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Gay Games Blog Steps Out

The Gay Games seems to have a new blog or at least I just found it today as they linked to me.  Thanks Guys!  Check out the Gay Games Blog HERE

Gay Synchro Barred

The San Francisco Tsunami Swim Club's Synchro team was banned at this weeks FINA World Masters Championships.  The team was supposed to perform an exhibition which was cleared by local organizers of the World Championship until the international governing body that oversees the meet quashed those plans, following the lead of the International Olympic Committee, which designates synchronized swimming as a women's sport.

SF’s Tsunami is a gay & lesbian aquatics club made up of swimming, water polo and a synchro team.  The synchro team which is in it’s 4th season, has competed at national competitions, at the Gay Games and at the IGLA.

Read more on www.insidebayarea.com and www.mercurynews.com and on www.advocate.com

GG's Swimming Results

Looking for Gay Games Swimming Results?  Well look no futher, the Gay Games website has results posted HERE or you can download this the pdf here Download results-swimming-final-1.pdf   

LB's Pink Flamingo

Long Beach Grunions Pink Flamingo in a series of short You Tube videos...

Pink Flamingo, It's Me

Oy!  Here it is...me in the warmup to Pink Flamingo. 

You Tubing Swimming

I don't know who or what teams these You Tube videos are of but they are from the swimming during the Chicago Gay Games.  The problem with swimming at this end of the pool was that the T painted in the bottom of the water dips as the bulk head splitting the 50 meter pool into two 25 meter pools is at the beginining of the deep end.  So when you are swimming and approaching the flip turn you have an optical illusion that you are closer to the bulk head then you actually are.  Here are the videos try and watch the starts, turns and streamlines...

"A Hunky" Teammate Profile

Out.com profiles fellow teammate Seth Harrington and his Gay Games experience from swimming to Pink Flamingos.  Hell Out.com even called him “a hunky competitor”, way to go Seth!  Read more on OUT.COM

Me In All Out Pink Flamingo!

Sports Complex GG's Coverage

The Sports Complex has several great galleries and stories.  Here are a few more of the Cell Block Tango Pink Flamingo.  Go to The Sports Complex for more Pink Flamingo and Gay Games Photos.

Pink Flamingo

Trolling the web I keep finding more and more Pink Flamingo Photos this time from TeamNY Aquatics website.  Click HERE for more photos.  Oh and FYI this is the very first photo that I am actually pictured in this one.