Author: rokur
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‘Swim Your Own Race’ Wins NPR’s Poetry Games
As athletes have sprinted and soared their way to bronze, silver and gold in London, Morning Edition has celebrated the Olympics with the Poetry Games. With thousands of listeners voting online, Mbali Vilakazi from South Africa won for her poem “Swim Your Own Race“, inspired by fellow South African Natalie du Toit, making history as…
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World’s best swimmers are ‘poor unless they hit gold’
According to Evan Morgenstein, the PMG Sports agent who represents gold-medalist swimmers Tyler Clary and Cullen Jones, the Olympics makes athletes “indentured servants.” Read E Online In fact, he tells me, we’re talking “less than $3,100 a month for the best swimmers in the world,” before or even after the Games are over. “They’re poor…
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Hangzhou, the cradle of Chinese swimming champions Sun Yang and Ye Shiwen
Every summer, Chen Jinglun Sports School in Hangzhou is flooded with children whose parents hope they’ll join China’s next generation of swimming champions, the city planning even more swimming centers now with the success in London. This video off cncworld.tv probably quite biased countered by for instance this video off 3news.co.nz, where a kid is…
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Man’s swim with ailing dog goes viral
John Unger and Schoep’s friendship started when Unger adopted Schoep from a shelter as a puppy 19 years ago. Time has given them memories, but it has also taken a toll on Schoep’s body. “This joint right here kind of freezes up,” Unger said pointing to Schoep’s hind leg. Arthritis and hip dysplasia have settled…
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Awesome video as GoPro camera takes a swim with dolphins
According to comments on his Vimeo page, tuna fisherman Mark Peters said a GoPro Hero 2 camera with a flat lens and dive housing had been used to capture the footage. He added that a “torpedo” housing that he had constructed helped the camera to remain steady underwater. Read The Huffington Post and MercuryNews The…
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Annual dog swimming event cut short when canine uses pool as toilet
Giggle, this pooch obviously hasn’t listened to Lochte’s message A planned four-hour dog swim at the Longview Swim Center was cut short Saturday after one canine had a bit of an accident. The Dog Days of Summer Dog Swim began at 10 a.m. at the swim center. About an hour and fifteen minutes later, someone…
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Mellouli goes ‘through Hell’ in landmark swim win
Wow, read NDTV Sports The 28-year-old had been laid low by a virus earlier this week but recovered to plunge into the waters of the Serpentine at a sun-soaked Hyde Park and claim victory in 1hr 49min 55.1sec, 3.4sec in front of Germany’s Thomas Lurz. Richard Weinberger of Canada took the bronze medal, with world…
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British swimming to take funding cut after underachieving at the London 2012 Olympics
UK Sport set a target of five to seven medals for London and with only three secured and only the men’s 10km to come, the sport now faces a serious cut to its funding going into the next cycle. That will mean many swimmers losing their support ahead of Rio 2016. And there is pressure…
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Sleeping swimmer causes a scare
This sleeping swimmer caused quite a scare. He apologized but said he was just enjoying life to its fullest. See The Sacramento Bee