or being a mortgage…
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German London Olympic coach in court on sex charges
A German London 2012 Olympic swimming coach is facing 18 counts of sexual misconduct with an underage swimmer between August, 2004 through March, 2006, see SwimmingWorld Magazine. The 40-year-old apparently defends himself with the girl having been 16 at the time of their first sexual contact, the court now having to clarify whether their relationship…
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George Haines and Fred Schmidt on the Butterfly
At the 1961 AAU National Swimming and Diving Championships, George Haines describes the butterfly technique to Bud Palmer while high school sensation Fred Schmidt demonstrates. Fred won gold at the 1964 Olympic Game, later became a Navy Seal and helped recover several Apollo space crafts on their return from the moon.