Tag: featured
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GoPro: Swimming With Wild Ones
Join the Wild Ones in Austin, Texas for some swimming, music, and “GoProing.”
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Ridiculous carpet sledding competition
Contestants at the 2014 Red Bull Shakh Carpet event in Azerbaijan had to slide down a mountain using traditional carpets, hit the kicker, and skillfully land into the freezing pool. Over 500 people gathered to witness the spectacular flights and hilarious wipeouts.
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Grant Hackett, Ian Thorpe go from hero to zero while golden girls thrive
Read Herald Sun Life after swimming has left the likes of Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett floundering, but Australia’s golden girls have taken a shine to new careers post-pool. Athens Olympic gold medallist Giaan Rooney has carved out a successful, scandal-free career as a swimming commentator and advertising spruiker, while three-time Olympian Nicole Livingstone…
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Deaf Child Raises Money Through Swimming
See 5News Grayson Vaughn is a 9-year-old boy who lives in Fort Smith. And he’s defying odds by raising thousands of dollars through the sport of swimming, after he lost his hearing as a toddler. “I like to help people be able to see if they’re deaf or not,†Grayson said. Stroke by stroke, Grayson…
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Arena Powerskin Carbon Flex sets the pool on fire!
This beautiful action video features our newest member of the Carbon Family, the Powerskin Carbon Flex. Watch as Ruta Meilutyte, Katinka Hosszu and Daniel Gyurta take it for a spin.
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Zaha Hadid’s London 2012 Olympics Aquatic Centre opens to the public
See for instance London Evening Standard and Better For the first time since the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games the public will be able to make a splash in the same swimming pools as some of Great Britain’s greatest athletes. The iconic London Aquatics Centre at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park opens its doors on…
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Paralympics Swimmer Jessica Long Meets Her Birth Parents for the First Time
Read LifeNews Jessica Long grew up in Baltimore but that’s a long way from where she was born. The Paralympics swimmer was born in Russia and adopted by American parents and the Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia gave her an opportunity to meet her parents. Long was featured on NBC’s Olympic coverage in primetime Saturday.…
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Girl gets slapped in the face by a whale
We went whale watching on the Baja this weekend, for an excursion as a part of the Live Different Academy program (www.livedifferent.com), and unfortunately, Chelsea got smacked in the head by a whale’s tail. Luckily, she was fine and we got it on video!