Tag: featured
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2013 Christmas Swims
Right, there will be plenty of these, I’m sure, so let’s just create a list. Additions are welcome, you can for instance post it as a comment here below, or send us a message. 40 Foot, Dublin Christmas Day Swim 2013 Aberdeen Boxing Day 2013 Nippy Dipper Aberporth Boxing Day Swim 2013 Aldeburgh Boxing Day…
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Happy Holidays 2013
Yeah, a pretty lousy photo of a whale, taken from our car yesterday, near Ãir in the Faroe Islands. Four more sperm whales had gotten themselves almost beached on the banks of HvalvÃk (‘Whale Bay’), here in the Faroes, like those that died a few weeks ago, one ending up exploding. This time the weather…
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Art of the Cap: Ryan Lochte x Dave Kinsey
Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte and artist Dave Kinsey teamed up to design a limited-edition swim cap for Speedo USA’s Art of the Cap. All proceeds from the cap go toward Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) an organization that’s committed to curing Duchenne, a lethal form of muscular dystrophy. Every cap sold will raise awareness, raise…
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Time for the Glasgow 2013 USA vs European Allstars Duel in the Pool
The Ultimate Swimming Showdown between Team USA and European Allstars starts tomorrow afternoon Friday 20 December from 18:15 local time, races from 19:00. See the 2013 Speedo Duel In The Pool schedule here. Live results will be available here, and fans will be able to watch the event on Sky Sports 2 in Europe and…
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Katinka Hosszu (The Iron Lady) – Arena Swim Chat
(Streamed live on Dec 13, 2013) “Katinka Hosszu (World 200m & 400m Individual Medley Champion) recently joined us for a Live Video Chat. Watch the Hungarian Champion as she answers the many questions that were put to her!” Image courtesy of Doha Stadium Plus Qatar, CC BY 2.0
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Some Competitors Say Freediving Needs A Safety Sea Change
Read and listen to NPR Free-divers, who take a breath, swim as deep into the ocean as possible and then come back up, come to Dahab from across the world to compete. But a diver’s death in November has raised questions about the safety of the sport, with some divers saying too little has been…
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Sun Yang seeks redemption
Read via ShanghaiDaily Sun Yang received a gift for his 22nd birthday from Swimming World Magazine on December 1 – he was elected as the Male World Swimmer of Year 2013. Instead of celebrating, he apologized – for an eventful year that saw him breaking up with his coach, missing training and caught driving without…
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Children evacuated from swimming pool after prosthetic leg mistaken for paedophile
Read The Independent An entire class of children was evacuated from a swimming pool after a prosthetic leg was mistaken for a paedophile. Teachers from Kings Hill Primary School in Kent spotted the leg poking out from a cubicle whilst taking their class of year 4 children swimming at Larkfield Leisure Centre. They believed it…
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Couch interview coming up
As we had plenty of spare time around the Herning 2013 event itself (not), I went to Silkeborg and interviewed two very interesting persons for an hour or so. Sound and videos look okay, but I need to cut a bit, before posting.