Lane 1 - io9 posts "Shark Exorcist is a movie with something for everyone. Right now, Shark Exorcist is still in production, but judging from the clips that Farmer has released, we're in for
pure awesome."
Lane 2 - What no swimming? "Pool Party FAIL" via FAILBlog
Lane 3 - OregonLive has "Lake Oswego marathon swimmer sets sights on triple crown, efforts to prevent suicide. ttempting three marathon swims in your late 50s might seem a little self-destructive to some people. Bob Needham thinks otherwise. The Lake Oswego resident is attempting to complete three marathon swims known collectively as the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming."
Lane 4 - AddPR posts "Swimming Taken To A New Level With Professional Barcoding Tracking. The 35th Save The Bay annual swim is a fund raising event with aims in protecting, restoring, and encouraging stewardship for Narragansett Bay. Money is raised in order to preserve, restore, the ecolo. Save The Bay Foundation asked ValuTrack to help track swimmers during the 35th Annual Save The Bay fundraising event to provide a better accuracy in tracking swimmers entering the water until the end of the swim. This year, 475 swimmers participated in the annual fundraising event."
Lane 5 - The Guardian has "Too old for synchronised swimming? No way. Emma Brockes meets the women of a retirement community's swim team (oldest member: 96) Synchronised swimming is generally the preserve of lithe 20-year-olds, much mocked for its promotion to an Olympic sport but requiring more agility, strength and lung capacity than more obviously robust endeavours. To say the Laguna Woods team (oldest member: 96) is an anomaly is an understatement. It has been running for 46 years, has up to 25 members at a time and every year stages an annual 90-minute show, the Aqua-Follies. "
Lane 6 - The Telegraph posts "Leading sports pyschologist says champion swimmer Ian Thorpe won't shrink from challenge to qualify for London Olympics. IAN Thorpe's sports psychologist Deidre Anderson believes the five-time Olympic champion faces the greatest challenge of his life to qualify for the London Games."
Lane 7 - The Sydney Morning Herald has "Magnussen swaps World Cup for club meets to keep rivals guessing. WORLD 100 metres freestyle champion James Magnussen launched his Olympic gold medal campaign with a victory in the men's 15-years-and-over race at a humble club meet in Sydney yesterday, and then revealed he wasn't competing on the big stage because he wanted to keep his rivals guessing."
Lane 8 = Hawaii News Now posts "Hawaii shark attack victim to go on 'Today'. ahu born surfer, Bobby Gumm survived a close call with a Great White Shark off the Oregon coastline last week. Gumm who grew up in Ewa Beach hasn't been back in the water since the attack."