Author: rokur
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Making of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games’ logo
Only 1400 days and then some to go :-) Making of Rio 2016 from Tátil Design de Ideias on Vimeo.
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CC photo #227: Nólsoy’s Gate of Honor and Diana Victoria
The finishing line of the annual open water swim between Tórshavn and Nólsoy, the Gate of Honor made from the jaws of a whale, back in the 70s. The boat in the foreground is Ove Joensen’s Diana Victoria, at tradition Faroese boat he built and custom made to row the 900 nautical miles (1,700 km)…
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Video from Nólsoyarsvimjingin 2012
A little something I put together from the Tórshavn to Nólsoy open water swim Saturday, using footage from mine and Hestoy’s GoPros. Music unfortunately a bit dark, but that was what I could find in a hurry, searching for “sea” and a suitable duration.
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Team USA’s dancing skills and other talents
Some of the shocking talents a few of the 2012 U.S. Olympians have outside of their sports was shown on NBC’s Today Show. Our shortlist: Tyler Clary is a great belcher (and an amazing cuddler), Ariana Kukors has a nice voice, Ryan Lochte likes to draw and Missy Frankling loves to dance.
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Olympic gold no walk in the park for Ishchenko & Romashina
Nice segment here off Russia Today, featuring Russia’s gold winning synchronized swimming duet Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina, on how they trained 10 hours a day for the London 2012 Olympics. They were also part of the gold winning team, so double Olympic gold for them. London 2012 Synchronised Swimming – Synchro duet of Ishchenko,…
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Life is Worth Swimming Trailer
The Race Club presents Life is Worth Swimming. Own it on DVD September 2012. Narrated by: Gary Hall Sr. Starring: George Bovell and Bobby Savulich. See The Race Club
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Burroughs and Goudarszhi illustrating what the Olympics are all about
Or at least ‘should be all about’. Via Buzzfeed Who’s says Iran and America don’t get along? Maybe I should be president! twitter.com/alliseeisgold/… — Jordan Burroughs (@alliseeisgold) August 11, 2012
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Inside Tracker, a service used by Olympians to improve internal health (and thereby performance)
To help prepare for track meets, competitive 5K races and especially the Olympics, Boston-based runner Ruben Sanca runs 116 miles per week, takes vitamins and mostly watches his diet. But he would still feel fatigued after training runs. Then a blood analysis and a special software program revealed his internal chemistry needed some adjusting. Read…
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Behold the amazing Twinscam used to show synchronized swimming at London 2012
Synchronized swimming has never looked so good thanks to the Twinscam, invented by Japanese broadcaster NHK in 2010, simultaneously showing swimmer’s torsos above water and their legs below it. A solution to a common problem in water events, that because of the way light refracts and reflects differently above and below water, heavy image processing…