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  • Lost In Jellyfish Lake

    Lost In Jellyfish Lake

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    Via PetaPixel Originally filmed a year ago, the video has been given new life by GoPro, who decided to pick it up, do some color grading and other edits, and repost it on their own YouTube channel where it’s gotten over 150,000 views in the last 2 days. The original footage isn’t quite so vibrant, but…

  • Sun Yang’s return sets up potential legendary race

    Sun Yang’s return sets up potential legendary race

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    Read NBC Olympic Talk Comparing early season times can be dangerous, but note that Lochte won the 200m free at the Mesa Grand Prix in 1:49.48 on April 25. Lochte finished fourth in the 200m free at the 2012 Olympics and 2013 World Championships and is currently the top rival to Sun as the world’s best…

  • Swimming: the worst job in the sporting world

    Swimming: the worst job in the sporting world

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    Read The Sydney Morning Herald It is actually pretty amazing there is not more former Olympic swimmers snorting coke and ice and Stilnox because if there is a sport tailor-made for producing sociopaths and depressives, it has got to be swimming. Imagine spending endless hours staring at the bottom of a pool, gulping chlorinated water,…

  • Magnus Wins 2014 War Of The Great Danes

    Magnus Wins 2014 War Of The Great Danes

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    Read SwimmingWorld Birkerød, Denmark. Tonight, Sigma Swim arranged a fun and spectator friendly “War Of The Great Danes,” in connection with their annual sponsor event. Six of the best Danish male swimmers competed in an elimination challenge, consisting of five rounds of 50 meter sprints, starting every 3 minutes. The swim stroke was decided by…

  • SwimMAC coach David Marsh’s methods are challenging traditions

    SwimMAC coach David Marsh’s methods are challenging traditions

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    Read Charlotte Observer SwimMAC Carolina head coach David Marsh follows an unconventional training path that could help change the sport of swimming. A half-century of tradition has had swimmers in the pool by 5 a.m. to swim hundreds of laps daily. But Marsh doesn’t think it’s important to spend hours in the pool each day, amassing…

  • Khwaabb – Official Trailer (FINA Goes To Bollywood)

    Khwaabb – Official Trailer (FINA Goes To Bollywood)

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    FINA goes to Bollywood!!! Today is the official release of Khwaabb, a Bollywood romance movie about two athletes and their struggles in life, featuring images from the World Swimming Championships 2010 in Dubai! Post by FINA.

  • NBC extends Olympic deal through 2032 for .75B

    NBC extends Olympic deal through 2032 for $7.75B

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    Read Las Vegas Review-Journal NBC secured the U.S. broadcast rights to the Olympics through 2032 on Wednesday in a record six-games agreement worth $7.75 billion, a surprise deal that shuts out rival American networks and provides further long-term financial security to the IOC. In a deal negotiated secretly over six months, the International Olympic Committee…

  • Dara Torres applauds USADA’s drug testing policy

    Dara Torres applauds USADA’s drug testing policy

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    Read NY Daily News It was a little less than a year into her swimming comeback and, at age 40, Dara Torres was blazing through her heats during the 2007 swimming nationals in Indianapolis. “I swam really fast and my coach (the late Michael Lohberg) said, ‘Everyone is talking about you.’ I’m like, ‘Cool.’ He’s…

  • Behold This Water Jet Pack Assisted Basketball Trick Shot

    Behold This Water Jet Pack Assisted Basketball Trick Shot

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    It is an ad, yes, but still. Behold! http://youtu.be/hJW5_iZNdFY