Tag: featured
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What Athletes Eat Before They Compete
Including Michael Phelps. And phew, we dodged the Bacon / Chicken McNugget / 2 Boiled Cabbages menus.
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Keris Dahlkamp talks about Congo Swim
Includes scenes from Keris’s 2013 Lake Tahoe swim. Keris Dahlkamp talks about Congo Swim from LOPC on Vimeo.
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Tigress Shark – Woman Dances with Tiger Sharks
In a performance protest against the Australian shark cull and the global slaughter of sharks, a woman risks it all to dance on the sea floor with swarms of tiger sharks up to 17 feet long without any dive or protective gear. Tigress Shark – Woman Dances with Tiger Sharks from Blue Sphere Media on…
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Man Jumps Into Sydney Harbor and Encounters a Great White Shark
The discussion is raging on Sourcefed and Reddit, but I won’t give it away. Yet! :-) Close Call with a Great White Shark in Sydney Harbour! Filmed on a GoPro at Manly jump rock.
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Amy Van Dyken Recovering After ATV Accident Severs Spine
Read for instance SwimmingWorld and Bleacher Report Former Olympic swimming champion Amy Van Dyken-Rouen is recovering following surgery to stabilize her spine after it was severed during an all-terrain vehicle accident in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Friday, according to Jeff Metcalfe of azcentral.com. The 41-year-old six-time Olympic gold medalist told emergency personnel she had no feeling in her…
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Sennen swimmer has close encounter with huge basking shark
See The Cornishman A swimmer got up close to a huge basking shark while taking a dip at Sennen, west Cornwall. The video clip, posted on website YouTube, shows a swimmer making out to sea before running into the hulking basking shark that is swimming effortlessly below the water. The shark glides straight past the…
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A “Celebration Of Life” – Shane Gould’s Olympic Memories | Olympic Rewind
Courtesy of the Olympic channel Australia’s Shane Gould reminisces about her appearance at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games where she won 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in the Swimming events and discusses the incredible spirit of the Games.
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Study Shows Swimmers Gain An Advantage When They Recover With Chocolate Milk
Read USA Swimming Grabbing chocolate milk after a hard swim could give swimmers a performance edge, according to new research presented at one of the nation’s top sports medicine conferences – the American College of Sports Medicine’s annual conference. In a sport where seconds and even tenths of a second can make a big difference…