Posted on 19 August 2008
Spain’s synchronised swimmers have been banned from wearing a swimsuit with embedded waterproof lights which they had hoped would give an extra sparkle to their Olympic routine.
“It got very sophisticated because obviously the battery doesn’t last long and then we had to look at circuits and interrupters, so we have been working on it around [...]
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Tags: Beijing, China, Olympic, Spain, synchronised swimmers
Posted on 08 April 2007
After 3,272 miles of exhaustion, sunburn, delirium and piranhas, a 52-year-old Slovenian successfully completed a swim down the Amazon River Saturday that could set a world record for distance — something he’s already done three times before.
After nine weeks, Martin Strel arrived near the city of Belem, the capital of the jungle state of Para, [...]
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Tags: Brazil, Rio De Janeiro