Author: rokur
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Alex Popov says “Magnussen doesn’t have it”
Ouch, “Magnussen doesn’t have it. Four-time Olympic gold medallist Alexander Popov questions whether James Magnussen has what it takes to deliver on the biggest of stages.” Read Courier Mail via the17thman Here is Magnussen himself admitting to this, again Courier Mail via the17thman
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Camille Moffat challenges Camille Muffat to a race
“Be afraid. Be trés afraid” :-) A Camille Muffat, De Camille Moffat from Camille Moffat on Vimeo.
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361 Swimming TVC featuring Sun Yang
TV commercial featuring Chinese swimming star Sun Yang. This commercial was filmed on the Gold Coast, Australia facilitated by Taxi Film Production for Tribe in Shanghai. 361 Swimming TVC featuring Sun Yang from Taxi Film Production on Vimeo.
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Cullen Jones’ cause hits close to home
U.S. Olympic medalist Cullen Jones nearly drowned as a child. Today’s he’s one of the world’s best swimmers, and is using his status to encourage more kids to learn how to swim. Cronkite News reporter Amber Harding has the story. Silver swimmer’s cause hits close to home from Cronkite News on Vimeo.
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Positive drug tests at the Summer Olympics, 1968 – 2012
The Economist has this interesting chart over positive drug tests at the Summer Games up until August 1st 2012, and adds in the article from August 2nd that until then, “two athletes, an Albanian weightlifter and an Uzbek gymnast, have so far been ejected from the London Olympics for failing drugs tests.” Makes you think,…
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The London 2012 women’s 10K Marathon Swim is tomorrow
Thursday August 9th, and Open Water Source has this great website ready for us, complete with real-time commentary on Twitter and stuff. Go Paine!