Category: Fun
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Dutch swimming fan site “Mijn Zwemheld” is something else
I’m deeply impressed by this new Dutch swimming site called “Mijn Zwemheld” (“My Swimming Hero”), launched on Saturday 9 July during the send-off and departure of the Shanghai 2011 World Cup participants from the Netherlands. It is an online platform especially designed for social media, with profiles of currently 44 elite Dutch aquatic athletes, their…
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Jellyfish on a rampage, shutting down nuclear plants in Japan and Israel too
We’ve heard about the Scotland incident, where a swarm of jellyfish forced a nuclear plant to shut down, because they swam into the seawater filters and blocked the cooling. Now SCAQ writes about the same stuff happening in Japan and Israel, I think it is an epidemy!
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Thorpe and Sullivan going head to head in the kitchen
According to The Australian, Ian Thorpe and Eamon Sullivan will be revealing a cooking book each next, Thorpe the “Cook For Your Life” focusing on food he loves while maintaining a healthy, lean body, and Sullivan a more no-nonsense book called “Eamon’s Kitchen: 130 robust no-fuss recipes for everyday and entertaining.” So, we present Eamon…
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The moment when Charlene and Prince Albert II said ‘oui’
My dear brother teases me that as royal correspondent for the Swimmer’s Daily, I cannot just quit at the wedding. So here you are, the moment when they married, now we’ll go searching for their honeymoon pictures :-)
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Incredible: Swiss four-way tie for the 50 fly title
At the Switzerland Summer Long Course Championships last weekend, the incredible thing happened that 4 men finished in exactly the same time, resulting in all 4 or them winning the 50 butterfly, with no silver or bronze medalist. The lucky four were Christian Schneiter, Nico Van Duijin, Maximilien Bon and Adrien Perez, all touching in…
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The Incredible Swimming Choir
“The Incredible Swimming Choir is a concert that takes place in a pool and was created to be enjoyed by 0-4 year olds and their adults.” Que? See Vimeo.com.
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The Blob Jump Guinness World Record is now 17 meters high
Set in Cham, Switzerland on June 24th 2011, see paintballfarm.ch. I declare it crazy !
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Dutch guys trying out the Plunge For Distance too
The new hot thing to do, apparently, after Wolverines and Wu Peng showed us how. Sebastiaan Verschuren films, Joost Reijns plunges. Now, who will tell them that the dive board is an illegal, technical improvement? ;-)
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Skaters mess up a perfectly good swimming pool
I don’t like this trend, with skaters and bikers taking over our pools ! ;-) Via neatorama.com